Description of problem: the system freezes semi-randomly using the kernel param. 'nomodeset' helped How reproducible: install fedora 12 on dell inspiron 1564 with ati radeon 4330 vga card Steps to Reproduce: 1.install system 2.try to open themes and opera and some other software the system freezes with no logs
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Created attachment 400161 [details] xorg log with nomodeset
Created attachment 400162 [details] xorg log without nomodeset
Created attachment 400163 [details] messages log
the xorg.conf is empty
Created attachment 400164 [details] output of dmesg
Hmm, there is really nothing to see there.
i think i saw the same freeze, twice since the latest round of updates: kernel-2.6.32.9-70.fc12.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.21.20100219gite68d3a389.fc12.x86_64 xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.5.901-1.fc12.x86_64 libdrm-2.4.17-1.fc12.x86_64 mesa-dri-drivers-experimental-7.7-4.fc12.x86_64 (i'm not sure if i'm actually using those 'experimental' mesa drivers though.) the hang instantly freezes the entire system - the only option is to press the reset button or power off. haven't seen such an extreme freeze for years .. maybe decades! my system is a desktop with a HD2600. i've switched to nomodeset now and haven't seen another freeze since then.
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I believe I can reproduce that on similar computer (Dell 1545). It happens to me on shutdown and restart. When nomodeset is used, it works OK. How can I help in debugging this?
And it also happens in Fedora 13.
(Dell 1545, Radeon HD 4330) Bad news: it also sometimes hangs with nomodeset. Good news: 2.6.34-11.fc14 WORKS fine (no hang on shutdown) WITH modesetting (has some other bugs, but this one is fixed).
Update: 2.6.34-21.fc13.x86_64 from [1] works great, for me at least. Reporter, can you try it and report your experiences? [1] http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2225439
tried 2.6.34-21.fc13.i686 still not working without nomodeset (In reply to comment #13) > Update: 2.6.34-21.fc13.x86_64 from [1] works great, for me at least. Reporter, > can you try it and report your experiences? > > [1] http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=2225439
previous version was upgraded from fedora 12 to 13 through yum and the problem was still there yesterday have i reinstalled system from scratch and the problem seems to gone away
Closing mostly beacuse you won't be then able to help as in further diagnosis of this issue. Thank you for filing the report