Description of problem: I am currently attempting to install FC6 on two similar Intel Server platforms, both of which use the ATI integrated ES1000 video controller. Both have successfully installed FC5 and run as expected. When installing FC6, the installer works fine while in graphical mode when it asks to check my disks, but as soon as it attempts to enter the graphical mode, the appearance gets blurry and jerky. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): FC 6 ISO downloaded on 10/30 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Begin graphical install by pressing <Enter> at first install screen 2. Proceed through console steps (loading drivers, testing media) 3. Actual results: When the graphical portion of Anaconda attempts to load, the screen becomes unreadable. Expected results: Anaconda should appear as normal as it did in FC 5 Additional info:
Not sure whether this is related: I have a Fujitsu-Siemens with an integrated "ATI Rage XL AGP 2X" which works well under Red Hat ES 4 (and I think Fedora Core 4 and also Red Hat 9.0 ;-) Installation of Fedora Core 6 on that machine works well (as does the first reboot) (** repeat: graphical installation works well up to the end **) but after that, there is serious trouble with X11: the screen cannot set itself up properly (seems to restart continuously) and/or the screen sets itself up, shows gdm greeter but also shows these 'large rectangles of random pixel that indicate someone thought your video RAM was heap RAM' that we all learned to love back on the Amiga. Then the keyboard and mouse inputs are lost. The update of FC6 makes things slightly better: the gdm greeter says after some time that there are problems and that it is 'trying another greeter', which gives you a stable login prompt -- but again after some time, the screen and keyboard input seem to be lost and the screen is messed up. Will run memtest86 now to be on the safe side, but I guess something is wrong with the graphics driver.
Were you able to install FC6 at least in text mode and run then X? If yes, could you please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card? Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. We are sorry for delay in the responding to this bug. Thanks in advance.
Hi, Shall I do this for the "ATI Rage XL AGP 2X" problem described? I recently installed RH ES 4 on the machine but it's back in the dock because a HD is busted. Now is the chance... OTOH, should I open another bug as the ES1000 and Rage problems may not be related at all?
Moved the "ATI Rage XL AGP 2X" problem to #220947, with attachments.
Thanks for getting back to me on this bug. Due to the delayed response, we decided to stay with FC5 for the time being and I have been reassigned to other tasks. When I get a chance to access a machine with an ES1000 controller I will attempt to gather the data requested.
reporter, ping -- could you please provide requested files? I will have to close this bug otherwise.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to get access to a machine with the ES1000 controller. We have decided to remain on FC5 for our development effort for the time being. If the bug needs to be closed, so be it. If we decide to re- evaulate FC6 in the future, we will try the solutions described above and report back with any futher data, opening a new bug if necessary.
Sorry, I have to then close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. If you will be able to reproduce this with FC-6 and provide required information, please, reopen this bug and attach the above-mentioned logs to this bug.