Created attachment 421605 [details] xserver log Description of problem: I have installed FC13 (x64) but X Server fails to start on my machine having "Intel Corporation 82G33/G31" Integrated Graphics Controller when the kernel is booted with 'nomodeset option'. When I realised that 'nomodeset' option in grub.conf was causing the issue so removed it and the X server started functioning. Please find the attachment Xorg.0.log My smolt id is http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_f2d9c681-9168-4d4a-93d7-ba470a580124 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora 13 x64 : xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.11.0-4.fc13.x86_64 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Edit grub.conf & add nomodeset to the kernel option list Actual results: Expected results: X server will not start Additional info:
this is expected and intended behaviour in F13, the use of nomodeset is no longer supported with the intel driver. perhaps we should make the 'nomodeset' option a no-op with intel and nouveau, and print a warning in logs somewhere? re-assigning to kernel with ajax and ben CC'ed for input. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
*** Bug 600949 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I guess we could have some kind of message printed in the logs somewhere, I'd like to keep "nomodeset" however, as it's very useful in those situations where we fail to initialise the display for whatever reason.
I'm not sure what you mean...how is it useful, when the X driver can't work with it? What's the point of loading nouveau with nomodeset versus just not loading it at all? Does it help for diagnostics somehow? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Or do you just mean that it makes handling the situation easier for users, because it's easier to just put in 'nomodeset' than it is to actually disable the module? -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
We should fall back to vesa magically when you say "nomodeset" now.