Created attachment 374393 [details] Fedora 12, Fedora 11 Video Driver Issues Description of problem: Fedora 12 has major display driver issue much more than Fedora 11 as was also verified in the fedora forum. As such, both Fedora 11 and Fedora 12 cannot be use as the base platform for Red Hat 6 unless this critical issue is fixed completely. I have tried to fixed the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, but failed. The video driver detection and installation should be automatic to prevent breaking the system integrity. It is far too much for the majority to correct the problem by installing third party drivers from Nivida or Intel. In fact, I could not start Fedora when I installed Nivida video driver some years back. In fact most do not know what they are doing by following the forums. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Linux abc.web.my 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux How reproducible: Every time. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 1A) Installing Fedora-12-x86_64_DVD failed; Installation hangs after the 'Enter global passphase' stage; The screen was blank and installation hangs. 1B) Need to install Fedora-11-x86_64_DVD fist and do a preupgrade to install Fedora 12; Fedora 12 display problem like refresh problem, unrecognisable characters, words too dim to read: need to include 'nomodeset' in /boot/grub/grub.conf at the kernel line to correct the problem. 1C) Fedora-12-x86_64_DVD installation completely smoothly under 'Install system with basic video driver'; The display resolution was defaulted to 800x600; The screen resolution could not be changed through System->Preferences->Display; Fedora 12 failed to boot after changing /ext/X11/xorg11.conf; To avoid breaking the integrity of Fedora 12, step 1B) above was used to install Fedora 12 and it took a day to complete the process; 1D) The /boot and the encrypted / partitions can both be in ext4 file system in Fedora 12 and there was no problem starting Fedora 12 after completing the 1C) stage above; 1E) The passphrase screen is gone with 'nomodeset' and replaced with /dev/sdb11 is encrypted Passphrase: The screen is similar with a progress bar exactly like Fedora 10 after entering the passphrase. 2. 2A) Installing Fedora-11-x86_64_DVD took more than two hours; Installing packages like SELinux ... appears to hang and took about half and hour to get to the next package; This may be due to the video driver problem; 2B) Fedora 11 display problem like refresh problem, unrecognisable characters, words too dim to read: need to include 'nomodeset' in /boot/grub/grub.conf at the kernel line to correct the problem; 2C) The /boot partition must be ext3 and encrypted / can be in ext4 file system for Fedora 11. 2D) The passphrase screen is gone with 'nomodeset' and replaced with Passphrase: The screen is similar with a progress bar exactly like Fedora 10 after entering the passphrase. 3. 3A) Installing Fedora-10-x86_64_DVD was completed smoothly; There was no display driver problem. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info: --------------------------------------------------------------------- DELL PowerEdge 1800 Xeon processor emt 64 (x86_64) RAM: 512 MB Linux abc.web.my 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Dell 19 inch LCD monitor (1905FP UltraSharp Flat Panel Monitor) --------------------------------------------------------------------- $ sudo smoltSendProfile ===================================================== Smolt has collected four types of information: General Default run level: 5 Language: en_US.UTF-8 OS: Fedora release 12 (Constantine) ... Devices (None:None:None:None) ppdev, Unknown, None, Parallel Port Device (4098:20825:4136:387) pci, Unknown, VIDEO, Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (None:None:None:None) pnp, rtc_cmos, None, AT Real-Time Clock ... File system-related device mtpt type bsize frsize blocks bfree bavail file ffree favail /dev/pts WITHHELD devpts 4096 4096 0 0 0 0 0 0 /dev/shm WITHHELD tmpfs 