Bug 558439 - Unusable Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML with post-kernel 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
Summary: Unusable Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML with post-kernel 2.6.31.5-127.fc1...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: kernel
Version: 13
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Dave Airlie
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-01-25 10:49 UTC by Fabian Deutsch
Modified: 2011-06-02 18:23 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2011-06-02 18:23:34 UTC
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Description Fabian Deutsch 2010-01-25 10:49:47 UTC
Description of problem:
When using a kernel after 2.6.31-5 GDM (or the whole Xorg stuff?) breaks, so hangs or is just really slow, at least it is unusable.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
All kernels after 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML (MacBook, white, first-generation)
# rpm -qa | egrep -i "(kernel|xorg)" | sort
dracut-kernel-003-1.fc13.noarch
kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
kernel-2.6.32.3-21.fc13.i686
kernel-2.6.32-7.fc13.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.32.3-21.fc13.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.32-7.fc13.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.32.3-21.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-apps-7.4-9.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-13.fc12.i686
...
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.9.1-1.fc13.i686
...

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Get the specified MacBook / video card
2. Install rawhide
3. reboot
  
Actual results:
GDM will be relly slow / unusable / hang.

Expected results:
GDM works perfectly.

Additional info:
It occurred right after the named kernel. I hoped that this regression would disappear some time later.

Comment 1 Fabian Deutsch 2010-01-28 10:43:58 UTC
After upgrading to rawhide this seems to be better. I can login, performance is much better.
Just the screen is often not updated when I type, but ths might be gtk ...

$ rpm -qa | egrep -i "(kernel|xorg)" | sort
dracut-kernel-004-1.fc13.noarch
kernel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
kernel-2.6.32.3-21.fc13.i686
kernel-2.6.33-0.23.rc5.git1.fc13.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.32.3-21.fc13.i686
kernel-devel-2.6.33-0.23.rc5.git1.fc13.i686
kernel-headers-2.6.33-0.23.rc5.git1.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-apps-7.4-9.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-drivers-7.3-13.fc12.i686
...
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.10.0-2.fc13.i686
...
xorg-x11-server-common-1.7.99.3-1.20100120.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-devel-1.7.99.3-1.20100120.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-utils-7.4-15.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.99.3-1.20100120.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-util-macros-1.4.1-1.fc13.noarch
xorg-x11-utils-7.4-8.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-xauth-1.0.2-7.fc12.i686
xorg-x11-xinit-1.0.9-13.fc13.i686
xorg-x11-xkb-utils-7.4-7.fc13.i686

Comment 2 Bug Zapper 2010-03-15 14:12:55 UTC
This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 13 development cycle.
Changing version to '13'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

Comment 3 Tommy He 2010-04-10 11:10:18 UTC
Similar problem happens with Fedora 13 Beta Live.

Plymouth process went smoothly with Water Drop indicator. The mouse cursor appeared for a while then the whole screen went either black or blue (I tested two times). No response from mouse and keyboard from that point.

Comment 4 Bug Zapper 2011-06-02 16:45:57 UTC
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Comment 5 Fabian Deutsch 2011-06-02 18:23:34 UTC
Not present in F15 anymore.


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