Created attachment 501500 [details] /var/log/messages Description of problem: Boot from LiveCD. Towards the end of loading a screen appears advising there has been a serious problem and Fedora can't continue. This appears in /var/log/messages May 28 11:06:49 localhost kernel: [ 119.497845] gnome-shell[1563]: segfault at cdb ip 013c0b30 sp bf8d452c error 4 in nouveau_vieux_dri.so[1360000+334000] May 28 11:06:50 localhost dbus: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.UPower' May 28 11:06:52 localhost abrt[1642]: saved core dump of pid 1563 (/usr/bin/gnome-shell) to /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-05-28-11:06:50-1563.new/coredump (70688768 bytes) May 28 11:06:52 localhost abrtd: Directory 'ccpp-2011-05-28-11:06:50-1563' creation detected May 28 11:06:52 localhost gnome-session[1366]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal May 28 11:06:53 localhost kernel: [ 122.911074] gnome-shell[1654]: segfault at cdb ip 07b71b30 sp bfb2a47c error 4 in nouveau_vieux_dri.so[7b11000+334000] May 28 11:06:53 localhost abrt[1671]: not dumping repeating crash in '/usr/bin/gnome-shell' May 28 11:06:53 localhost gnome-session[1366]: WARNING: App 'gnome-shell.desktop' respawning too quickly May 28 11:07:03 localhost gnome-session[1366]: WARNING: Application 'gnome-shell.desktop' killed by signal May 28 11:07:09 localhost abrtd: New dump directory /var/spool/abrt/ccpp-2011-05-28-11:06:50-1563, processing Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from LiveCD 2. In bootloader enter option nouveau.tv_disable=1 3. Continue with boot Actual results: Screen appears advise cannot continue and to try logging in again Expected results: Gnome3 desktop appears Additional info:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=708004 seems related
Yeah, I'd say it's the same bug actually. I plan on looking at this tomorrow when I get a chance to play with some of the "old" cards. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 708004 ***