Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 487456
gdm does not start
Last modified: 2018-04-11 09:32:21 EDT
Created attachment 333281 [details] gdm log file Description of problem: X does not start on boot Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): gdm-2.25.2-7.fc11.i586 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Boot the system 2. 3. Actual results: gdm fails to start - respawning too rapidly Expected results: That gdm starts Additional info: This started to happen after latest round of updates (Feb 25) System is a Dell Inspiron 8600 with the following video: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] (rev a1)
Created attachment 333282 [details] gdm log file
Created attachment 333283 [details] output from messages file This is an excerpt of messages from /var/log/messages
Your X server is crashing, from the looks of it. Would be good to get your Xorg.0.log
Created attachment 333516 [details] X log file I have attached the log file
looks like this is the problem then: (II) NOUVEAU(0): Found Display Configuration Block version 2.2 (!!) NOUVEAU(0): Raw DCB entry 0: 01000100 000088b8 (!!) NOUVEAU(0): Raw DCB entry 1: 02110223 00000064 (EE) NOUVEAU(0): Unknown LVDS configuration bits, please report (WW) NOUVEAU(0): No outputs definitely connected, trying again... (WW) NOUVEAU(0): Unable to find initial modes (EE) NOUVEAU(0): 1384: No valid modes. doesn't look like your graphics card is particularly unusual or anything. we should probably change the component of this bug to xorg-x11-drv-nouveau.
The card worked fine with the Alpha install image from the F11 Live CD image so it should work.
The alpha install image was using the nv driver, which doesn't attempt to program your panel, it just reuses what your VBIOS has setup. Nouveau, in order to do randr 1.2, has to be able to program the panel, and this is one of the safety checks to make sure we don't do anything bad to it. I've packaged a tool which traces your VBIOS. If you can install the package and run the following commands from a *console*, if you're in X things will likely go very wrong. vbtracetool -d 2>post.log (this will take a *long* time) vbtracetool -l 2>post.iolog vbtracetool -w 2>bios.rom If you can compress the resulting files, and either attach them here, or mail to mmio.dumps@gmail.com I'll have a look and see how to handle the flags nouveau is complaining about. You can find packages for vbtracetool at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1230375/ Thanks, Ben.
Sorry, I made a small mistake in the above instructions. The first two commands should be: vbtracetool -dp 2>post.log vbtracetool -lp 2>post.iolog Thanks!
Created attachment 335375 [details] debug info I ran the 2 commands you suggested but the files generated are huge: -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 74428802 2009-03-13 21:19 /tmp/post.iolog -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1356167991 2009-03-13 21:21 /tmp/post.log How do you want me to provide them to you? I am attaching X.org files from latest attempt
Created attachment 335377 [details] debug info 2
Created attachment 335378 [details] debug info 3
They should compress down quite a lot with "bzip -9 post.log > post.log.bz2". If you mail them to mmio.dumps@gmail.com, myself and other nouveau developers will be able to access them.
Can you install the xorg-x11-drv-nouveau rpm for your arch from http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1247307/xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-11.20090313git79d23d8.fc11.i586.rpm and see if the driver works for you? Also, can you run "vbtracetool -w 2>bios.rom" and mail it to the same address as the others? Thanks! Ben.
Created attachment 335647 [details] log file
Created attachment 335648 [details] x log file I tried the rpm and it did not work. I got a lot of the following message: [drm] nouveau_fifo_free: freeing fifo 0 I have attached the Xorg log files I also get a lot of these messages: Mar 17 21:04:26 peglaptop192 kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (raw set 2, code 0x11d on isa0060/serio0). Mar 17 21:04:26 peglaptop192 kernel: atkbd.c: Use 'setkeycodes 1d <keycode>' to make it known. I sent the bios.rom file as well
Created attachment 335649 [details] driver messages I have attached the messages I got out of the new driver Paolo
Oops, my bad. Sorry about that. New RPM at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1247473/xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-11.20090313git79d23d8.fc11.i586.rpm
I tried the latest nouveau package and I get the same problem. perfdm terminates because it respawns too rapidly. The issue is always: (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Paolo
Can I have a full log of that please? The issue that was last in the logs should be gone, maybe something else!
Created attachment 335760 [details] Latest xorg log I have attached the latest Xorg.5.log using latest package
Thanks for that. Stuart Bennett made some changes upstream which should fix the issue seen in your latest log. xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-15.20090323git4067ab4.fc11 contains all the fixes to date, so is worth a try. I'll link you to the rpm of the build in case you don't want to wait until it hits the update repos. http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1253659/xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-0.0.12-15.20090323git4067ab4.fc11.i586.rpm
Created attachment 336245 [details] lates Xorg log An improvement, but still no gdm login. Both the server and gdm start but the screen is blank. I ran strace on the running server and I get: 2754 --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- 2754 sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) 2754 --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- 2754 sigreturn() = ? (mask now []) 2754 --- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) @ 0 (0) --- See the next attachment.
Created attachment 336246 [details] strace output This show a ps output of gdm and the X server allong with strace output of all the related processes
Created attachment 336247 [details] xorg log file FYI, after I installed the package I did an init 3 followed by an init 5, the screen went through a weird pattern as if it was trying to start graphics but eventually the screen went blank - no gdm login screen. I then tried doing an init 3 again to stop graphics to make sure the new driver was in fact loaded, but the X server never terminated. I eventually rebooted. The first Xorg log file is from the initial attempt to start graphics. The strace output is from the second attempt. I have attached the Xorg log file from the second attempt.
