From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) Description of problem: Here is the error that occurs: ** (firstboot.py.1998): WARNING **: 'gtktextsearchflag' is not an enum type Window manager warning: Failed to open connection to session manager, so window positions will not be saved: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 2 test1's version packaged How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Fedora Core 2 test1 with all packages 2. Run Fedora Core 2 3. Get the bug, and then turn off the computer Actual Results: The computer freezes afterwords, and you are locked out. Expected Results: You should have been able to booted into X Window System Additional info: This happens everytime, and I cannot determine the source of the problem and/or how to fix it.
*** Bug 115758 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Can you attach the /var/log/messages file?
Created attachment 97751 [details] /var/log/messages Here is /var/log/messages
The /var/log/messages doesn't contain any firstboot messages...that is surprising to me. Firstboot will usually write out some error messages when it runs. Perhaps this file was from a day or so after firstboot had been run? Try grepping for firstboot in /var/log/messages* and see if the older logs are still around.
Created attachment 97936 [details] new /var/log/messages I reformatted my hard drive and installed Fedora Core 2 test1 again. I ran Fedora (firstboot) until it froze to the same spot again. I then popped CD 1 in my computer and restarted. Using Fedora's rescue program, I copied the messages file to a floppy and uploaded it here again.
I'm trying to figure out if the crash is related to firstboot or XFree86. A couple of questions: 1) Did the installer work in graphical mode? Or did you use text mode? 2) After rebooting after the installation is finished, do you see the graphical bootup screen? This should happen before the firstboot program gets run. All you should see on the screen is a computer icon and a progress bar as the system is starting up.
1) Did the installer work in graphical mode? Or did you use text mode? Answer: No, I can only install Fedora in text mode, not graphical. If I was to install it in graphical, I would only get as far as the X mouse pointer and patterned backround 2) After rebooting after the installation is finished, do you see the graphical bootup screen? This should happen before the firstboot program gets run. All you should see on the screen is a computer icon and a progress bar as the system is starting up. Answer: Yes, I see the graphical bootup screen working, and it almost finishes actaully. When it is about 90 percent done, (while still in graphical) the console maximizes on screen and errors out at: ** (firstboot.py.1998): WARNING **: 'gtktextsearchflag' is not an enum type Window manager warning: Failed to open connection to session manager, so window positions will not be saved: SESSION_MANAGER environment variable not defined
Ok, the fact that the graphical installer doesn't work makes this bug sound like a dupe of bug 116937. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 116937 ***
I had this exact problem. It was a problem with the radeon xfree86 driver and my radeon 9800. The man page for the radeon driver only claims support up to r350 (9700) cards. Not r360 (9800) cards. Maybe not radeon 9600's either. But adding "ChipID 0x4E46" to my XF86Config makes the driver think I have a 9700 and x works right again. From what I've read, only certain drawing operations trigger the lock up.
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.