F17-Beta-TC1 x86-64 netinst install media. Anaconda GUI fails to start because X. Attached Xorg log and lspci -nnvvxxx. Latest Parted Magic's X works fine in this machine.
Created attachment 570687 [details] Xorg log
Created attachment 570688 [details] lspci -nnvvxxx
Xorg server in F17 doesn't support xaa anymore and openchrome default is still xaa. You can probably get the driver going by using a minimal X conf to enable exa, although compositing is buggy and would need to be disabled. Something like that in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/openchrome.conf should do : Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "openchrome" Option "AccelMethod" "exa" Option "ExaNoComposite" EndSection I'll look into fixing that properly to run without an X conf. Thanks for the report.
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-4.fc17
Package xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-4.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-4.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-4200/xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-4.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Thank you for the fix. Once it reaches the next F17 Beta compose I'll test and report here.
I did a F17 text install and the problem remains after installing xorg-x11-drv-openchrome from updates-testing (0.2.905-4.fc17). See attached log.
Created attachment 572258 [details] Xorg log (take 2)
Ok, I see the issue. the xaa module is loaded even when not needed. I have a patch, but no machine in an usable state to test, so I'll do a scratch build and ask you to test it. I'll post a link soon. Sorry for the inconvenience, I should have updated at least one of my VIA machines earlier in the release cycle.
http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=3926199 Not sure this is enough, I'm discussing the issue upstream, but it worth a try.
Still no video with 0.2.905-5.fc17, just a blank screen. And it completely blocks keyboard input (can't switch ttys). Need SSH access to manage the machine. New log attached. I did a new install (VNC this time) with XFCE as DE and changed the "runlevel": ln -sf /lib/systemd/system/graphical.target /etc/systemd/system/default.target Do I need create /etc/sysconfig/desktop with "DISPLAYMANAGER=GNOME"?
Created attachment 572441 [details] Xorg log (take 3)
Just confirming I did a new default "Desktop" install (GNOME) and got the same blank screen.
Package xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-5.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-5.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-4200/xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-5.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
Thanks Xavier! Version 0.2.905-5.fc17 works. I have some display corruption in Gnome Shell with fullscreen windows, but probably isn't xorg-x11-drv-openchrome problem.
Xavier can you push this to stable so hopefully will be a next F17 Beta RC and VIA users will have a working Anaconda GUI in F17 Beta?
The package needs to stay in testing 3 days before I can push it to stable, but I will definitely push it as soon as I can. How's the screen corruption issue going ? Did you give a try at another desktop manager that doesn't need full 3D support, like KDE, xfce, lxde, etc... ?
Yes. Gnome Fallback mode and KDE works without problem (I did just a quick test, opening some programs, changing windows, etc). Unfortunately the P4M900 machine is gone (was from a friend). I have now a P4M800. With this one no corruptions yes (but it's very slow in Shell...).
marcos: for the corruption, check you have mesa -9. There was a -7 build which was known to have issues. Discussed at 2012-03-30 NTH review meeting. Accepted as NTH as this is obviously more or less a showstopper for VIA hardware and can't be fixed fully with an update (live boot and graphical install would still be affected). -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Dave: are there other drivers which need fixing for this? There was talk in the review meeting of nv being affected. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Thanks Xavier, Adam. Fixed in F17-Beta-RC3.
xorg-x11-drv-openchrome-0.2.905-5.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.