4096 4096 63277 63172 63172 63277 63271 63271 ... Distribution-specific No data, yet (None:None:None:None) ppdev, Unknown, None, Parallel Port Device (4098:20825:4136:387) pci, Unknown, VIDEO, Radeon RV100 QY [Radeon 7000/VE] (None:None:None:None) pnp, rtc_cmos, None, AT Real-Time Clock (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (1659:9478:None:None) usb, usb-storage, OTHER, USB Mass Storage Interface (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) pnp, serial, None, 16550A-compatible COM port (None:None:None:None) pnp, i8042 aux, None, PS/2 Port for PS/2-style Mice (32902:9425:4136:387) pci, ata_piix, IDE, 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (Fixed MDIO bus.0) (None:None:None:None) scsi, sr, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (vesafb.0) (None:None:None:None) serio, psmouse, None, i8042 AUX port (32902:809:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge A (32902:9294:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, 82801 PCI Bridge (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) pnp, parport_pc, None, ECP printer port (None:None:None:None) net, Unknown, NETWORK, Loopback device Interface (3468:12:None:None) usb, snd-usb-audio, OTHER, USB Audio Interface (3468:12:None:None) usb, snd-usb-audio, OTHER, USB Audio Interface (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (3468:12:None:None) usb, usbhid, OTHER, USB HID Interface (None:None:None:None) platform, i8042, None, Platform Device (i8042) (None:None:None:None) platform, Unknown, None, Platform Device (pcspkr) (None:None:None:None) platform, iTCO_wdt, None, Platform Device (iTCO_wdt) (32902:9431:4136:387) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (None:None:None:None) net, Unknown, NETWORK, Networking Interface (32902:9428:4136:387) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (32902:9426:4136:387) pci, uhci_hcd, USB, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (None:None:None:None) platform, dcdbas, None, Platform Device (dcdbas) (32902:9424:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, Power Button (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (None:None:None:None) scsi_generic, Unknown, None, SCSI Generic Interface (3468:12:None:None) usb, snd-usb-audio, OTHER, USB Audio Interface (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) drm, Unknown, None, Direct Rendering Manager Device (None:None:None:None) scsi, sd, None, SCSI Device (32902:9437:4136:387) pci, ehci_hcd, USB, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (32902:9435:4136:387) pci, ata_piix, IDE, 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (32902:810:0:0) pci, Unknown, OTHER, 6700PXH PCI Express-to-PCI Bridge B (None:None:None:None) pnp, i8042 kbd, None, IBM Enhanced (101/102-key, PS/2 mouse support) (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, MOUSE, ImPS/2 Generic Wheel Mouse (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, MOUSE, Macintosh mouse button emulation (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, Video Bus (32902:4214:4136:387) pci, e1000, NETWORK, 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (None:None:None:None) tty, Unknown, None, 16550A-compatible COM port (4096:48:4136:387) pci, mptspi, SCSI, 53c1030 PCI-X Fusion-MPT Dual Ultra320 SCSI (None:None:None:None) platform, serial8250, None, Platform Device (serial8250) (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, None, C-Media USB Headphone Set (None:None:None:None) serio, atkbd, None, i8042 KBD port (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) input, Unknown, KEYBOARD, AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) scsi_host, Unknown, None, SCSI Host Adapter (None:None:None:None) scsi, sd, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) scsi, sd, None, SCSI Device (None:None:None:None) drm, Unknown, None, Direct Rendering Manager Device (32902:13721:0:0) pci, pcieport-driver, OTHER, E7520 PCI Express Port C (32902:13719:0:0) pci, pcieport-driver, OTHER, E7525/E7520 PCI Express Port B (32902:13717:0:0) pci, pcieport-driver, OTHER, E7525/E7520/E7320 PCI Express Port A (32902:13712:4136:387) pci, Unknown, OTHER, E7520 Memory Controller Hub Filesystem Information ================================= device mtpt type bsize frsize blocks bfree bavail file ffree favail ------------------------------------------------------------------- /dev/pts WITHHELD devpts 4096 4096 0 0 0 0 0 0 /dev/shm WITHHELD tmpfs 4096 4096 63277 63172 63172 63277 63271 63271 /dev/mapper/luks-d0768029-66e9-4659-a8cb-86954e3ff0ad / ext4 4096 4096 4535128 3178581 2948207 1152816 1027870 1027870 /dev/sdb10 /boot ext3 4096 4096 151183 142658 134979 38400 38362 38362 /dev/sdc4 WITHHELD vfat 8192 8192 1449763 55631 55631 0 0 0 /dev/sdc2 WITHHELD vfat 16384 16384 2079243 1147701 1147701 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------- $ /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by vfat 11040 2 fat 50200 1 vfat fuse 62048 2 sunrpc 191864 1 ip6t_REJECT 5856 2 nf_conntrack_ipv6 21880 2 ip6table_filter 4016 1 ip6_tables 19664 1 ip6table_filter ipv6 298864 28 ip6t_REJECT,nf_conntrack_ipv6 p4_clockmod 6148 1 freq_table 4864 1 p4_clockmod speedstep_lib 5712 1 p4_clockmod dm_multipath 17304 0 uinput 9248 0 snd_usb_audio 97216 2 snd_seq 58080 0 snd_pcm 83144 1 snd_usb_audio snd_timer 22608 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_page_alloc 9568 1 snd_pcm snd_usb_lib 17664 1 snd_usb_audio snd_rawmidi 24064 1 snd_usb_lib snd_seq_device 7620 2 snd_seq,snd_rawmidi ppdev 10040 0 snd_hwdep 9224 1 snd_usb_audio snd 67592 12 snd_usb_audio,snd_seq,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_usb_lib,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_hwdep soundcore 7328 1 snd dcdbas 10800 0 e752x_edac 13648 0 parport_pc 27640 0 parport 34320 2 ppdev,parport_pc e1000 115460 0 iTCO_wdt 13008 0 iTCO_vendor_support 3588 1 iTCO_wdt shpchp 34636 0 edac_core 43516 1 e752x_edac xts 3680 2 gf128mul 7952 1 xts sha256_generic 10816 0 cryptd 7592 0 aes_x86_64 8752 4 aes_generic 27728 1 aes_x86_64 cbc 4128 0 dm_crypt 13480 2 usb_storage 60288 2 mptspi 18544 0 mptscsih 31024 1 mptspi mptbase 79284 2 mptspi,mptscsih scsi_transport_spi 24864 1 mptspi video 23476 0 output 3360 1 video floppy 57496 0 radeon 507616 0 ttm 41952 1 radeon drm_kms_helper 25360 1 radeon drm 171168 3 radeon,ttm,drm_kms_helper i2c_algo_bit 6020 1 radeon i2c_core 28608 3 radeon,drm,i2c_algo_bit --------------------------------------------------------------------- $ xrandr -q Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 2304 x 1280 VGA-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 60.0* 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.0 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 59.9 720x400 70.1 VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) --------------------------------------------------------------------- $ grep 85 /var/log/Xorg.0.log (II) Loader magic: 0x7c8560 ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BC (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 VE (R420) JT (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP), ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP), ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 5D4C (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2, ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850, ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850 X2, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850, ATI FirePro M7740, ATI RV740, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850, ATI Radeon HD3850, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, ATI RV670, ATI Radeon HD3870 X2, ATI FireGL V7700, ATI Radeon HD3850, (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 (II) RADEON(0): 010101010101302a009851002a403070 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
This appears unrelated to the xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd package. Reassigning to xorg-x11-drv-ati.
can you try with the latest fedora 12 kernel and xorg-x11-drv-ati packages?
