Bug 1317213

Summary: On Boot, graphical interface doesn't start properly, causing systemd-ask-password-plymouth to not work
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Mike Kwong <MikeYPK>
Component: plymouthAssignee: Ray Strode [halfline] <rstrode>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Boot messages with kernel 4.4.4 none

Description Mike Kwong 2016-03-13 00:52:36 UTC 
Description of problem:
On boot to kernel-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64, graphical interface doesn't start. Instead we drop to the terminal interface, eventually the boot gets stuck on systemd-ask-password-plymouth and the boot does not proceed.

Dropping down to kernel-4.4.3-300.fc23.x86_64 works as normal.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64

How reproducible:
Always fails the same way

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot up the machine and select kernel-4.4.4-301.fc23.x86_64
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Actual results:
The machine boots up, drops to terminal with the boot messages. Eventually a message shows up referring to systemd-ask-password-plymouth and the boot does not proceed.

Expected results:
The machine boots up, Plymouth starts, and the dialog box for inputing the decryption password shows up.

Additional info:
The machine has an LUKS encrypted boot disk. The graphics card is an AMD Tonga 285.
Comment 1 Giovanni Tirloni 2016-03-15 21:50:06 UTC 
Same issue on a DELL Inspiron laptop with AMD R7 M265 GPU and SSD disk without LUKS. Same workaround works (boot 4.4.3).
Comment 2 Giovanni Tirloni 2016-03-15 21:58:24 UTC 
Created attachment 1136782 [details]
Boot messages with kernel 4.4.4
Comment 3 Giovanni Tirloni 2016-03-16 11:23:56 UTC 
Kernel 4.5.0 also works (updated to F24 Alpha)
Comment 4 Mike Kwong 2016-03-19 21:31:14 UTC 
Kernel 4.4.5 also works. Closing this since this now works in F23.