Bug 505716
Description
Glenn McKechnie
2009-06-13 04:06:55 UTC
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Anaconda.log - Install using nouveau driver (3_anaconda.log)
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dmesg output - Install using nouveau driver (3_dmesg)
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X.log output - Install using nouveau driver (3_tmp_X.log)
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Anaconda.log - Install using vesa driver (4_vesa_anaconda.log)
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dmesg output - Install using vesa driver (4_vesa_dmesg)
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X.log output - Install using vesa driver (4_vesa_X.log)
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messages log from post install (7_messages)
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xorg.conf file used post install (7_xorg.conf)
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Xorg.log from post install (7_Xorg.0.log)
hmm, how very odd, it appears "something" is nuking a part of VRAM the driver uses to setup the graphics engines.. either that, or the aperture is simply not working for some unknown reason. I've hacked up a build of xorg-x11-drv-nouveau to dump some registers as it starts up. Can you install the appropriate package from http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=1422336 and post the Xorg.0.log from running it? There's a slight chance this may actually fix your issue accidently at the same time. Installed and ran - with the same result. The log is attached as Xorg.0.log-register-dump I had installed the closed source NVIDIA drivers from rpmfusion. I removed them from the system using yum and forced a reinstall of the mesa-libGL rpm as per http://fedorasolved.org/video-solutions/remove-nvidia-installer . Hopefully that was enough to get a clean result, if not I'll do it again as per new instructions, or as a virgin install on a spare drive. The attached log (Xorg.0.log-register-dump) was done with the previous config file "xorg.conf file used post install (7_xorg.conf)". Installed rpms: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-debuginfo-0.0.12-39.1.20090528git0c17b87.fc11.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-39.1.20090528git0c17b87.fc11.x86_64 Created attachment 348394 [details]
Xorg.log output - using nouveau driver after removing closed source drivers (Xorg.0.log-register-dump)
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing' Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD . Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you. If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you. [This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.] Glenn, if you update your system per Comment #14 is this still an issue for you? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers I haven't been able to get to do an update yet, but I'd prefer to do an install from scratch. This bug really burns on a fresh, clean install so I need to do that to be sure. Sorry for the delay, I'll endeavour to get to it in the next week or so, if you're able to hold off closing till then. Sorry for the tardiness and time wasting. It wasn't meant to happen. :( Um, It was working - sort of! It started the install and successfully switched over to the quality graphics and everything appeared to be working okay, however after determining dependencies the graphics dropped out and I was left with a blank screen. I let it continue to see what drive noises I could hear and the machine powered down of its own accord. I restarted the machine and smelt smoke - but too late, to power down and two bright flashes was the response. The power supply chips (? what appear to be) have given up the ghost and the card was way too hot to handle directly. Massive overheating of the card. The fan still turns freely but as to what caused it I don't know but suspect that it's been a huge current draw for the whole card to be as hot as it was. So, no more bug reports from that card. We've had two other successful installs of F12, in this household, using more recent nvidia cards in two different machines and had no problems. Make of it what you will but I guess you can consider this particular bug closed now. I have no way to replicate any of it. Looking closely at the old setup. I suspect that in manipulating the hard drive cables I've pushed the video card against the neighbouring capture card and jammed the fan. There was minimal clearance and it wouldn't have taken much pressure to close the gap. It's the simplest explanation, and most probable. Glenn, first my sympathy for your loss. :) Understand that it will no longer be possible for you to replicate this issue, and as there are no (obvious) dupes, I will go ahead and set this bug closed. Thank you, very much, for all your efforts to assist us with making Fedora as good a distribution as we can. in general no bit of computer hardware should ever be able to fail that spectacularly due to nothing but software error. When something like what you describe happens, there is almost certainly a physical cause (as you later seem to have deduced). offering a card which allows software control of the fan speed but does _not_ throttle the GPU so it doesn't overheat if the fan stops running would be a really terrible idea and I've never heard of such a card. (Frankly, even a card which will cheerfully melt itself if the fan happens to fail for some physical reason is still a terrible design; CPUs have been protected against this kind of problem for years now, it's not like fan failure is a particularly uncommon occurrence). So I concur with Chris in sympathizing for your traumatic loss of hardware :), but I'm almost sure this must have been caused by something like what you describe. And also, your graphics card manufacturer deserves a solid kicking :) |