Problem still the same with latest kernel and xorg-x11-drv-ati. Please let me know if I am still missing any xorg-x11-drv-ati component. Send me the yum command to get the complete xorg-x11-drv-ati components. TESTING PROCEDURE: 1) sudo yum update 2) Remove 'nomodeset' from the kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf 3) reboot OBSERVATIONS: A) The kernel and xorg-x11-drv-ati are the latest. Problem of bug number 542109 is the same and has not been resolved. Fedora 12 still has display problems like refresh problem, unrecognisable characters, words too dim to read. SERIOUS BUG: A1) This bug already exist but not reported yet. With 'nomodeset' remove from /boot/grub/grub.conf, when the Terminal was enlarged, the system will be directed immediately to the login screen. This also occurs when using $ sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf or even expanding the File Browser. B1) With 'nomodeset' remove from /boot/grub/grub.conf, Firefox Browser has display problems like refresh problem, unrecognisable characters, words too dim to read. SYSTEM BUG: 1) Commands like $ sudo head -30 grub.conf takes about a minute to response if the ADSL modem is on! PREVIOUS SERIOUS BUG GONE: When Fedora 12 was run for a few days, the high pitch fan noise from my server (Dell PowerEdge 1800) since the earlier Fedora versions appears to be gone. This appears to the software related and not a hardware fault since the fan noise existed for more than a year and it is suddenly gone now. Fedora 12 works fine with 'nomodeset' included in the kernel line. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-d0768029-66e9-4659-a8cb-86954e3ff0ad rhgb quiet nomodeset SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us KERNEL AND XORG-X11-DRV-ATI VERSION: $ yum info xorg-x11-drv-ati Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit, security Installed Packages Name : xorg-x11-drv-ati Arch : x86_64 Version : 6.13.0 Release : 0.11.20091119git437113124.fc12 Size : 1.1 M Repo : installed From repo : updates Summary : Xorg X11 ati video driver URL : http://www.x.org License : MIT Description: X.Org X11 ati video driver. $ sudo yum install xorg-x11-drv-ati Package xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.11.20091119git437113124.fc12.x86_64 already installed and latest version $ uname -a Linux abc.web.my 2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 21 15:57:45 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux REPOSITORY: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/updates/12/x86_64/kernel-2.6.31.6-145.fc12.x86_64.rpm http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/fedora/updates/12/x86_64/xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.11.20091119git437113124.fc12.x86_64.rpm --------------------------------------------------------------------- DELL PowerEdge 1800 Xeon processor emt 64 (x86_64) RAM: 512 MB Linux abc.web.my 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 21:11:14 EST 2009 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Dell 19 inch LCD monitor (1905FP UltraSharp Flat Panel Monitor) --------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE BE AT LIBERTY TO SEND ME THE TEST PROCEDURE IF YOU SO DESIRE.
Please explain your bug in few lines. What's wrong. Also open a single bug for each different issue. I simply don't understand what's wrong for you. Attach full dmesg and full Xorg log (don't paste, attach them). Try booting with radeon.agpmode=-1 option that might help with whatever your issue is.
Hi SL, Please add full dmesg with drm.debug=1 in the kernel command line, and /var/log/Xorg.0.log to this bug as separate text/plain attachments. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Created attachment 381068 [details] [Bug 542109] Display driver problem - 20091231 TEST SETUP: This method is used to install Fedora 12 because the display driver problem cause the normal Fedora_12_x86_64-DVD installed process to hang up. 1. Install Fedora_11_x86_64-DVD (about three hours, also maybe caused by the display driver problem). 2. Upgrade to Fedora_12_x86_64-DVD via boot: linux usefbx (more than three hours). This setup use only native Fedora repositories. No third party repos like adobe, rpmfusion or livna was used. $ ls -la /var/cache/yum total 16 drwxr-xr-x. 4 root root 4096 2009-12-27 17:38 . drwxr-xr-x. 16 root root 4096 2009-12-27 16:36 .. drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2009-12-31 15:10 fedora -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 2009-12-27 17:38 .gpgkeyschecked.yum drwxr-xr-x. 3 root root 4096 2009-12-31 15:10 updates The setup was updated to the latest Fedora 12 system on 20091231, 15:00 Malaysian time. $ sudo yum clean headers metadata dbcache $ sudo yum update ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSERVATIONS AND RESULTS: The following is the immediate data for you attention. I did saw a few of the Xorg packages updated during the previous update on 20091228. The problem still exist. This problem started from Fedora 11, but Fedora 11 could be installed from DVD although very slow at 3 hours. Fedora 12 DVD could not be installed from the normal graphical mode. This is a serious bug since it is broken at the start and will drive the customers away. Fedora 11 have to be installed first and then do a preupgrade to Fedora 12. Preupgrade is only possible in the first two weeks. Now preupgrade to Fedora 12 failed because of the many dependencies since 20091117. I found that my type of machine can be upgraded with Fedora 12 DVD via boot: linux usefbx after installing the Fedora 11 first although upgrading to Fedora 12 via linux usefbx took more than three hours. This problem did not exist in Fedora 10 and it is a good start to work from Fedora 10. Could the new features and changes in Fedora 11 and Fedora 12 that broke the Xorg packages, if Xorg is the source of the problem? ATI drivers is third party and it may need to work around the ATI core rather than begging ATI for drivers update because the businesses come and go. To get around this problem, I added 'nomodeset' in the kernel boot. The starting screen has the effect like Fedora 10 with the progress bar at the bottom. The following is the get around that works. