Bug 733710

Summary: Fedora 16 Aplha 1 Live CD cannot login
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: jolo <joop.loep>
Component: distributionAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED DEFERRED QA Contact: Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Version: 16CC: bruno, dennis, jones.peter.busi, rvokal
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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dmesg of 64-bit Live boot
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selinux output
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Description jolo 2011-08-26 14:59:36 UTC 
If I  try Fedora 16 Aplha 1 as Live CD, then the following message appears:

"Oh no! Something has gone wrong. A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Please log out and try again."

If I do that, then the same error appears again. I had that error on two PC's and one laptop. The laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad R61i 8932GMG.  
 
I did download the Fedora-16-Alpha-i686-Live-Desktop.iso The checksum was OK.
And I did use the boot option Verify and Boot
Comment 1 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-26 15:17:28 UTC 
I am seeing this problem too on a couple of systems.
Comment 2 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 13:08:02 UTC 
I have found I can get into single-user mode by using the tab key at boot time to edit the boot command line and add a 1 parameter. I believe I used the Basic Video line to start with.

I was able to use the Internet in line mode and mount the hard disks. When I typed exit, the system tried to start Gnome 3. It complained that my display hardware wasn't modern enough, and then started X logged in as liveuser. I got an Selinux violation, but when I tried to display it, the fixing strategies were readable, but greyed-out and not clickable, so I haven't saved this info.

The ability to use mode 1 makes it possible to apply a temporary fix at each boot.
Comment 3 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 17:24:19 UTC 
Created attachment 520239 [details]
dmesg of 64-bit Live boot
Comment 4 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 17:25:27 UTC 
Created attachment 520240 [details]
selinux output
Comment 5 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 18:09:27 UTC 
Tried downloading the new firefox 6 as offered. I was offered a  generic .tgz file that I could not make work in a few clicks. I suggest waiting for Fedora to release its version.
Comment 6 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 18:41:19 UTC 
Created attachment 520242 [details]
dmesg output

Tried i686 Live on same machine. With normal boot, light bulb sequence went to end, but machine just stopped. CTRL-ALT-F2 showed a blank screen.

Rebooted with basic video. I spotted a call trace go by, which I am posting. The text nearby refers to a potential race condition in login, so maybe that's why login sometimes fails. Also got a SELINUX alert that I will post (looks like the previous one).
Comment 7 Peter H. Jones 2011-08-28 18:42:09 UTC 
Created attachment 520243 [details]
selinux alert with i686
Comment 8 Bill Nottingham 2012-01-04 22:18:28 UTC 
Sorry about the lack of response. Please try with the final release, and reopen if that does not work.