Bug#342004: gdm doesn't start with sarge installation

[Joseph Michael Smidt]

Subject: gdm doesn't start with sarge installation
Package: gdm
Version: 2.8.0.6-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

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I have successfully installed Etch from the testing installation CD.
However when I go to install Sarge from it's install CD the same way I
installed Etch gdm will not start up, instead you get a fuzzy screen.  I have installed it three times with the same result each time. The screen after being fuzzy for a minute sends me to a command promp and says to file a bug report so I am.

How to see the bug:
1. Find a HP Pavilion 7845 computer.
2. Install Sarge from the network installation CD.
3. Only check desktop environment option.
4. Always say autodetect for hardware.

-- System Information:
HP Pavilion 7845
Debian Release: testing/unstable
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14-2-386
Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)

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Joseph Smidt

422 Wymount
Provo, UT 84604
phone: 801-371-5564
email: jsmidt at byu.edu