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-af8652ed-9f57-400e-a35b-cc60a8315ebd rhgb quiet nomodeset SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us The following is no good. The progress bar is like Fedora 10, but 70% smaller. Display problem still exist. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-af8652ed-9f57-400e-a35b-cc60a8315ebd rhgb quiet SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us The following as suggested by bugzilla is no good. The progress bar is like Fedora 10, but 70% smaller. Display problem still exist. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-af8652ed-9f57-400e-a35b-cc60a8315ebd rhgb quiet radeon.agpmode=-1 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us This variation is also no good. The progress bar is like Fedora 10, but 70% smaller. Display problem still exist. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-af8652ed-9f57-400e-a35b-cc60a8315ebd rhgb quiet agpmode=-1 SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- KERNEL AND XORG PACKAGES INSTALLED AS OF 31-DEC-2009: This modification to the boot kernel with 'nomodeset' works, though not desireable. kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.31.9-174.fc12.x86_64 ro root=/dev/mapper/luks-af8652ed-9f57-400e-a35b-cc60a8315ebd rhgb quiet nomodeset SYSFONT=latarcyrheb-sun16 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 KEYTABLE=us drm.debug=1 /var/cache/yum/fedora/packages -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 5979284 2009-12-28 12:55 xorg-x11-fonts-misc-7.2-9.fc12.noarch.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 255292 2009-12-28 12:55 xorg-x11-proto-devel-7.4-34.fc12.noarch.rpm /var/cache/yum/updates/packages -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 373156 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.11.20091119git437113124.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 12068 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-dummy-0.3.3-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 29896 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.3.0-4.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 30008 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-evdev-2.3.1-2.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 17128 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-keyboard-1.4.0-2.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 31520 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-mouse-1.5.0-1.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 61444 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-drv-synaptics-1.2.0-2.fc12.x86_64.rpm -rwxr-xr-x. 1 root root 43904 2009-12-28 12:56 xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-13.fc12.x86_64.rpm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- See attachment as requested.
I still don't understand your issue with kms. Please explain in 2 _lines_ what is wrong ? Is the screen black ? Is the picture on the screen distorted some how ? Does the computer fails to boot ? ... Also attach full dmesg with KMS enabled and lastest fedora 12 kernel. Thanks.
Created attachment 384897 [details] Display bug: dmesg-542109-20100117 1) Rubbish displayed on both the top menu bar and the botton status bar. Opening browser immediately go to login screen -> cannot test whether rubbish would still be displayed on browser since the browser cannot be opened. 2) Fainter display on all windows like Terminal and browser. Menu item like 'Close Tab Shift+Ctrl+W' of Terminal Window too faint to read. Basically, the display bugs, described previously, are still there and still exist. Update done at 20:00 GMT on 20100117.
Created attachment 385058 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f12-A.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f12-A.png is a new bug that exist in Fedora 12 since December 2009. This bug is from PackgeKit. It also exist in all notifications like NetworkManager and others. The kernel was booted up with the option 'nomodeset'. All the display problems that exist in this server did not exist in another machine, Acer Aspire E500, booted up from a USB Flash Drive running the full version of Fedora-12-i386-DVD, tested on 20100110.
Created attachment 385060 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-A.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-A.png highlight the font/display bug that exist in both Fedora 11 and Fedora 12. System on test not updated before 02:00 GMT 20100118. The information/words below 'More Secrets', 'Spread the Word' and and 'Get Involved' could not be read. The fonts also appears to be slightly different. Zoom into the area below 'More Secrets' reveal the information: 'Watch the people ...', but still very difficult to read
Created attachment 385061 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-B.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-B.png showed the display bug of both Fedora 11 and Fedora 12. System on test not updated before 02:00 GMT 20100118.
