I tried booting the F9 preview today. This is what I saw: http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/login_jpeg.jpg http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/logged_in_taking_a_screenshot_jpeg.jpg I have used Ubuntu for 2-3 releases on this machine and Ubuntu always detects my graphics card and screen with proper resolution and no glitches. In the latest pre-release Ubuntu I even get compiz running with video etc (overlay not textured unfortunately). But I've never seen anything quite as bad as this? The machine has a 15" built-in LVDS panel and a intel X3100 965GM graphics card.
Full specs of this laptop is: Laptop: HP Pavilion 6525sc Intel Core 2 Duo (2x T7100 1.8 GHz), 32-bit with 2GB RAM Fujitsu MHW2120BH ATA (disk drive): 111,79GB Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family (display adapter): GMA X3100 15" screen, TV-out port (S-video) MATSHITA DVD-RAM UJ-851S ATA (dvd drive) ACPI-compliant battery Intel(R) ICH8M SATA AHCI Controller - 2829 Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850 IEEE 1394 Bus host controller: RICOH OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller Motorola SM56 Data Fax Modem Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection Realtek RTL8101 Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0) Personal Identification Device: AuthenTec Inc. AES2501A SD Host Adapters: SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller Realtek High Definition Audio Storage controllers: Microsoft iSCSI Initiator 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03) 00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03) 02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02) 06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 01) 07:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05) 07:09.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22) 07:09.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 12) 07:09.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12) 07:09.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev ff) 00:00.0 0600: 8086:2a00 (rev 0c) 00:02.0 0300: 8086:2a02 (rev 0c) 00:02.1 0380: 8086:2a03 (rev 0c) 00:1a.0 0c03: 8086:2834 (rev 03) 00:1a.1 0c03: 8086:2835 (rev 03) 00:1a.7 0c03: 8086:283a (rev 03) 00:1b.0 0403: 8086:284b (rev 03) 00:1c.0 0604: 8086:283f (rev 03) 00:1c.1 0604: 8086:2841 (rev 03) 00:1c.5 0604: 8086:2849 (rev 03) 00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2830 (rev 03) 00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2831 (rev 03) 00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:2832 (rev 03) 00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:2836 (rev 03) 00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev f3) 00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2815 (rev 03) 00:1f.1 0101: 8086:2850 (rev 03) 00:1f.2 0106: 8086:2829 (rev 03) 00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:283e (rev 03) 02:00.0 0280: 8086:4222 (rev 02) 06:00.0 0200: 10ec:8136 (rev 01) 07:09.0 0c00: 1180:0832 (rev 05) 07:09.1 0805: 1180:0822 (rev 22) 07:09.2 0880: 1180:0843 (rev 12) 07:09.3 0880: 1180:0592 (rev 12) 07:09.4 0880: 1180:0852 (rev ff)
Sorry to have scared you ;-) adding more descriptive to help get this issue fixed. Wondering if this is a gdm issue instead? Adding rstrode to CC Martin--Are there any relevant error messages in /var/log/messages or ~/.xsession-errors? If so, please post them here too. Thanks
This is a known bug that's fixed following an install I think. Boot with kernel option xdriver=vesa fixes the problem on the live cd, and then apparently all is well following the install. Temp workaround was seen in Nicu's blog: http://nicubunu.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-struggles-with-f9-beta.html
http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/dmesg.txt http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/home_fedora_xsession-errors.txt http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/var_log_messages.txt http://files.minimum.se/bug_attachments/f9preview/gfx_messed_up/var_log_xorg.0.log
Martin, you are not running Fedora 9 preview. You are running Fedora 9 beta. This bug was present in Fedora 9 beta but has been fixed in Fedora 9 preview.
your dmesg file says 'Linux version 2.6.25-0.121.rc5.git4.fc9' Fedora 9 preview uses 'Linux version 2.6.25-0.234.rc9.git1.fc9'
I read about the preview supporting kernel mode setting so I wanted to test it out. I went to fedoraproject.org and I clicked "get fedora". There was a link there that said "Someone definitely said... “Beta”" and I assumed that was it. By know, this link has been updated to to say "Someone definitely said... “Preview Release”". Hmm, I wonder how many other people downloaded the beta and thought "wow, this is not really polished stuff". Thanks for the clarification though, I will pull real preview now.