Bug 927022
| Summary: | No framebuffer console present in VMware | ||||||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | nyuszika7h+redhat | ||||
| Component: | kernel | Assignee: | Kernel Maintainer List <kernel-maint> | ||||
| Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa> | ||||
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||
| Priority: | unspecified | ||||||
| Version: | 18 | CC: | gansalmon, itamar, jforbes, jonathan, kernel-maint, madhu.chinakonda, nyuszika7h+redhat | ||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
| Target Release: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | All | ||||||
| OS: | Linux | ||||||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
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| Last Closed: | 2013-04-03 04:23:39 UTC | Type: | Bug | ||||
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
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This should be enabled in the next update. kernel-3.8.5-201.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-3.8.5-201.fc18 Package kernel-3.8.5-201.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 kernel-3.8.5-201.fc18' as soon as you are able to, then reboot. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-4645/kernel-3.8.5-201.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback). kernel-3.8.5-201.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. |
Created attachment 715700 [details] Screenshot of the issue Description of problem: CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX_FBCON is not enabled in the kernel's configuration, causing the framebuffer console to be non-functional when Xorg is running. I can confirm that getty is running at least on tty2-4, but all I get on tty2-12 is a "Welcome to GRUB!" screen, and I can't type anything. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.8.4-202.fc18.x86_64 How reproducible: See the steps. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora in VMware. (I wasn't able to reproduce this on the live CD.) 2. Install VMware Tools. (Probably not needed.) 3. Start Xorg. 4. Switch to any of tty2-12. Actual results: A VGA console showing "Welcome to GRUB!". Expected results: A framebuffer console with a login prompt. Additional info: