Bug 429940

Summary:	Installation of fedora crash before loading the graphics interface
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	erick leon <eleonzx>
Component:	xorg-x11-server	Assignee:	X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	6	CC:	mcepl, triage
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Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Description erick leon 2008-01-23 21:42:15 UTC

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Description of problem:
When I choose to installing Fedora 6 on graphical mode the installer shows a regular message like it is detecting the graphics adapter "...nvidia corporation unknown device...",
later, instead of launching the graphical interface it gives a blank screen with a underscore on top and no input is accepted.

I'm installing a fedora core 6 x86_64, mi graphics card is a XFX Geforce 8600GT

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1.boot from fc6 dvd
2.select the graphical install mode
3.wait before the installer supposely launch the graphical interface

Actual Results:
blank screen with a underscore on top and no input is accepted

Expected Results:
load the installer's graphical interface

Additional info:

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2008-01-24 16:59:06 UTC

After you finished installation in the text mode, could we get the installation
Xorg log (it should be either something in /tmp/*log* or /var/log/anaconda.xlog,
please?

Thank you

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2008-02-25 23:08:28 UTC

Reporter, could you please reply to the previous question? If you won't reply in
one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2008-04-04 07:41:33 UTC

Fedora apologizes that these issues have not been resolved yet. We're
sorry it's taken so long for your bug to be properly triaged and acted
on. We appreciate the time you took to report this issue and want to
make sure no important bugs slip through the cracks.

If you're currently running a version of Fedora Core between 1 and 6,
please note that Fedora no longer maintains these releases. We strongly
encourage you to upgrade to a current Fedora release. In order to
refocus our efforts as a project we are flagging all of the open bugs
for releases which are no longer maintained and closing them.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/LifeCycle/EOL

If this bug is still open against Fedora Core 1 through 6, thirty days
from now, it will be closed 'WONTFIX'. If you can reporduce this bug in
the latest Fedora version, please change to the respective version. If
you are unable to do this, please add a comment to this bug requesting
the change.

Thanks for your help, and we apologize again that we haven't handled
these issues to this point.

The process we are following is outlined here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/F9CleanUp

We will be following the process here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping to ensure this
doesn't happen again.

And if you'd like to join the bug triage team to help make things
better, check out http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2008-05-06 19:48:51 UTC

This bug is open for a Fedora version that is no longer maintained and
will not be fixed by Fedora. Therefore we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of
Fedora please feel free to reopen thus bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.