Description of problem: I had to install FC5 in text because GUI did not start, screen stayed blank. After installation when I run system-config-display screen goes blank and nothing happens. Hitting Ctrl-Alt-BS gets me back to command prompt. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC5 + latest updates as of 2006-04-03. How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install FC5 to an Acer Aspire 1692 laptop 2. Run system-config-display 3. See how screen remains blank Actual results: Screen remains blank. Expected results: X configuration screen is shown. Additional info: I'll attach dmesg and X.setup.log outputs. Sticker on the laptop says:"ATI Mobility Radeon X700 PCI Express With 128MB VRAM."
Created attachment 127251 [details] dmesg of freshly booted Acer Aspire 1692 after running system-config-display
Created attachment 127252 [details] X log after system-config-display has been run and ended with Ctrl+Alt+BS
So, any news on this? Fedora Core 5 on my laptop is practically useless until this issue has been fixed. Please tell if you need more information and I'll happily provide it. Thanks.
I got X running with ATI proprietary driver from rpm.livna.org. system-config-display did not work without an existing xorg.conf. With the attached xorg.conf both X and system-config-display work all ok. Please consider fixing system-config-display and/or default X drivers so that I could get even a low-resolution on my laptop. I'll attach xorg.conf, dmesg, X.log.
Created attachment 127748 [details] dmesg with proprietary ATI driver from rpm.livna.org
Created attachment 127749 [details] X log with proprietary ATI driver after starting and closing X
Created attachment 127750 [details] my xorg.conf that works with ATI proprietary driver
Good news! I finally managed to get X working on my laptop without ATI proprietary driver. The key was to add the following line to xorg.conf in video card section, without it the screen stays completely blank and even system-config-display won't start. With it both GNOME/X and system-config-display work ok (1200x800@24). Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS" I'll attach my full xorg.conf and both dmesg output and Xorg.log after starting and quitting GNOME.
Created attachment 127814 [details] working xorg.conf for Acer Aspire 1692
Created attachment 127815 [details] dmesg after starting and quitting GNOME with Xorg ati driver
Created attachment 127816 [details] X log after starting and quitting GNOME with Xorg ati driver
So what's the status with this? All information needed should be available to roll out a package containing needed fixes. Thanks.
The X log attached for the failure case is just the stderr output, not the log file. What does the log look like if you start X without the MonitorLayout option?
Created attachment 135154 [details] Actual X log without MonitorLayout option using Xorg ati driver Sorry for the previous incorrect log, this log now really contains X log after executing startx and ending the sessions with Ctrl+Alt+BS because screen remained blank. My system is FC5 plus all the updates to date.
The installer still halts, screen remain blanks after a few moment with FC6t3. Please advise.
This is still happening with Fedora Core 6 (Zod) Final.
I will attach logs generated when attempted to install FC6 in graphical mode.
Created attachment 139324 [details] FC6 install time X.log
Created attachment 139325 [details] FC6 install time XConfig.test
Created attachment 139326 [details] FC6 install time anaconda.log
Created attachment 139327 [details] FC6 install time syslog
I don't want to push you but it's been three months without any comments and over half a year since this bug was created and still you can't use Fedora Core on an Acer Aspire 1692 without resorting to manually tinker with a config file that should be automagically adjusted by system-config-display. If you need some additional information please say so and I'll be delighted to provide if to you. Thanks.
This one's pretty weird. We don't get DDC from the panel, and we don't seem to find any timing info for it in the BIOS, and there's certainly no VGA attached. So we're trying to do 800x600 as the fallback, but apparently even that fails. So we may be stuck, unless there's another way out. Do you have any subdirectories underneath /proc/acpi/video ?
Thanks for looking into this. Indeed, there is "VGA" subdirectory. I've attached its contents as a tar.gz archive. Cheers!
Created attachment 146928 [details] Contents of /proc/acpi/video/VGA directory
Okay, so looking for EDID in ACPI was a dead end. The real problem here is that we're not finding the connector table.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 231359 ***