Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 439053
X fails to start when installing
Last modified: 2009-07-14 13:28:03 EDT
Description of problem: Fedora 9 Beta - installation from DVD. Display goes blank and the LED on the display blinks repeatedly indicating that Xorg is trying to feed the display invalid resolution. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 9 Beta How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from install DVD - choose all defaults 2. Anaconda attempts to start graphical installer Actual results: 1. Display goes blank 2. Endless unsuccessful tries to start Xorg - no fall back to text mode install or low resolution mode even in 2008 :) Expected results: 1. Successful graphical installation Additional info: Nvidia 8800GT card, Apple Cinema Display 20"
I have got the similar problems, could you download on USB drive from the console (Ctrl+Alt+F2) whole content of /tmp?
Created attachment 299359 [details] Contents of /tmp
I think what is happening is that Anaconda is forcing the nv driver to use a 800x600 mode which my monitor rejects as invalid. IMHO the solution would be - newer xorg-nv driver does a good job of auto detecting the right resolution and should be allowed to do so first. In case that fails then a forced "known-good for that monitor" resolution be attempted. Ubuntu does this and I get a much better resolution inside of the graphical installer on the same hardware.
Created attachment 299533 [details] anaconda.log from the attachment 299359 [details]
Created attachment 299534 [details] syslog from the attachment 299359 [details]
Created attachment 299535 [details] XConfig.test from the attachment 299359 [details]
Created attachment 299536 [details] X.log from the attachment 299359 [details]
I am suspecting this bug should be against anaconda or whatever that is generating the XConfig.test and not xorg-nv which is simply doing what it is told to do?
Sampe problem with F9 Preview. Also it happened on a Mac Mini w/Intel GMA950 in addition to my desktop with nVidia card. So this seems to be not related to graphics card. Why on earth is automagic mode setting not working and why is anaconda forcing 800x600 resolution? This will impact all monitors which do not support 800x600 or the modeline that Anaconda is using.
Changing version to '9' as part of upcoming Fedora 9 GA. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping
I am not sure of the relevance of this information to your reported case, but I'll cite it as a possible diagnostic or workaround aid since it may have some similar root causes. I'll file this as its own bug report additionally since my 8800GT/NV problem wasn't detected in the installer, but on an installed system. I installed Fedora 9 with no video related problems on a system with 8800GT-512MB card, and an old 15" LCD monitor whose maximum capability is 1024x768 and analog VGA input. Once the system was installed and updated fully online I relocated it to my desk with a 24" DELL 2405FPW LCD connected via a DVI-to-VGA adapter which is connected to the uppermost DVI/VGA port (near the card bracket screw) position. I have been unable to get X started with the nv driver at any resolution I've tried, including various lower resolutions like 1024x768. I just get a black screen when I "init 5". e.g. these did not help even when I did a cycle of init 3 / init 5 to restart X. system-config-display --set-resolution="1280x1024" system-config-display --set-resolution="1600x1200" When I did this: system-config-display --set-driver=vesa to switch /etc/X11/xorg.conf to the vesa driver instead of the nv driver, I am able to "init 5" and use the default gdm + gnome + graphical environment. I am now posting in 1600x1200xMillions of colors with the Vesa driver selected on the same 8800GT and with the same DVI -> DVI to VGA -> DELL 2405FPW connected as fails to work with the nv driver.
Exact same problem with recently released RHEL 5.2 x86_64 .
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