Bug 684682 - [NV43] Fedora 15 does not boot on NV43 [GeForce 6200] PCI (two cards present, other is NV18)
Summary: [NV43] Fedora 15 does not boot on NV43 [GeForce 6200] PCI (two cards present,...
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Version: 15
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ben Skeggs
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-03-14 08:31 UTC by Phil V
Modified: 2018-04-11 16:18 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2012-08-07 15:33:13 UTC
Type: ---


Attachments (Terms of Use)
Xorg.0.log from the working boot (video adapter priority swapped in BIOS the working version (53.45 KB, text/plain)
2011-03-19 09:47 UTC, Phil V
no flags Details
dmesg output (123.64 KB, text/plain)
2011-03-19 09:58 UTC, Phil V
no flags Details
/var/log/messages when successfully booted on AGP 1-output card (297.15 KB, text/plain)
2011-03-19 18:57 UTC, Phil V
no flags Details

Description Phil V 2011-03-14 08:31:40 UTC
Description of problem:
Hi, used F15Alpha LiveOS. 
With this card as primary adapter
http://www.smolts.org/reports/view_device/NV44A%20%5BGeForce%206200%5D
the Live OS will not boot. 
The default boot becomes textmode without any intentional action on my part, and then it gets hung up after dracut appears in the messages.

The card works fine, even providing dual monitors, in Fedora13.

If this card is set on secondary, it does not become activated, only the single output AGP card activates the monitors.

Comment 1 Phil V 2011-03-14 08:52:36 UTC
... activates its (1) monitor.

Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2011-03-18 00:29:15 UTC
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please add drm.debug=0x04 to the kernel command line, restart computer, and attach

* your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available),
* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of the dmesg command, and
* system log (/var/log/messages)

to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link above.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 3 Phil V 2011-03-19 08:46:54 UTC
Matej, when I boot with drm.debug=0x04,
and even with '3  drm.debug=0x04' (also removing 'rhgb quiet')

... the behavior is as reported in the original description:
textmode boot appears on both monitors and messages scroll by including a section that mentions drm and nouveau and concludes
with 4 lines
[  1.885004] [<ffffffff8106ebd1>] kthread+0x84/0x8c
[  1.885004] [<ffffffff8100a9e4>] kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[  1.885004] [<ffffffff8106eb4d>] ? kthread+0x84/0x8c
[  1.885004] [<ffffffff8100a9e0>] ? kernel_thread_helper+0x4/0x10
[  1.885004] Coode: 00 10 00 76 ...........
[  1.885004] RIP
[  1.885004]  RSP
[  1.885004] CR2
[  1.885004] --[end trace f8fe9f9a1d13919c]---
and then goes into USB probing, recognizing the flash USB drive, keyboard, mouse, and a second USB drive.
There is a pause and then 6 lines starting
[   30.7...] dracut: udevadm settle - timeout of 30 seconds reached, the event queue contains:
[   30.7...] /sys/devices=/pci000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 (716)
[   30.7...] /sys/devices=/pci000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/controlD65 (822)
[   30.7...] /sys/devices=/pci000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0/drm/card1 (823)
[   30.7...] dracut: starting plymouth daemon

And then 10 minutes pass:
[  601.....] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 1 on tmds encoder (output 1)
[  601.....] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nv_crtc_dpms:165 - settindhg dpms mode 3 on CRTC 0
[  601.....] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: Setting dpms mode 1 on vga encoder (output 2)
[  601.....] [drm] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0: nv_crtc_dpms:165 - settindhg dpms mode 3 on CRTC 0
[  601.....] [drm ] nouveau 0000:00:0d.0:
[   ] [drm:drm_crtc_helper-set-config]
 
and then there is another pause for 10 minutes, 
and this section continues.

Comment 4 Phil V 2011-03-19 08:50:47 UTC
That is to say, the file is processed all over again, repeating the two types of stanzas.

So I can't provide the files you are asking for.
Do you recommend another ?

Comment 5 Phil V 2011-03-19 08:52:37 UTC
I mean that since the boot process seems to get stuck, All I can do is request.

Comment 6 Phil V 2011-03-19 09:47:40 UTC
Created attachment 486370 [details]
Xorg.0.log from the working boot (video adapter priority swapped  in BIOS the working version

Matej Cepl : if you can suggest another way to boot with the newer videocard as the primary adapter, that would be great, beacause right now I can't get it to boot far enough to get a log file without rebooting.

I will attach the files you requested but tehy are from booting up with the older AGP card as primary.

Please note that the smolt record is at
http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_7b966414-694a-4bd1-852f-89ac9ee07505

And I have tried both nvidia and ATI videocards in this system.
All cards work well with Fedora13 and previous.
No cards work completely with Fedora15, except this single-headed AGP card.

==== I am using F15alpha liveCD for the following:
* /etc/X11/xorg.conf   does NOT exist.
* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of the dmesg command, andb
* system log (/var/log/messages)

Comment 7 Phil V 2011-03-19 09:58:40 UTC
Created attachment 486371 [details]
dmesg output

dmesg , but from the working boot (AGP as primary, PCI as secondary.

Comment 8 Phil V 2011-03-19 18:57:07 UTC
Created attachment 486405 [details]
/var/log/messages when successfully booted on AGP 1-output card

/var/log/messages when successfully booted F15Alpha-Live on AGP 1-output card 
Will see if there's some way to retrieve such files from an unsuccessful boot.

Comment 9 Phil V 2011-03-19 20:01:31 UTC
(1) Note on HARDWARE !
this system has similar problems in booting F15alpha when ATI cards are installed.
(One card dualhead works in F13; Will not boot in F15.)
See Bug 679674 for the details.

(Q1) Would an unsuccessful USB boot update on the USB the requested files

* X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log)
* output of the dmesg command, and
* system log (/var/log/messages)

(Q2) Is there any way to extract them from the overlay file?

(Q3) Otherwise I guess I'll have to install into a new drive to get the information you requested?

Comment 10 Matěj Cepl 2011-03-22 13:55:22 UTC
Thanks a lot.

Comment 11 Phil V 2011-03-23 09:40:04 UTC
(In reply to comment #10)
> Thanks a lot.

Do let me know if I can provide more information that would help solve the problem.

I built this computer myself to be quiet and would like to keep it going with Fedora. 

It seems that there are others having problems upgrading "mature" computers past Fedora 13, so perhaps my reports will help track down the common causes.

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