Description of problem: We have an older barebones VIA Nehemiah-based board (vintage 2005). Graphics are based on the CLE266 North Bridge Integrated UniChrome 2D/3D Processor. Installation of Fedora+KDE proceeds smoothly. After firstboot, I am presented with the GDM (or is the KDE Greeter?) login screen. Login fails for root or "the other user". Every time, the login screen disappears, Fedora seems to cogitate a minute or so, showing the animated Fedora logo, then the screen goes black (X11 restarts?) then the login screen comes back. "Failsafe session" doesn't help either. Selecting "Console Menu" on the "Menu" has the same effect. After a minute or so, the login screen comes back. CTRL-ALT-FXX deosn't bring up the console either (didn't that used to work back in the 90's? oh well) Unfortunately the network has not been configured yet, so remote login is right out. Gotta go to the rescue CD or something.
Additional info: 1) Booted to runlevel 3 (non-graphical mode; press a key at boot, then the boot options edit screen comes up; add a "3" at the end of the "kernel" line, then press "b" to continue boot) 2) Once the system is up, logged in, then dumped xorg.conf with: Xorg -configure :1 The resulting file is attached. The exact name of the graphic hardware is: "VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics"
Created attachment 354289 [details] xorg.conf obtained with Xorg -configure :1
Created attachment 354290 [details] Xorg.log
The log file doesn't contain anything suspicious at first sight. Maybe try to disable acceleration ? Option "NoAccel" You should also try the driver from updates-testing and see if it helps. yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update xorg-x11-drv-openchrome
David, are you still around ?
Hi Xavier - Yes I am. Haven't had time to work on this yet. I can look at it over the weekend, if that's ok.
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing' Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD . Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you. If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you. [This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]
Hello, I am having the same problem. When I try to log into a kde session on F12 the session starts then fails after the largest circle is displayed - then X restarts. I tried F10 live kde CD works, F11 and F12 live kde CDs fails. I have updated to the latest F12 as of 12/01/09. The problem still exists. Gnome works fine, also if I start a vncserver and have startkde in my xstart file - then kde session works - which to me means it is somehow related to openchrome driver. Also I have set selinux to disabled. Some detailed info follows: cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 9 model name : VIA Nehemiah stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 1002.272 cache size : 64 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 mtrr pge cmov mmx fxsr sse up rng rng_en bogomips : 2004.54 clflush size : 32 lspci -v 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11 Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Capabilities: [70] AGP version 2.0 [root@joker6 karen]# cat .xsession-errors startkde: Starting up... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_klauncher.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kded4.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kbuildsycoca4.so kbuildsycoca4 running... kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so Invalid D-BUS member name 'idle-hint' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'is-local' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'x11-display' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'display-device' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'remote-host-name' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'session-type' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection Invalid D-BUS member name 'unix-user' found in interface 'org.freedesktop.ConsoleKit.Session' while parsing introspection X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 156 Extension: 144 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x40 X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 156 Extension: 144 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x40 X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 156 Extension: 144 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x40 X Error: XSyncBadAlarm 156 Extension: 144 (Uknown extension) Minor opcode: 11 (Unknown request) Resource id: 0x40 kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kglobalaccel.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kcminit_startup.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_kconf_update.so kdeinit4: preparing to launch /usr/lib/libkdeinit4_ksmserver.so <unknown program name>(1518)/ KStartupInfo::createNewStartupId: creating: "joker6.seclark.com;1259672913;988802;1518_TIME0" : "unnamed app" kephald starting up XRANDR error base: 164 RRInput mask is set!! RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 123 1280 x 1024 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 124 1280 x 1024 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 125 1280 x 960 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 126 1152 x 864 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 127 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 128 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 129 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 130 1024 x 768 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 131 832 x 624 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 132 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 133 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 134 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 135 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 136 800 x 600 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 137 720 x 400 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 138 720 x 400 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 139 720 x 400 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 140 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 141 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 142 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 143 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 144 640 x 480 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 145 640 x 400 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding mode: 146 640 x 350 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding crtc: 121 RandRScreen::loadSettings - adding output: 122 Setting CRTC 121 on output "default" (previous 0 ) CRTC outputs: (122) Output name: "default" Output refresh rate: 75 Output rect: QRect(0,0 1280x1024) Output rotation: 1 XRandROutputs::init added output 122 adding an output 0 with geom: QRect(0,0 1280x1024) output: "SCREEN-0" QRect(0,0 1280x1024) 875634720 true true load xml connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 screen: 0 QRect(0,0 1280x1024) looking for a matching configuration... connected: 1 looking for current "SCREEN-0" known "*" has score: 0.125 found outputs, known: false activate external configuration!! registered the service: true screens registered on the bus: true outputs registered on the bus: true configurations registered on the bus: true kdeinit4: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGHUP to children. klauncher: Exiting on signal 1 XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 21 requests (8 known processed) with 0 events remaining. kwin: Fatal IO error: client killed QProcess: Destroyed while process is still running. kglobalaccel: Fatal IO error: client killed kdeinit4: sending SIGTERM to children. kdeinit4: Exit. kded4: Fatal IO error: client killed [root@joker6 karen]#
I was able to work around the problem by adding the following to my xorg.conf file. Section "ServerFlags" Option "AIGLX" "off" EndSection
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 507600 ***