+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #492251 +++

Description of problem:

I see only an small part of the gdm login screen, there are black lines interlaced and the image repeated three times horizontally...

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rawhide fully updated
xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-10.20090310git8f9a580.fc11.i586

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot
2. gdm will be messed up...
  
Actual results:
Display is useless

Expected results:
1280x800 resolution

Additional info:
00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation GeForce 7150M (rev a2)

--- Additional comment from Adam Williamson (Red Hat) on 2009-03-27 16:34:04 EDT ---

Does it seem to be actually functioning - i.e. can you log in if you work 'blind'? Do you see a mouse pointer moving around if you move your mouse?

What happens if you try the KMS test? https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_nouveau_kms

--- Additional comment from Ben Skeggs on 2009-04-09 01:05:11 EDT ---

Any update here?  Also, it'll be worth updating to the latest packages and seeing if this is fixed, there's been a number of changes to pre-G80 modesetting since the version you tested.

--- Additional comment from Adam Williamson (Red Hat) on 2009-04-17 14:34:27 EDT ---

if you were using the test day live CD, btw, you could test with F11 Beta or Snapshot to get a more up-to-date look.

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-06-01 14:42:25 EDT ---

Update,
  Only works on 4x3 resolutions, 800x600, 1024x768... not widescreen, 1280x800

--- Additional comment from Adam Williamson (Red Hat) on 2009-06-01 16:03:15 EDT ---

Can you please confirm exactly what Fedora 11 image you're testing with for comment #4?

--- Additional comment from Matěj Cepl on 2009-06-01 17:59:31 EDT ---

Looks interesting

bradford:~$ checkXorgLog 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=336753'
(WW) NOUVEAU(0): TMDS table script pointers not stubbed
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): ========== misaligned reg 0x001020FB ==========
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): ========== misaligned reg 0x001020FB ==========
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): ========== unknown reg 0x0077FFF4 ==========
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): ========== unknown reg 0x0077FFF8 ==========
(EE) NOUVEAU(0): ========== unknown reg 0x0077FFFC ==========
(WW) NOUVEAU(0): Unknown vendor-specific block f
[...]
bradford:~$

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-06-02 08:35:26 EDT ---

Rawhide, fully updated, kernel 2.6.29.4-167.fc11.i586 tested with and without nouveau.modeset...

--- Additional comment from Bug Zapper on 2009-06-09 08:38:45 EDT ---


This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

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http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-10-12 03:09:13 EDT ---

* Testing first with F12 snap2, still failing
* Rawhide fully updated, failing
* Tested with a dualhead setup... works on the external monitor! a 20" samsung LCD panel

Digging into the problem I found than KMS (or xorg nouveau driver) is setting a 1280x800x60.0, but LVDS-0 only works fine on 50.0... nvidia proprietary drivers on f11 report this,

[jpg@lisa ~]$ xrandr 
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 800, maximum 1280 x 800
default connected 1280x800+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x800       50.0* 
 
Can I set KMS mode? something like with the vga=... kernel parameter...
Can I disable modeset (nouveau.modeset) and instruct X to use the proper modeset?

thanks...

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-10-12 03:13:36 EDT ---

BTW, my screen looks exactly like the screenshoots uploaded here, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=408421

--- Additional comment from Ben Skeggs on 2009-10-12 03:36:27 EDT ---

I'm going to need to see new logs.  What would be useful is if you could boot with "drm.debug=15 3", then run "dmesg > dmesg.log" and upload the dmesg.log here.

Also worth attaching /var/log/messages too, as the debugging will overflow the dmesg buffer and miss the start of the init process.

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-10-12 11:32:05 EDT ---



--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-10-12 11:37:29 EDT ---



--- Additional comment from Adam Williamson (Red Hat) on 2009-10-13 16:04:33 EDT ---

you can't trust refresh rates reported by the NVIDIA driver, in all cases; in some situations it futzes with them to use them as a storage variable for its MetaModes thing (yes, this is incredibly janky). See:

http://us.download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9755/README/appendix-g.html

"will look identical to the XRandR or XF86VidMode X extensions, because they have the same total size (3200x1200), and nvidia-settings would not be able to use XRandR to switch between these MetaModes. To work around this limitation, the NVIDIA X driver "lies" about the refresh rate of each MetaMode, using the refresh rate of the MetaMode as a unique identifier."

That may be what you're seeing, here.

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--- Additional comment from Trever Adams on 2009-10-15 19:54:17 EDT ---

I am experiencing similar problems as reporter of bug #408421. I should mention that this problem still exists for me in rawhide.

--- Additional comment from Matěj Cepl on 2009-11-05 13:23:38 EST ---

Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

--- Additional comment from Juan Pablo Giménez on 2009-11-27 11:48:44 EST ---

Still present on F12 final release...

--- Additional comment from Trever Adams on 2010-03-26 15:30:03 EDT ---

This problem still exists in the 13 Alpha install. I will be trying it with the updates to 13 since the Alpha release. Would the owner mind marking this as Release: 13 instead of 11?

--- Additional comment from Adam Williamson (Red Hat) on 2010-03-26 15:41:24 EDT ---

we can set it to 12, at least, as Juan has said that. Trever, do you have the same hardware as Juan?



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--- Additional comment from Trever Adams on 2010-03-27 04:04:54 EDT ---

Yes, at least the graphics chip. In F13 (current as of March 16, 2010), nouveau doesn't start, it tries repeatedly and fails. That at least means people won't try it to see crazy garbage. In the Alpha disc, it does the exact same thing as before, corrupted display.

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--- Additional comment from ade on 2015-02-23 11:04:10 EST ---

This problem still exists in Fedora 21.