Bug 693320

Summary: [G72] Only basic video option available with nvidia gForce 7300 card
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Boricua <ortizsantini>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveauAssignee: Ben Skeggs <bskeggs>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority: unspecified    
Version: 15CC: airlied, ajax, bskeggs, mandzo18, mcepl, stanley.king
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Description Boricua 2011-04-04 10:23:58 UTC 
Description of problem:Fedora 15 fails to use acceleration, so the system remains using the vesa basic video driver


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1:0.0.16-24.20110324git8378443.fc15.x86_64


How reproducible: By installing each and every Fedora 15 alpha RC so far.


Steps to Reproduce:
1.Use either live CD or DVD
2.Anaconda only allows basic video installation
3.After installation, the system does not allow acceleration, hence no gnome-shell
  
Actual results:if Plymouth is allowed to run, login screen becomes useless with horizontal black-and-white stripes. Using the "nomodeset" kernel parameter, the desktop is reachable in fall-back mode with a lower quality resolution.


Expected results:Full acceleration allowing use of gnome-shell


Additional info:I have been running this same card with nouveau since at least Fedora 13
Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2011-04-13 21:29:12 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 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 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:18:18 UTC 
Created attachment 491926 [details]
Xorg log
Comment 3 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:19:16 UTC 
Created attachment 491927 [details]
old Xorg log
Comment 4 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:19:50 UTC 
Created attachment 491929 [details]
Xorg 9 log
Comment 5 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:20:25 UTC 
Created attachment 491930 [details]
old Xorg 9 log
Comment 6 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:21:49 UTC 
Created attachment 491931 [details]
old Xorg.conf file
Comment 7 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:26:48 UTC 
Created attachment 491933 [details]
/var/log/messages
Comment 8 Boricua 2011-04-14 01:29:46 UTC 
Hi, I tried to upload all related files. Dmesg command is a little beyond my knowledge but if you tell me how I will gladly provide the output. I tried installing the nvidia drivers without success and remain stuck in basic video.
Comment 9 Matěj Cepl 2011-04-18 17:06:00 UTC 
(In reply to comment #8)
> Hi, I tried to upload all related files. Dmesg command is a little beyond my
> knowledge but if you tell me how I will gladly provide the output. I tried
> installing the nvidia drivers without success and remain stuck in basic video.

Just run (as normal user) this command in the terminal emulator

dmesg >dmesg.out

and attach the file dmesg.out which is created.
Comment 10 Boricua 2011-04-18 17:19:10 UTC 
Created attachment 492965 [details]
dmesg.out

Ok, here is dmesg.out.
Comment 11 Matěj Cepl 2011-04-18 23:34:46 UTC 
What happens when you remove nomodeset from the kernel command line (or in /etc/grubc.conf)? Could you please provide as /var/log/Xorg.0.log and output of dmesg even in case it fails horribly (you may switch to the console via Ctrl-Alt-F2 or get to the computer via ssh from another computer if possible), please?

Thank you
Comment 12 Boricua 2011-04-19 00:13:13 UTC 
(In reply to comment #11)
> What happens when you remove nomodeset from the kernel command line (or in
> /etc/grubc.conf)? Could you please provide as /var/log/Xorg.0.log and output of
> dmesg even in case it fails horribly (you may switch to the console via
> Ctrl-Alt-F2 or get to the computer via ssh from another computer if possible),
> please?
> 
> Thank you

If I remove nomodeset, Plymouth appears and boot process looks normal. Once it gets to the login screen all you see are horizontal bars and the system freezes. I will try Ctrl-Alt-F2 tomorrow and report back.
Comment 13 Boricua 2011-04-19 11:40:29 UTC 
Created attachment 493161 [details]
Dmesg
Comment 14 Boricua 2011-04-19 11:44:42 UTC 
I need to correct that Plymouth does not work anymore after removing nomodeset. Ctrl-Alt-F2 does not work. I was able to access the machine via ssh and got this dmesg output, but Xorg.0.log was empty.
Comment 15 Boricua 2011-04-19 12:12:25 UTC 
Important: this kernel from koji seems to resolve my issue, although gnome-shell shows a lag or delay: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=238906.
So this seems to be a kernel issue, at least in part. Apart from the delay in gnome-shell itself, all works including Plymouth (after deleting nomodeset from grub.conf).
Comment 16 Ben Skeggs 2011-05-27 06:26:33 UTC 
Closing as the current f15 kernel is newer than the one mentioned as fixing the issue.