Created attachment 385062 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-C.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-C.png is the display on moving to an empty workspace by selecting one of the unoccupied space at the bottom panel bar. This bug exist in both Fedora 11 and Fedora 12. System on test not updated before 02:00 GMT 20100118. This bug but could not be reproduced on the latest version after the system was updated at 03:00 GMT 20100118. The screen can be cleaned by opening a Terminal and dragged it like a brush to clean up the display garbage. There are six workspaces in this setup. It appears that all the workspaces inherit the same problem, that is if one workspace has the problem, all the other five workspaces has the same display problem.
Created attachment 385063 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-D.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-D.png is the crunch. This problem exist in both Fedora 11 and Fedora 12. The whole Fedora 11 or Fedora 12 will freeze up after some time. It happened in this test in lest than 15 minutes after booting up. System on test not updated before 02:00 GMT 20100118. This bug was not be reproduced on the latest version after the system was updated at 03:00 GMT 20100118. The system response was observed to be slower. The system does not response to any mouse or keyboard input. The only way is to power down and then power up the system again.
Please inform if you need to test it in your standard procedure, like the steps and the scripts to run the test. Keep up with the excellent Linux work. I have to ask though. Why does simple bugs that did not exist in the previous version emerge in the latest versions? Like there were NetworkManager problems in Fedora 9 that did not exist in Fedora 8. Then there is the slow sudo problem in Fedora 11 and Fedora 12 that did not exist in Fedora 10. A new testing process has to be revised. First, look into the concept of 'Design for Testability'. Then look into the ways and process to do an exhaustive test on every code modification, even change make to a single line. As a means to improve on the software engineeing process, perhaps all the coders are to be supplied with a standard scripts that will do an exhaustive test on the modules and the overall system. The best person to do the test is actually the person making the code change because this person know what test to addon to the main script to cover all the consequences in a single code change.
Created attachment 385064 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-E.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-E.png show the display that was booted up with the 'nomodeset' option. Note the sharp and correct fonts displayed.
Created attachment 385065 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-F.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-F.png show the display that was booted up with the 'nomodeset' option. Note the sharp and distinct texts displayed.
Created attachment 385067 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-G.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-G.png showed the information/words below 'More Secrets', 'Spread the Word' and and 'Get Involved' could not be read. The fonts also appears to be slightly different. Zoom into the area below 'More Secrets' reveal the information: 'Watch the people ...', but still very difficult to read. Test was done on the latest system update at 03:00 GMT 20100118. This bug still exist. Please not that you may find this screenshot normal because you PC do not have this problem, but some lighter text cannot be read if I booted it up without the 'nomodeset' option. May be hard for you to understand. The best is to find a PC that has the same problem like mine and then open up Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-G.png
Created attachment 385068 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-H.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-H.png display the utility 'top'. Test was done on the latest system update at 03:00 GMT 20100118. The bug as seen in Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-B.png was not be reproduced. Note that the fonts is slightly different from the normal such that it is slimmer and dimmer. Please not that you may find this screenshot normal because you PC do not have this problem. If I booted it up without the 'nomodeset' option, I could see the display problem. May be hard for you to understand. The best is to find a PC that has the same problem like mine and then open up Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-H.png
Created attachment 385069 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-I.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-I.png showed that display error still exist on the latest version as highlighted on the left side of the screen with the section 'Watch Tonight's Sky'. The system on test was done after the update on 03:00 GMT 20100118. The latest version of Fedora 11 has not reproduced some of the bugs seen in earlier versions, but this screenshot shows that display bug still exist.
Created attachment 385070 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-J.png Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-J.png is the normal display for the latest Fedora 11 update. Compare with Screenshot-542109-20100118-f11-I.png to determine the display bug that still exist in the latest version of Fedora 11.
Fedora 12 could not be tested like Fedora 11 because of a new bug. The latest Fedora 12 system, since December, will immediately go the log-in screen on starting the Firefox application. The system will also go to the log-in screen when you try to 'Maximize Window'.
Created attachment 385072 [details] p1090005.jpg p1090005.jpg is the Fedora 11 startup screen booted with the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be the incorrect startup. The bright spot is just a camera flash.
Created attachment 385073 [details] p1090046.jpg p1090046.jpg is the Fedora 11 startup screen booted without the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be correct.
