Bug 467190

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Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below.

Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Could you please try to reboot the whole system with adding nomodeset to the
kernel command line, please? Does the performance improve? Could we get
/var/log/Xorg.*.log from such exercise as well, please?

In case it does improves with nomodeset, it looks like a duplicate of bug 467506.

Created attachment 320738 [details]
my manually modified xorg.conf

Created attachment 320789 [details]
Xserver log file with automatically created xorg.conf

Adding nomodeset to kernel command line didn't improve performance. But deleting the xorg.conf and rebooting Xserver did. Now desktop feels faster and snappier. But it is still noticable slower compared to Xserver 1.4.99 with EXA acceleration turned on. EXA acceleration is essential to me because I use ati X1650pro graphic card which only supports textured Xv, which only works if EXA acceleration is turned on, and I watch a lot of videos on my fedora box. All this sounds like the problem mentioned in xorg mailing list, but I could be wrong.

I've added nomodeset and my machine fails to boot properly, I get GRUB and then nothing more. I have ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW [Radeon Mobility 7500] rev 0


I've also tried xorg-x11-server 1.5.2 packages from koji:

Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.27.3-30.rc1.fc10.i686 #1 SMP Mon Oct 20 01:35:32 EDT 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

xorg-x11-server-Xvfb-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-Xephyr-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-3.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-common-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-Xdmx-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-server-Xnest-1.5.2-8.fc10.i386
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.9.0-29.fc10.i386

Sorry, I was incorrect in stating the behavior with nomodeset. When I try nomodeset I do not get a prompt for my LUKs password. It boots fine up to that point.

Created attachment 321025 [details]
Xorg.0.log ATI Mobility 7500

Created attachment 321026 [details]
xorg.conf ATI Mobility 7500

(In reply to comment #8)
> Sorry, I was incorrect in stating the behavior with nomodeset. When I try
> nomodeset I do not get a prompt for my LUKs password. It boots fine up to that
> point.

Have you tried typing it blindly?  It is just messed in middle of the screen full of text.

Typing the password blindly just echos it back to my screen. I also get the oops described in RHBZ 469119 when using the nomodeset option.

This seems to go somewhere to the kernel-lang. Can we get /var/log/messages and /var/log/dmesg attached to this bug report, please?

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