Here are some notes on F17 installation under Xen 4.1.2.
The paravirt network drivers work without problem. But X doesn't work.
That means that Fedora will only attempt a minimum installation in text mode. The packages for the graphical user environment need to be installed by hand afterwards.
X windows fails to start in the default environment after installation . This is a
known problem. The error message in
/var/log/Xorg.log.0 is
Code:
CIRRUS: Failed to load module "xaa" (module does not exist, 0)
Workarounds:
1.
Create xorg.conf and delete or comment out all "device" sections in xorg.conf except the one for the VESA driver. With this setting, X started successfully on my VM.
2. Remove the "fprintd" package. That's a workaround for
bug 810040, which will cause GNOME3 to fail.
Linear Mode
