Bug 446312 - Xserver doesn't start.
Summary: Xserver doesn't start.
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-i810
Version: 9
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-14 02:11 UTC by Ralph Loader
Modified: 2018-04-11 07:12 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2009-07-14 17:40:35 UTC
Type: ---
Embargoed:


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Log file from starting X. (15.09 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-14 02:11 UTC, Ralph Loader
no flags Details
Config file generated by X --configure (2.27 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-14 02:12 UTC, Ralph Loader
no flags Details
log file from successful start with automatically selected intel driver. (24.09 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-16 20:35 UTC, Micha
no flags Details
Log of unsucessful start with i810 driver. (6.13 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-16 20:35 UTC, Micha
no flags Details
xorg.conf created with system-config-display (612 bytes, text/plain)
2008-05-16 20:36 UTC, Micha
no flags Details

Description Ralph Loader 2008-05-14 02:11:22 UTC
After an update to Fedora-9, X would no longer start with the i810 driver.

Switching to the vesa driver allows X to start.

Will attach config and logs.

Comment 1 Ralph Loader 2008-05-14 02:11:22 UTC
Created attachment 305318 [details]
Log file from starting X.

Comment 2 Ralph Loader 2008-05-14 02:12:01 UTC
Created attachment 305319 [details]
Config file generated by X --configure

Comment 3 Ralph Loader 2008-05-14 02:15:13 UTC
A few more details:

on starting X (either via gdm or by hand) the screen goes blank, no mouse cursor.

I can still switch back to a text VT using Ctrl-Alt-F1 etc.

I can hear a faint repeated chirping sound coming from the PC - I suspect the
video chipset getting repeatedly reconfigured?

Comment 4 Ralph Loader 2008-05-14 02:21:38 UTC
This looks wrong:

(==) intel(0): VideoRam: 131072 KB

It should only be 32Meg:

(II) intel(0): detected 32636 kB stolen memory.


Comment 5 Micha 2008-05-16 20:34:09 UTC
I have the same problem and will add some log file.

The i810 driver does not work. When X starts from init 5, the screen starts
flickering and ends up displaying the text login. Using the intel (experimental
modesetting) driver, X starts correctly.

Log files for both cases will be added. In the case of the intel driver, no
Xorg.conf file was available. The i810 driver was selected via
system-config-display.

Comment 6 Micha 2008-05-16 20:35:09 UTC
Created attachment 305748 [details]
log file from successful start with automatically selected intel driver.

Comment 7 Micha 2008-05-16 20:35:53 UTC
Created attachment 305750 [details]
Log of unsucessful start with i810 driver.

Comment 8 Micha 2008-05-16 20:36:42 UTC
Created attachment 305751 [details]
xorg.conf created with system-config-display

Comment 9 Matěj Cepl 2008-05-23 17:59:53 UTC
(In reply to comment #5)
> The i810 driver does not work. When X starts from init 5, the screen starts
> flickering and ends up displaying the text login. Using the intel 
> (experimental modesetting) driver, X starts correctly.

I don't think it is the same issue, and moreover i810 driver is not actively
developed anymore. You will be probably better served just to use intel driver.

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