Bug 547288

Summary:	System hangs during boot in [mode 5]
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marie Henri Beyle <mhbeyle>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	low
Version:	12	CC:	dougsland, gansalmon, itamar, kernel-maint
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Description Marie Henri Beyle 2009-12-14 09:35:23 UTC

-- Description of problem:

I have had installed Fedora 12 a few days and now the system hangs during boot process. I have updated the system with the last packages and kernel and rebooted (and hibernated) without problems. Suddenly, the system has stopped working without an apparent problem.
I have to boot the system in text mode (init 3) and I have to execute startx from command line to restart the graphic mode. If I execute "init 5" the system hangs again.
/var/log/messages dies with this line when the system tries to boot in mode 5:

[date] [time] [machine] kernel: [drm:drm_mode_rmfb] *ERROR* tried to remove a fb that we didn´t own

I have tried to boot with another kernel version, but I have the same problem everytime. I don't know if there is a problem with the kernel or with a grapichs module that loads in init 5 and doesn't load in init 3.


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

kernel-2.6.31.6-166
kernel-2.6.31.5-127


-- How reproducible:

Boot the system in "normal" mode (init 5) and wait one or two minute to hang.
I have experienced the same behavior after trying to install Fedora 12 from a USB disk. The system didn't boot until I didn't the image from a linux system. Create the image from a windows system had the same problems during boot.

Comment 1 Marie Henri Beyle 2009-12-14 14:27:07 UTC

There is a workaround that solves the problem but graphic boot gets lost.

If you modify the kernel options and delete the "rhgb" option, the system boots perfectly.

Clearly there is a problem with the modules that control the graphics or there is a problem with the graphic loader, I don't know. So this workaround can serve until someone finds the correct solution.

Comment 2 Marie Henri Beyle 2009-12-23 11:13:44 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 539709 ***