Bug 771875 - Can not install RHEL6.2 while plug NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.7C.00.01
Summary: Can not install RHEL6.2 while plug NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.7C.00.01
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 768888
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xorg-x11-drv-nouveau
Version: 6.2
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Ben Skeggs
QA Contact: Desktop QE
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-01-05 09:59 UTC by wayneh
Modified: 2012-06-19 17:45 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-02-10 05:44:47 UTC
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Description wayneh 2012-01-05 09:59:41 UTC 
Created attachment 550869 [details]
the system hang here

Description of problem:
When selecting "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC,it can not install RHEL6.2 when using NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.7C.00.01.

When selecting "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC,it can install RHEL6.2 when using NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.27.00.02. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Boot to OS install DVD, then selected "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC. 


Steps to Reproduce:
1:Power on
2:Press F12-->Optical device-->Choose "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC
3:System hangs.

Benchmark:
1:This symptom isn't observed with choose "Install system with basic video driver" to install RHEL6.2 RC.
2:This symptom isn't observed with Q600 VBIOS:70.08.27.00.02.
  
Actual results:
When selecting "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC,it can not install RHEL6.2 when using NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.7C.00.01.

Expected results:
When selecting "Install or upgrade an existing system" to install RHEL6.2 RC,it can install RHEL6.2 when using NVidia Q600 with VBIOS 70.08.7C.00.01.

Additional info:
Intel Romley+Patsburg platform, NVidia Quadro600.
Comment 2 wayneh 2012-01-10 08:25:19 UTC 
Hi Sir,
Is there anyway to disable Nouveau when using the OS install selection "Install or upgrade an existing system"? Thanks.
Comment 4 Ben Skeggs 2012-02-10 05:44:47 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 768888 ***
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