Bug 679564

Summary: [NV43] GeForce 6600 GT doesn't log into Gnome Shell, falls back to old gnome desktop
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: info <info>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveauAssignee: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 15CC: airlied, ajax, bskeggs, me
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Xorg.0.log
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/var/log/messages
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/var/log/messages after boot and autologin
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Xorg.0.log after boot and (failed) automatic login
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/var/log/messages after init3; init 5
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log after init3; init 5 none

Description info@kobaltwit.be 2011-02-22 21:17:47 UTC
Description of problem:
I'm running the tests of the Nouveau test day (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-02-22_Nouveau). According to the note next to test 2, every GeForce card should log into Gnome Shell. My GeForce 6600 GT doesn't.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.16-19.20110216git42c16ff.fc15.i686

How reproducible:
Always.

Additional info:
Smolt profile: http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_fe80c09b-e620-42f8-b48c-778d5b1eae4a

Comment 1 Ben Skeggs 2011-02-22 21:55:16 UTC
Can you please attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/messages from the testday livecd, thanks!

Comment 2 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-02-23 10:02:17 UTC
Created attachment 480397 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Xorg.0.log from live CD session.

Comment 3 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-02-23 10:03:19 UTC
Created attachment 480398 [details]
/var/log/messages

/var/log/messages file from live CD session

Comment 4 Ben Skeggs 2011-02-23 22:15:15 UTC
If you execute "gnome-shell --replace" from a terminal, does it start?

Comment 5 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-02-25 17:16:12 UTC
I tried that before I created this report. I know for sure it doesn't start, but I'm a little vague on what happened instead. I believe it just rendered the system useless. IIRC after the attempt I was left with the blue-striped background, but no menu bar or anything else to click on. I believe it mentioned compositing couldn't be enabled. If you want more details I could burn the live CD again (I replaced it with a network installation image) and try again.

Comment 6 Ben Skeggs 2011-03-13 22:30:04 UTC
That would be useful if you could do that, yes :)  If it exists, a newer live spin could be better to try to see if the problem's been resolved already?

Comment 7 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-03-17 18:55:10 UTC
To run the test again, I have used the 32bit live cd from last week's Gnome3 test day [1]. Things are different from the previous test:
1. When booting up, the system logs in automatically, but doesn't load fully. It gets stuck at an empty, blue-striped background. The gnome's top panel doesn't appear (gnome 3) neither does it log into the fallback mode.
2. Switching to console and run (as root): "init 3" followed by "init 5" brings me at the gdm login screen. When I select the liveuser here, it does log in successfully into gnome shell.
I will attach messages and Xorg.0.log as they were right after both steps.

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-03-10_GNOME3_Beta

Comment 8 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-03-18 09:34:12 UTC
Created attachment 486189 [details]
/var/log/messages after boot and autologin

This is /var/log/messages after step 1. Until this point, I have not interacted with the graphical system at all, I booted the PC from the live CD and waited until it hung on the blue-striped background.

Comment 9 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-03-18 09:35:37 UTC
Created attachment 486191 [details]
Xorg.0.log after boot and (failed) automatic login

Same here. Xorg.0.log after boot and automatic login, which hangs on the blue-striped background.

Comment 10 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-03-18 09:38:11 UTC
Created attachment 486192 [details]
/var/log/messages after init3; init 5

This messages file is from after I ran init3 followed by init 5 and after which I could login successfully from gdm.

Comment 11 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-03-18 09:38:57 UTC
Created attachment 486193 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log after init3; init 5

This Xorg.0.log file is from after I ran init3 followed by init 5 and after which I could login successfully from gdm.

Comment 12 info@kobaltwit.be 2011-04-22 16:38:52 UTC
Tested again today with F15-beta live CD. This time I am logged in automatically in the Gnome 3 shell. So I think this bug has been fixed now. Thanks !

Comment 13 Ben Skeggs 2011-04-23 02:43:41 UTC
Thanks for letting us know!