Bug 566931

Summary: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.15-20 causes X to segfault
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Charles Dennett <cdennett>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveauAssignee: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Xorg.0.log file showing seg fault and backtrace none

Description Charles Dennett 2010-02-20 14:25:21 UTC 
Created attachment 395262 [details]
Xorg.0.log file showing seg fault and backtrace

Description of problem:  
After upgrading to xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.15-20, X seg faults when trying to start.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.x86_64


How reproducible:
Happens every time with latest version.  Never with previous version

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Update to latest version
2. Start X
3. X never starts.  Screen stays blank
4. Downgrade to xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.15-17 (previous version)
5. Start X
6. Works.
7. Repeat from step 1.
  
Actual results:
X fails to start.  Screen is blank.  ssh in from another system to reboot.


Expected results:
X windowing system should start

Additional info:  Found bug 562713 but don't know if it's the same one. Video card is NVidea GEForce FX5200 (NV34).  Xorg log file that includes a backtrace is attached.
Comment 1 Ben Skeggs 2010-02-22 03:59:44 UTC 
Appears likely to be a duplicate of 566619, it's possible nomodeset may be broken.  As I asked the other reporter, any particular reason you're using nomodeset in the first place?

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 566619 ***