Description of problem: If I don't have vga0x318 on kernel command line then Gnome doesn't start. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): plymouth-05.0-14.2008.08.08.fc10.i386 kernel-2.6.27-0.244.git1.fc10.i686 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot with rhgb quiet 2. It boots with blue bar screen 3. Screen goes black and it asks for Password: and echo dots 4. Back to blue bar screen 5. Screen goes black and asks for Password: and echo dots 6. Back to Blue Bar screen. 7. Then see black screen with login: prompt and it flashes a bunch 8. Gnome never starts. Actual results: Left at run level 3 login type screen. Expected results: Should have Gnome login screen. Additional info: See lots of entries in /var/log/messages about: localhost acpid: client has disconnected. Have 3 partions on laptop /boot swap / swap and / are encrypted, no lvm. If I change kernel command line from: rhgb quiet to rhgb vga=0x31 quiet Then I get the new screen and then lock for passwords. Then black login: prompt screen and then Gnome starts.
does logging in and running startx work?
After firstboot finished I pushed Alt F1 and logged in as jwilliam. Typed startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/jwilliam/.serverauth.2775 xauth: creating new authority file /home/jwilliam/.Xauthority xauth: creating new authority file /home/jwilliam/.Xauthority Fatal server error: Server is already active for display 0 if this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock and start again. And it just sits there, no prompt. Alt F2 and login to another terminal. ps -ef|grep tty1 And I see: startx calls xinit which calls root has [X] <defunct> Reboot and Gnome comes up just fine. So I guess it is only after firstboot. Didn't have to add the vga=0x318
So when you're erroneously at the "login: " screen, if you press ctrl-alt-f7 does it bring you GDM? what about ctrl-alt-f8 or ctrl-alt-f9?
Created attachment 315162 [details] /var/log/messages can see 3rd reboot worked.
Well How reproducible: Always isn't correct. I have installed several times today. And I had it work 1 time. This last time I had to go through firstboot screens 3 times. The first time the hard drive light just stayed on. The second time the screen just went black and I couldn't find any keys that did anything. The third time I hit alt F1 and got a prompt. Then I tried ctrl-alt-f7 and that worked to get to the Gnome login. I also tried to ping the box each time and the first 2 times it is like it would ping and then when the black screen came on it wouldn't ping. I attached the messages file. I am starting to think this might just be a network problem.
Are you still seeing issues here?
Not sure I can test this now with new kernel X Windows is broken.
I think this is actually a duplicate of a firstboot bug that was fixed a while ago, so I'm going to close this out. If it happens again though (after you X bug is resolved which I assume is happening on a different report), please reopen.