Description of problem: The Fedora Core 6 version of first boot enables and runs (what I believe to be) an x.org implementation of X11 correctly. Upon finishing the first execution of firstboot, the operating system attempts to implement the next step in the setup process, however at this point whatever the os does next causes the X11 graphics to corrupt and system to freeze. Upon restarting of the os, firstboot runs again, however upon initiallization of the gui for firstboot the system hangs witht he same graphics corruption as seen previously post-firstboot. I'm knowlegable that this problem may not be confined to just firstboot. However, I am unable to determine why firstboot would have no graphical problems undtill after its first execution Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 6 (Zod stable) Firstboot v.* (version included in DVD-iso as of 01/24/07) How reproducible: System - Pentium IV - 2.6C Asus P800 Corsair 512mb PC3200 Ram Radeon X800XT PE (I know recent ATI cards have support problems. 2x WD1200JB EIDE Hard-drives Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install Fedora on hdb1 partition using DVD-iso boot disk (as of 1/24/07) 2.Install grub using hda1 Windows intall as primary boot and hdb1 Fedora as 2nd 3.Remove DVD-iso boot disk 4.Restart computer 5.Use grub to boot into hdb1 install of Fedora Core 6 6.Wait for initial setup 7.Wait for Firstboot to load 8.Configure Firstboot accordingly 9.Firstboot finishes and GUI begins loading. 10.System Freeze + Display grapics corruption. 11.Restart Machine (Hard restart all controls ineffective) 12.Use grub to boot into hdb1 install of Fedora Core 6 13.Wait for initial setup 14.Upon start of Firstboot, system freezes with display corruption as before. Actual results: System freezes.. all controls are ineffective.. Background image for next expected GUI implementation loads, however graphical corruption can be seen across the top 10% of the display. Expected results: Firstboot runs and is configured appropriately. Firstboot ends. GUI implementation begins and continues without freezing Additional info: It would be nice to know if Firstboot uses a display driver or X11 implementation other than what is used for the main GUI. I could understand if firstboot ran its own graphics display drivers to ensure maximum compatability durring a initial install, however I am puzzled how a corruption which occurs after firstboot can cause problems durring subsequent executions.
If you are booting with rhgb, firstboot takes over the X server that was already started. If you are not, it starts its own server using a configuration that was probed for. This config should be very similar to the one that ran in anaconda as it uses the same code. Can you please test with Fedora 7 test 1 when released and see if it's working better for you? I know we did some work with firstboot, rhgb, and so forth after FC6 to fix some sporadically appearing problems like this.