Bug 221789
| Summary: | video display is distorted | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | John Poelstra <poelstra> | ||||||||||||
| Component: | xorg-x11-drv-nv | Assignee: | Dave Airlie <airlied> | ||||||||||||
| Status: | CLOSED WONTFIX | QA Contact: | desktop-bugs <desktop-bugs> | ||||||||||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||||||
| Priority: | medium | ||||||||||||||
| Version: | 5.0 | CC: | cmeadors, ddomingo, desktop-bugs, rkhadgar, rlerch, rousseau, zcerza | ||||||||||||
| Target Milestone: | rc | ||||||||||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||||||||||
| Hardware: | x86_64 | ||||||||||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||||||||||
| Whiteboard: | |||||||||||||||
| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||||||||
| Doc Text: |
(amd64)
Some machines that use NVIDIA graphics cards may display corrupted graphics or fonts when using the graphical installer or during a graphical login. To work around this, switch to a virtual console and back to the original X host.
|
Story Points: | --- | ||||||||||||
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||||||||||
| Last Closed: | 2008-09-11 14:44:45 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||||||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||||||
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||||||||
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||||||||
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||||||
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||||||||
| Embargoed: | |||||||||||||||
| Bug Depends On: | |||||||||||||||
| Bug Blocks: | 222082, 222737, 391221, 454962 | ||||||||||||||
| Attachments: |
|
||||||||||||||
|
Description
John Poelstra
2007-01-08 01:14:00 UTC
Created attachment 145015 [details]
login
Created attachment 145016 [details]
installer
Created attachment 145017 [details]
notification with unreadable fonts
Created attachment 145018 [details]
web browser font problem
Admitedly the work around to switch to a virtual console and switch back to X is fairly easily, but the appearance of the screen is a horrible first impression to give our customers about the quality of our product. Created attachment 145020 [details]
xorg.conf--as created automatically by installer
Sounds like https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220197 which is a trivially correct fix already present in rawhide. Does it work if you install the nv driver from rawhide? I read through the Novell bug and it is hard (for me) to see how it is the same issue I reported. Please provide a pointer to the exact package(s) that need to be installed from rawhide. https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=220197#c25 - describes screen being garbled and then fixed by VT switch. http://porkchop.devel.redhat.com/brewroot/packages/xorg-x11-drv-nv/1.2.2.1/1.fc7/x86_64/xorg-x11-drv-nv-1.2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm - is the nv driver currently in rawhide. installed xorg-x11-drv-nv-1.2.2.1-1.fc7.x86_64.rpm and am running it on my primary desktop. Haven't seen any issues so far. I don't know an easy way to trigger the original problem I was having to say for sure that this driver fixes the problem. I did do a few reboots and everything looks fine so far. I'll keep you posted if I see any other weirdness. Devel ack. Just booted machine from cold state seeing the problem reported. I watched the entire boot process and the distortion firs appears at the gdm login screen. I'm still running the nv driver from comment#10 Move to 5.1. We're not likely to get this done for 5.0, as the nv driver is sufficiently obfuscated. Should engage nvidia on this though, and would be a z-stream candidate. I propose that at least a release note be considered for 5.0 for this issue. (In reply to comment #14) > I propose that at least a release note be considered for 5.0 for this issue. Agreed, although it may be too late to get it translated... Suggested text: "When starting the graphical installer or graphical login, some NVIDIA cards may display corrupted graphics. The workaround is to switch virtual console and back to graphics." John, have you seen this issue with the nv driver in F7? I'm essentially going to be backporting that driver anyway, would like to know if it's two birds with one stone here. saw it just yesterday... i'm running some mixture of F7T4 + rawhide (slightly before GA). What package versions would be helpful to know if I'm running? (In reply to comment #19) > saw it just yesterday... i'm running some mixture of F7T4 + rawhide (slightly > before GA). > > What package versions would be helpful to know if I'm running? xorg-x11-server-Xorg and xorg-x11-drv-nv. # rpm -qi xorg-x11-server-Xorg Name : xorg-x11-server-Xorg Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 1.3.0.0 Vendor: Koji Release : 5.fc7 Build Date: Fri 11 May 2007 01:18:23 PM PDT Install Date: Tue 15 May 2007 10:34:48 PM PDT Build Host: xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com Group : User Interface/X Source RPM: xorg-x11-server-1.3.0.0-5.fc7.src.rpm Size : 7443859 License: MIT/X11 Signature : (none) Packager : Koji URL : http://www.x.org Summary : Xorg X server Description : X.org X11 is an open source implementation of the X Window System. It provides the basic low level functionality which full fledged graphical user interfaces (GUIs) such as GNOME and KDE are designed upon. # # rpm -qi xorg-x11-drv-nv Name : xorg-x11-drv-nv Relocations: (not relocatable) Version : 2.0.2 Vendor: Koji Release : 2.fc7 Build Date: Thu 10 May 2007 07:06:20 AM PDT Install Date: Mon 14 May 2007 10:23:41 PM PDT Build Host: xenbuilder2.fedora.redhat.com Group : User Interface/X Hardware Support Source RPM: xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.0.2-2.fc7.src.rpm Size : 173747 License: MIT Signature : (none) Packager : Koji URL : http://www.x.org Summary : Xorg X11 nv video driver Description : X.Org X11 nv video driver. Have you tried xorg-x11-drv-nv 2.1.0 in F7 yet? Has a fix for something that sounds like a similar problem. i just installed 2.1.1-1.fc8 from rawhide to my F7 box... will see how it goes. If you want me to run a specific version, please send me a pointer to its location. Thanks, john (In reply to comment #24) > Hi John, ajax, > > a clone for this bug (BZ#222737) was put up months ago to include mention of > this bug in the release notes as follows: > > <quote> > Some machines that use NVIDIA graphics cards may display corrupted graphics or > fonts when using the graphical installer or during a graphical login. To work > around this, switch to a virtual console and back to the original X host. > </quote> > > as this bug is still not MODIFIED yet, should we add this same note to the > RHEL5.1 release note? please advise. Yeah, probably a good idea. (In reply to comment #23) > i just installed 2.1.1-1.fc8 from rawhide to my F7 box... will see how it goes. > > If you want me to run a specific version, please send me a pointer to its location. Any news? No adverse affects. Seems to be running well. I don't recall having to switch to a virtual console to clear the screen since running this version. as per John's report, not adding this to the RHEL5.1 release notes. seems to have already been resolved. if anybody thinks this assessment is premature and the relnote is still needed, please advise. thanks! (In reply to comment #27) > No adverse affects. Seems to be running well. I don't recall having to switch > to a virtual console to clear the screen since running this version. Sadly... I just encountered the problem again. Had to switch to virtual console 3 times to clear the display from the login screen. Trying to reproduce this is difficult if not impossible because I do not know what cause it to happen. thanks for the heads-up, John. adding this known issue again to RHEL5.1 release notes. Fixing component, xorg-x11 isn't included in RHEL5. I don't have a good lead for this, so I'm retargetting for 5.2. No known solution yet. Will miss 5.2 unless we figure it out. I _think_ it's just a palette setup bug, but that should be the same between the init and vt-switch paths. same release note added to "known issues" section of RHEl5.2 release notes. please advise when resolved. thanks! John have you got this machine and F8 or rawhide? I've just pushed a rawhide xorg-x11-drv-nv-2.1.6-5.fc9 and I'm going to scratch build some F8 test packages, f8 scratch packages are http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/airlied/task_356197/ I got the idea for the fix from the nouveau guys. I might just put the patch into RHEL5.2 as it won't break anything. pushing out to 5.3 due to not having time before 5.2 freeze. Dave, I still have the hardware and am running F8. I've installed from the koji link above and will let you know if I see any problems. It is intermittent so hard to reproduce and could take a while to appear. Hi, the RHEL5.2 release notes will be dropped to translation on April 15, 2008, at which point no further additions or revisions will be entertained. a mockup of the RHEL5.2 release notes can be viewed at the following link: http://intranet.corp.redhat.com/ic/intranet/RHEL5u2relnotesmockup.html please use the aforementioned link to verify if your bugzilla is already in the release notes (if it needs to be). each item in the release notes contains a link to its original bug; as such, you can search through the release notes by bug number. Cheers, Don I do see the release note in the mockup. FWIW.... still seeing the problem with latest rawhide packages (2008-APR) Tracking this bug for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 Release Notes. This Release Note is currently located in the Known Issues section. Release note added. If any revisions are required, please set the "requires_release_notes" flag to "?" and edit the "Release Notes" field accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team. Quality Engineering Management has reviewed and declined this request. You may appeal this decision by reopening this request. |