Bug 447892 - Text console only until first X server restart
Summary: Text console only until first X server restart
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ati
Version: 9
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Airlie
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-05-22 11:28 UTC by Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak
Modified: 2018-04-11 07:43 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2009-06-19 14:40:17 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg.0.log (40.79 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-22 11:29 UTC, Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak
no flags Details
xorg.conf (5.22 KB, text/plain)
2008-05-22 11:30 UTC, Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak
no flags Details

Description Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak 2008-05-22 11:28:27 UTC
Description of problem:
On my laptop (Asus M6R, ATi Radeon Mobility 9100IGP) switching to the text
console and back works only until I restart the X server. After the X server
restart, the Ctrl-Alt-F<n> shows only slightly garbled screen contents from the
X session, not the text console. The text console is apparently active, though:
I have been able to type in "root" and the password, and the new console session
has been visible in the "w" command output. Alt-F8 switches back to the graphics
session, which works without problem. My graphics card is the following
(according to lspci):

01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon
Mobility 9100IGP]

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.901-29.20080415.fc9.i386
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.8.0-14.fc9.i386

How reproducible:
100 %

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot the system to the runlevel 5.
2. Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the text console, Alt-F8 or whatever to get
back to the X session.
3. Press Ctrl-Alt-Backspace (or log in and log out) to restart the X server.
4. Press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to the text console.
  
Actual results:
The text console is visible in step 2, garbled screen in graphics mode is
displayed in step 4.

Expected results:
The text console should be visible both in step 2 and step 4.

Additional info:
In fully updated Fedora 8 as of maybe two weeks ago it worked correctly.
I will attach my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log.

Comment 1 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak 2008-05-22 11:29:21 UTC
Created attachment 306363 [details]
Xorg.0.log

Comment 2 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak 2008-05-22 11:30:00 UTC
Created attachment 306364 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 3 Bug Zapper 2009-06-10 01:05:26 UTC
This message is a reminder that Fedora 9 is nearing its end of life.
Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
and issuing updates for Fedora 9.  It is Fedora's policy to close all
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Comment 4 Jan "Yenya" Kasprzak 2009-06-19 10:41:05 UTC
The bug is not present in fully updated F10, as far as I can test it.

Comment 5 Matěj Cepl 2009-06-19 14:40:17 UTC
Glad to hear it! Closing then.


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