Bug 726118 - Fedora does not work with docking station
Summary: Fedora does not work with docking station
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED CANTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-server
Version: 15
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: [cat:lockup]
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-27 15:16 UTC by Matthieu Pupat
Modified: 2018-04-11 09:58 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-08-04 23:19:40 UTC
Type: ---


Attachments (Terms of Use)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf (2.51 KB, text/plain)
2011-08-01 09:07 UTC, Matthieu Pupat
no flags Details
/var/log/Xorg.0.log (24.42 KB, text/plain)
2011-08-01 09:07 UTC, Matthieu Pupat
no flags Details
output of dmesg (79.46 KB, text/plain)
2011-08-01 09:08 UTC, Matthieu Pupat
no flags Details
/var/log/messages (94.39 KB, text/plain)
2011-08-01 09:09 UTC, Matthieu Pupat
no flags Details

Description Matthieu Pupat 2011-07-27 15:16:28 UTC
Description of problem:

When starting Fedora from my laptop in the docking station, BIOS, GRUB and boot messages are displayed correctly but after that the screen is black.


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start the laptop when in the docking station

  
Actual results:
Screen is black

Expected results:
Login screen should be displayed

Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 2011-07-27 18:48:18 UTC
What sort of laptop, with what sort of graphics?

Comment 2 Matthieu Pupat 2011-07-27 21:39:26 UTC
DELL Precision M4400
NVIDIA Quadro FX 770M

Comment 3 Matěj Cepl 2011-07-28 00:07:56 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, reproduce the issue, 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 4 Matthieu Pupat 2011-08-01 09:07:07 UTC
Created attachment 516094 [details]
/etc/X11/xorg.conf

Comment 5 Matthieu Pupat 2011-08-01 09:07:43 UTC
Created attachment 516095 [details]
/var/log/Xorg.0.log

Comment 6 Matthieu Pupat 2011-08-01 09:08:11 UTC
Created attachment 516096 [details]
output of dmesg

Comment 7 Matthieu Pupat 2011-08-01 09:09:22 UTC
Created attachment 516097 [details]
/var/log/messages

Comment 8 Matěj Cepl 2011-08-04 23:19:40 UTC
Thanks for the report. We are sorry that we cannot help you with your problem, but we are not able to support binary-only drivers. If you would be able to reproduce this issue using only open source software, please, reopen this bug with the additional information, but in meantime I have no choice than to close this bug as CANTFIX (because we really cannot fix it).

The open source 'nouveau' driver (in package xorg-x11-drv-nouveau) is the recommended alternative for users of Nvidia graphic chips.  It is used by default in Fedora 11 and later if you remove any customizations that explicitly set the video driver.  The older "nv" driver may be needed in some cases.  It is also available in older Fedora releases.  Install the packages xorg-x11-drv-nouveau or xorg-x11-drv-nv and override the X server's default choice if necessary.  See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NouveauAsDefault for more information.

If you used a non-packaged version of the driver from the Nvidia website please clean your system from additional libraries and software it installed. For users who are experiencing problems installing, configuring, or using the unsupported 3rd party proprietary "nvidia" video driver, Nvidia provides indirect customer support via an online web based support forum.  Nvidia monitors these web forums for commonly reported problems and passes them on to Nvidia engineers for investigation.  Once they've isolated a particular problem, it is often fixed in a future video driver update.

The NVNews Nvidia Linux driver forum is located at:

	http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=14

Once you have reported this issue in the Nvidia web forums, others who may have experienced the particular problem may be able to assist.  If there is a real bug occuring, Nvidia will be able to determine this, and will likely resolve the issue in a future driver update for the operating system releases that they officially support.

While we does not support the proprietary nvidia driver, users requiring technical support may also find the various X.Org, XFree86, and Red Hat/Fedora mailing lists helpful in finding assistance:

X.Org mailing lists:
	http://www.freedesktop.org/XOrg/XorgMailingLists

XFree86 mailing lists:
	http://www.xfree86.org/sos/lists.html

Red Hat/Fedora mailing lists:
	https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo


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