Bug 597474

Summary:	Video broken with 2.6.32.12-115.fc12.i686 on Riva TNT
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	rmknox <knox>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	low
Version:	12	CC:	anton, dougsland, gansalmon, itamar, jonathan, kernel-maint
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Hardware:	i686
OS:	Linux
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Description rmknox 2010-05-29 04:11:31 UTC

At boot, fedora displays a screen of large colored bars and goes no farther. Looks like the late night TV test screen of 40 years ago. Op sys appears to be looping (atypical flashing of led). Does not respond to attempts to get its attention.

This incompatible with my system version 2.6.32.12-115.fc12.i686 was installed when I responded to a message to install a security update.

Work around - before system comes up I press escape, and am given choice of above system or prior system which was 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 - which did and still does runs great!!

Configuration
1.25 ghz AMD Athlon
NVIDIA RIVA TNT display adapter
ECS K7S5A board



Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
2.6.32.12-115.fc12.i686

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot the system
2. do not press escape, let it select the version of op sys
3. sit back and enjoy
  
Actual results:
hung

Expected results:
hung

Additional info:

Comment 1 Chuck Ebbert 2010-07-01 15:14:25 UTC

Try adding "nomodeset" to the kernel boot options.

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-11-03 13:55:12 UTC

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Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
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Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2010-12-03 14:13:54 UTC

Fedora 12 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-12-02. Fedora 12 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
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Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.