Bug 885217

As in the bug report 170873, I generated a xorg.conf, which loads glx only *almost* solves the problem, except I am in a basic graphics mode, where I cannot view full screen movies.
I have:

lspci |grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF108 [GeForce GT 540M] (rev a1)

and 

 rpm -qa|grep xorg
xorg-x11-drv-vmware-12.0.2-3.20120718gite5ac80d8f.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-utils-7.5-7.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.20.14-1.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-font-utils-7.5-9.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-xinit-1.3.2-7.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-fbdev-0.4.3-3.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.6-24.fc18.noarch
xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.6.1-2.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-common-1.13.0-11.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-qxl-0.1.0-1.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.7-2.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-wacom-0.16.1-2.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.7.3-2.fc18.x86_64
abrt-addon-xorg-2.0.19-2.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.6.2-7.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.3.1-1.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.5-14.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.4-1.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.13.0-11.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.7-4.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vmmouse-12.9.0-7.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-modesetting-0.4.0-4.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-ati-7.0.0-0.8.20121015gitbd9e2c064.fc18.x86_64
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-2.3.2-2.fc18.x86_64

Created attachment 660013 [details]
journalctl -b output

can you move the system back to the more broken configuration, then grab /var/log/Xorg.0.log and attach it here?

Created attachment 660937 [details]
Xorg.0.log.old

Xorg.0.log.old is the log for broken system, i.e., without the xorg.conf

oh wait, i think i know what this is:

> Dec 08 19:43:00 roddur gdm-simple-slave[1005]: WARNING: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed.

http://git.gnome.org/browse/gdm/commit/?id=0fccf4e0671e49

So, can I do anything right now, or should I wait for the next update?

(btw, i think this manifested as a side effect of bug 875085 that was later fixed by bug 831735, but i'll push the GDM fix too)

can you attach /etc/hostname /etc/sysconfig/network and /etc/hosts and the output of 

$ host roddur

?

Created attachment 661090 [details]
/etc/hostname

Created attachment 661098 [details]
/etc/sysconfig/network

Created attachment 661100 [details]
/etc/hosts

$ host roddur
Host roddur not found: 3(NXDOMAIN)

Created attachment 661695 [details]
xorg.0.log from first boot

xorg.0.log from first boot attached! Cant find out what is making the difference.

what's the output of

rpm -q NetworkManager

?

$ rpm -q NetworkManager
NetworkManager-0.9.7.0-9.git20121004.fc18.x86_64

gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-20593/gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18

gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18

Problem is still there!!
rpm -qa|grep gdm
pulseaudio-gdm-hooks-2.1-4.fc18.x86_64
gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18.x86_64
gdm-libs-3.6.2-5.fc18.x86_64
gdm-debuginfo-3.6.2-5.fc18.x86_64

btw, if you find important, I am still using default hostname:
$ hostname
localhost.localdomain
$ host localhost
localhost has address 127.0.0.1
localhost has IPv6 address ::1

Package gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-20736/gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

I have this version installed, as shown in the message 18, without any result

uhu!! its working! I need to download iso image afresh(may be the iso released with beta had some other bug?), and now its working completely, including https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812624 (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=812624#c24)

gdm-3.6.2-5.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

gdm-3.6.2-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

gdm-3.6.2-5 is not the aboslute answer of the problem I suppose.
I reinstalled f18-RC1 and found the same problem persist. 
The problem is solved when I update my system enabling updates-testing.

Though I dont have the knowledge to let you know which actual package solved the problem, I report it for your knowledge.

the same with me - installed Fedora 18 Beta i686 Live Desktop (accepted my fate).
yum update
reboot
and no login prompt - blue backgroud image only.

Can not say what exactly helped - but it is working now.

yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update
shutdown
disabled 3D accelereation in VMware
boot -> init 3
X -configure # some error
cp xorg.conf.new xorg.conf
remove all ScreenX except Screen0 from "ServerLayout" 
cp xorg.conf /etc/X11/
telinit 5

It seems like MATE works, Sugar works, Cinnamon works, KDE has broken dependencies 

this helped:
yum downgrade mysql-libs qt xmlrpc-c xmlrpc-c-c++ qt-x11
yum install @kde-desktop

I upgraded my system from F17 to F18 today using the steps provided here:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18

The only thing I have is a blue background image only (no login possibility).

---
# systemctl status gdm.service
gdm.service - GNOME Display Manager
          Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/gdm.service; enabled)
          Active: active (running) since Wed, 2013-01-16 16:39:09 CET; 20s ago
        Main PID: 3313 (gdm-binary)
          CGroup: name=systemd:/system/gdm.service
                  ├ 3313 /usr/sbin/gdm-binary
                  ├ 3333 /usr/libexec/gdm-simple-slave --display-id /org/gnome/DisplayManager/Displays/_0
                  ├ 3341 /usr/bin/Xorg :0 -background none -verbose -auth /var/run/gdm/auth-for-gdm-FpoRBM/database -seat seat0 -nolisten tcp vt1
                  └ 3356 gdm-session-worker [pam/gdm-launch-environment]

Jan 16 16:39:09 FOO systemd[1]: Starting GNOME Display Manager...
Jan 16 16:39:09 FOO systemd[1]: Started GNOME Display Manager.
Jan 16 16:39:10 FOO gdm-simple-slave[3333]: WARNING: Failed to give slave programs access to the display. Trying to proceed.


# grep '(EE)' /var/log/X*
/var/log/Xorg.0.log:    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old:        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

Got it working:

--> disabled 3D accelereation in VMware