Bug 618769

Summary: gdm and display unstable with ATI FirePro V3700 graphics card
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Warren Jasper <wjasper>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-atiAssignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 13CC: mcepl, xgl-maint
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Description Warren Jasper 2010-07-27 17:10:21 UTC 
Description of problem:
After a fresh install of Fedora 13 on a I7 computer with a
ATI FirePro V3700 Graphics card, the card failed to sync up with the monitor
(Samsung SyncMaster 19")


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


How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot system
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Actual results:
Display blinks as the X is trying to sync up with the card.

Expected results:


Additional info:
I added nomodeset to the kernel parameters, and the problem went away.
Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2010-07-27 21:30:23 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please add drm.debug=0x04 to the kernel command line, restart computer, and attach

* your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available),
* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of the dmesg command, and
* system log (/var/log/messages)

to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link above.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.
Comment 2 Warren Jasper 2010-07-28 13:44:27 UTC 
Created attachment 435011 [details]
system log
Comment 3 Warren Jasper 2010-07-28 13:45:07 UTC 
Created attachment 435013 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 4 Warren Jasper 2010-07-28 13:46:07 UTC 
Created attachment 435014 [details]
Xorg.9.log

No file /etc/X11/xorg.conf  created on system.
Comment 5 Warren Jasper 2010-07-28 13:48:56 UTC 
The problem does not occur any more.  I removed nomodeset from the kernel
command line, and the X comes up correctly.  The only time it did not was
after I did a fresh install, and the monitor was blinking trying to sync
the video card with the monitor.  Now it does not happen.
I'm at a loss to explain.
Comment 6 Matěj Cepl 2010-07-29 13:05:53 UTC 
Let's close it for now and hope that it was just some installation quirk. Please, reopen with new versions of files if it happens again.