Thanks. What resolution is your laptop's panel supposed to be? X is running correctly, but your display just isn't lighting up still. Can you ssh in from somewhere and run "xrandr --output LVDS-0 --mode 1400x1050" ? The SIGALRM is normal, X uses it as a timer of sorts.
Ruuning: xrandr --output LVDS-0 --mode 1400x1050 reults in: Xlib: extension "Generic Event Extension" missing on display "localhost:12.0".
Okay. Can you install http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1255481/radeontool-nv-20080818gitca77362a-1.fc11.i586.rpm, and run sudo radeontool-nv regs both while running a (working) nv, and the same with nouveau sitting at the black screen (over ssh?) and post the output from both here. We'll get this eventually!
Created attachment 336413 [details] radeontool-nv output for nv
Created attachment 336414 [details] radeontool-nv output for nouveau Attached the two requested files. BTW, I really appreciate the effort you've been doing to try to solve my problem. If there is any additional info you need let me know. I'll help in any way I can to get this working. Thanks, Paolo
I just tried the LiveCD provided for the Nouveau test day and I think I have the same issue: (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory (EE) NOUVEAU(0): 14111: No valid modes. (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found [...] [drm] nouveau_fifo_free: freeing fifo 0 giving up. The nouveau version is git4067ab4. My card is a GeForce 7950 and the monitor is an Eizo FlexScan S1910 (1280x1024) connected via DVI-1.
I just installed the latest updates and the problem is still present. I have downloaded the beta DVD and will try that as well
The F11 Beta DVD failed to start graphics and went to text mode for the install
There's a build of the xorg-x11-drv-nouveau up at http://koji.fedoraproject.org/scratch/bskeggs/task_1282023/ which has fixes from Stuart Bennett (malc0 on irc) which he thinks may help. Can you give it a try and report back please?
Also, if this doesn't help at all, can you do another dump with radeontool-nv and attach it here. Thanks!
I'm attaching the info /var/log/messages showed: Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: AGP 2.0 bridge Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: agpgart-intel 0000:00:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: pci 0000:01:00.0: putting AGP V2 device into 4x mode Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 0 Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: nouveau_fifo_alloc: initialised FIFO 0 Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: Allocating FIFO number 1 Apr 7 17:00:18 peglaptop192 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: nouveau_fifo_alloc: initialised FIFO 1 Apr 7 17:00:19 peglaptop192 kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: PFIFO_DMA_PUSHER - Ch 1 Paolo
Created attachment 338634 [details] radeontool-nv output for nouveau
Created attachment 338635 [details] xorg log file
Ok, seems we're out of the woods now regarding display issues (you did see the display come up this time?).. now the graphics engine is playing up.. Does this still occur if you boot with nouveau.noagp=1 on the kernel commandline?
oops, I forgot to mention the fact that I still have no display. I thought things had worked, but that was because I went back to the nv driver. I have not tried setting nouveau.noagp=1 on the kernel command line. I will try that tonight. One thing I'll mention, just FYI, is that when I was running the nv driver and had my display set to 1440 x 1050, which is the normal setting for my laptop, the root window did not use the entire physical display. There was about 1 inch of blank screen on either side of the root window.
Well we have progress. If I run with nouveau.noagp=1 I get the gdm login displayed (YAAAYYY! :-) I am attaching the output of radeontool-nv regs and the Xorg.0.log files. Thanks
Created attachment 338833 [details] radeontool-nv output for nouveau
Created attachment 338836 [details] xorg log file
Ok, awesome. I'm not really certain what we'll be able to do regarding AGP issues. They tend to be very card/chipset specific. The only likely option is going to be to instruct people to disable AGP all-together. I'll be changing noagp to agpmode at some point in the future however. One of my cards at home has issues running in AGP 4x mode, but 2x is fine.
There still may be an issue. After the gdm login prompt I logged in and everything seemed to be OK. I walked a way for a while and when I cam back I got the password prompt popup after the screen locked, but it's not taking any keystrokes. The mouse moves around fine but no keyboard response. Restarting the Xserver corrected the problem.
Can you post /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and /var/log/messages from after you restarted X?
Created attachment 338902 [details] messages file /var/log/messages
Created attachment 338903 [details] X log file Xorg.0.log.old
Not strictly related to your latest issue, but are you able to grab a radeontool dump while using LVDS and DVI at the same time. Doing this with the binary driver would be ideal, but if this isn't possible and the VBIOS sets up both if you boot with DVI plugged in, from a console will be fine. Have you had any more recurrences of the issue you mention in #44? I didn't see anything revealing in the latest logs unfortunately.
I have not seen a re-occurrence of the problem so don't spend any time worrying about it. However, I just booted up the snapshot live cd and I get no graphics, just a black screen and no way to change any kernel parameters. I'll check to see if a bug has already been filed against this and if there isn't one I'll file one. I hope this issue gets resolved in some way before the final release.
Did you ever manage to grab those radeontool-nv dumps mentioned in comment 48?
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by posting a comment, you just did it :) sorry about that.