+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #494390 +++ During an initial install from DVD the machine fails to make the transition to graphical mode. Component versions: kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686.rpm xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.8.0-3.fc12.i686.rpm Reproducible: every time How to reproduce: boot Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD.iso from a real DVD on Apple Mac mini i686-only with Intel 945/950 graphics. I have verified that the problem originally reported in bug #494390 against Fedora 11 beta persists using Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD.iso burned to a DVD. Booting and selecting the first choice "Install or update..." gets a hard crash at the transition from text to graphics mode. The screen goes black, the backlight on the display is off, and there is no response to the keyboard <Ctrl><Alt>F2 trying to get a shell on VT2. The only option is power cycle: turn off, turn on. Again using the Fedora 12 Alpha DVD for i386, but selecting the second choice to install with basic video driver, gets a soft hang. The screen is blank, the backlight is on, I can get a shell on VT2. "ps ax" suggests that "modprobe fcoe" is going nowhere in async_D+ state. (There is no Fibre Channel over ethernet on this box. There is an external harddrive connected via ieee1394 (400MHz FireWire.) According to Apple "About this Mac" the hardware is: Model Name: Mac mini Model Identifier: Macmini1,1 Processor Name: Intel Core Duo ## note: i686 only, not x86_64 Processor Speed: 1.66 GHz Number Of Processors: 1 Total Number Of Cores: 2 L2 Cache: 2 MB Memory: 2 GB Bus Speed: 667 MHz Boot ROM Version: MM11.0055.B08 Intel GMA 950: Chipset Model: GMA 950 Type: Display Bus: Built-In VRAM (Total): 64 MB of Shared System Memory Vendor: Intel (0x8086) Device ID: 0x27a2 Revision ID: 0x0003 Displays: 1740CX: Resolution: 1280 x 1024 @ 60 Hz Depth: 32-Bit Color Core Image: Hardware Accelerated Main Display: Yes Mirror: Off Online: Yes Quartz Extreme: Supported Rotation: Supported Examining the Packages directory on Fedora-12-Alpha-i386-DVD, I see: kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.125.4.2.rc5.git2.fc12.i686.rpm xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.8.0-3.fc12.i686.rpm
Since you're trying to boot with 'basic graphics' (i.e. vesa) the bug clearly isn't in xorg-x11-drv-intel :) -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
CCing Andy in case this has implications for Anaconda also. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Created attachment 358918 [details] lspci; lspci -n; lspci -v
Created attachment 358919 [details] ps axl
Can you capture the output of alt-sysrq-t?
(In reply to comment #5) > Can you capture the output of alt-sysrq-t? Perhaps. This is an Apple Macintosh Mini, so there is no serial port for kernel serial console. There also is no netconsole until anaconda builds that module into the install (bug # 519756.) The keyboard has no SysRq key, but I have a USB keyboard for PC. So I will try that next morning (PDT), and send a .jpeg photograph of the screen.
alt-sysrq-t displays only the single line "SysRq : Show State\n" and nothing else. Consecutive alt-sysrq-t just repeats that one line. This is with an additional PC-103 keyboard (having SysRq key) in addtion to the Apple keyboard-plus-mouse. There is an external ieee1394a harddrive (FireWire 400MHz.) The soft hang "async_ D+" now appears on "modprobe raid0". Hmmm, the external harddrive (and/or the ieee1394 interface) seems to be common to the radi0 and fcoe hangs because FireWire can be used as an ethernet device. Boot+install (using basic video driver) with a DVD composed by me from rawhide last week (Thursday?), with kernel-PAE-2.6.31-0.180.rc7.git4.fc12.i686.rpm, succeeds. So perhaps the original problem is no longer interesting.
Works for me with a DVD of yesterday's rawhide (Thurs. 2009-10-29): xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.9.1-1.fc12.i686.rpm kernel-PAE-2.6.31.5-96.fc12.i686.rpm Successful boot and graphical install from DVD on Apple Mac mini i686 with Intel GMA 950 graphics.