Created attachment 385074 [details] p1090003.jpg p1090003.jpg is the Fedora 11 startup process booted with the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be incorrect. The progress bar is similar to that of Fedora 10.
Created attachment 385075 [details] p1090053.jpg p1090053.jpg is the Fedora 11 startup process booted without the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be correct.
Created attachment 385077 [details] p1090034.jpg p1090034.jpg is the Fedora 12 startup screen booted with the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be the incorrect startup. The bright spot is just a camera flash. The following is the passphrase prompt. /dev/sdb13 is password protected:
Created attachment 385078 [details] p1090019.jpg p1090019.jpg is the Fedora 12 startup screen booted without the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be the incorrect startup. Note the displayed text is at least 70% smaller.
Created attachment 385080 [details] p1090043.jpg p1090043.jpg is the Fedora 12 startup process booted with the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be incorrect. The progress bar is similar to Fedora 10.
Created attachment 385081 [details] p1090031.jpg p1090031.jpg is the Fedora 12 startup process booted without the 'nomodeset' option. This appears to be incorrect. Note the progress bar is at least 70% smaller.
can you try F-12 yum --enablerepo=updates-testing upgrade xorg-x11-drv-ati plymouth libdrm mesa-libGL xorg-x11-server-Xorg and see if this problem persists. The different sizes of the text at boot isn't a bug thats how modesetting works.
Created attachment 385396 [details] Test Results and Observations - 20100119 @Dave Airlie Well done. Almost 90% of previous display bugs are gone. See the Attachment-20100119 for details. There is still an existing display bug, an existing boot display bug and possible a new bug which I will log them in the next three comments. Could you prepare and incorporate the packages into the whole Fedora 12 system when all the display problems have been resolved via yum update? There may be three more to go at this stage. Please inform when you are ready for the next round of test.
Created attachment 385398 [details] Display too dim to read P1090059.JPG showed the existing display bug since the first version of Fedora 11 and still exist in the latest version of Fedora 12. Font is slightly different to that of a normal display. It is slimmer and dimmer in all display windows like Firefox, Terminal, etc. Some areas within the browser is too dim to read. You won't see this problem because your PC does not have this display problem in the first place. I have attached P1090059.JPG to make it clear. In the Firefox Browser, the six sub-menu items below Edit and above 'Select All Ctrl+A' at the top left corner could not be read. Also, the information below the 'More Secrets', 'Spread the Word', and 'Get Involved' is too faint to be read. This bug is confusing and I will try to explain a bit more. When I booted up without 'nomodeset' and took the screen-shot, I could see the display problem. Then when I booted up with 'nomodeset' and open up the screen-shot, it appears to be normal. That is why I have to attach a photo to make it clear to you.
Created attachment 385400 [details] Boot up in Standard Graphical Mode Existing bug: Ideally it should be booted to the graphical passphrase screen like boot-p1090046.jpg to be consistence across all machines. It may be harder to maintain since the system behave differently on different machine. For your reference, Fedora 11, in the normal mode, will boot up with boot-p1090046.jpg and not in text mode.
Created attachment 385403 [details] Screenshot-542109-20100119-f12-A.png Screenshot-542109-20100119-f12-A.png showed the sub-menu items of Edit of the Firefox Browser at the top left corner of the screen when the browser was minimized. This sub-menu also appeared in all the other five workspaces in today test. This bug was not reproduced in later test.
Created attachment 387693 [details] Display error - Top Menu Bar; Bottom Status Bar Screenshot-542109-20100130.png shows new display error. Garbage seen at 1) Top Menu Bar and 2) Bottom Status Bar. Full and latest version Fedora-12-i386-DVD running from Acer Aspire E500. Fedora 12 was booted and run from 16GB USB Flash-Drive (HP v135w). The next comment contains dmesg attachment.
Created attachment 387694 [details] dmesg for i386 Acer Aspire; USB Flash-Drive Fedora 12 was booted from and run from a 16GB USB Flash-Drive on a i386 machine and not from a normal Hard Drive. The whole Fedora 12 system is self-contained on the 16GB USB Flash-Drive.
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