Bug 519618

Summary: install hangs on 'modprobe fcoe'
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: John Reiser <jreiser>
Component: kernelAssignee: Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Hardware: i386   
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Description John Reiser 2009-08-27 03:05:16 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #494390 +++
During an initial install from DVD the machine fails to make the transition to graphical mode.

Component versions:
kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.8.0-3.fc12.i686.rpm

Reproducible: every time

How to reproduce: boot Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD.iso from a real DVD on Apple Mac mini i686-only with Intel 945/950 graphics.

I have verified that the problem originally reported in bug #494390 against Fedora 11 beta persists using Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD.iso burned to a DVD.  Booting and selecting the first choice "Install or update..." gets a hard crash at the transition from text to graphics mode.  The screen goes black, the backlight on the display is off, and there is no response to the keyboard <Ctrl><Alt>F2 trying to get a shell on VT2.  The only option is power cycle: turn off, turn on.

Again using the Fedora 12 Alpha DVD for i386, but selecting the second choice to install with basic video driver, gets a soft hang.  The screen is blank, the backlight is on, I can get a shell on VT2.
"ps ax" suggests that "modprobe fcoe" is going nowhere in async_D+ state.  (There is no Fibre Channel over ethernet on this box.  There is an external harddrive connected via ieee1394 (400MHz FireWire.)

According to Apple "About this Mac" the hardware is:
  Model Name:	Mac mini
  Model Identifier:	Macmini1,1
  Processor Name:	Intel Core Duo   ## note: i686 only, not x86_64
  Processor Speed:	1.66 GHz
  Number Of Processors:	1
  Total Number Of Cores:	2
  L2 Cache:	2 MB
  Memory:	2 GB
  Bus Speed:	667 MHz
  Boot ROM Version:	MM11.0055.B08

Intel GMA 950:
  Chipset Model:	GMA 950
  Type:	Display
  Bus:	Built-In
  VRAM (Total):	64 MB of Shared System Memory
  Vendor:	Intel (0x8086)
  Device ID:	0x27a2
  Revision ID:	0x0003
  Displays:
1740CX:
  Resolution:	1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz
  Depth:	32-Bit Color
  Core Image:	Hardware Accelerated
  Main Display:	Yes
  Mirror:	Off
  Online:	Yes
  Quartz Extreme:	Supported
  Rotation:	Supported

Examining the Packages directory on Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD, I see:
kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686.rpm
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.8.0-3.fc12.i686.rpm
Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2009-08-27 13:40:10 UTC 
Since you're trying to boot with 'basic graphics' (i.e. vesa) the bug clearly isn't in xorg-x11-drv-intel :)

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Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2009-08-27 13:40:37 UTC 
CCing Andy in case this has implications for Anaconda also.

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Comment 3 John Reiser 2009-08-27 16:53:46 UTC 
Created attachment 358918 [details]
lspci; lspci -n; lspci -v
Comment 4 John Reiser 2009-08-27 16:54:27 UTC 
Created attachment 358919 [details]
ps axl
Comment 5 Chuck Ebbert 2009-09-01 02:30:54 UTC 
Can you capture the output of alt-sysrq-t?
Comment 6 John Reiser 2009-09-01 04:55:25 UTC 
(In reply to comment #5)
> Can you capture the output of alt-sysrq-t?

Perhaps.  This is an Apple Macintosh Mini, so there is no serial port for kernel serial console.  There also is no netconsole until anaconda builds that module into the install (bug # 519756.)  The keyboard has no SysRq key, but I have a USB keyboard for PC.  So I will try that next morning (PDT), and send a .jpeg photograph of the screen.
Comment 7 John Reiser 2009-09-01 13:04:11 UTC 
alt-sysrq-t displays only the single line "SysRq : Show State\n" and nothing else.  Consecutive alt-sysrq-t just repeats that one line.  This is with an additional PC-103 keyboard (having SysRq key) in addtion to the Apple keyboard-plus-mouse.  There is an external ieee1394a harddrive (FireWire 400MHz.)

The soft hang "async_ D+" now appears on "modprobe raid0".  Hmmm, the external harddrive (and/or the ieee1394 interface) seems to be common to the radi0 and fcoe hangs because FireWire can be used as an ethernet device.

Boot+install (using basic video driver) with a DVD composed by me from rawhide last week (Thursday?), with kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.180.rc7.git4.fc12.i686.rpm, succeeds.  So perhaps the original problem is no longer interesting.
Comment 8 John Reiser 2009-10-31 01:48:00 UTC 
Works for me with a DVD of yesterday's rawhide (Thurs. 2009-10-29):
   xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.9.1-1.fc12.i686.rpm
   kernel-PAE-2.6.31.5-96.fc12.i686.rpm
Successful boot and graphical install from DVD on Apple Mac mini i686 with Intel GMA 950 graphics.