Created attachment 582967 [details] Xorg.0.log file Description of problem: I have a laptop with a radeon display that's been working fine using f16, but now the best I get is VESA. I've tried updating but it still boots with the blue/white bars at the bottom, instead of the graphic boot and the best resolution I can get is 1400x900 (the display is 1920x1080). I'm not sure if I need to pass something at start-up, but this seems like a significant regression as the display worked well with f16. Adam suggested I include a little extra information on fedora-devel, so I'll attached it as I gather it.
Created attachment 582969 [details] Smolt Profile Had a quick look through this and the graphics card isn't listed which seems strange. I'll have a look at my smolt profile in f16 and see what it reports.
It did have an xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 which contained the following: Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "vesa" EndSection I've moved this file to xorg.conf.bup and logged out and back in and there's no change. I'm still using the VESA driver
Created attachment 582970 [details] Xorg.0.log file with no xorg.conf This has got information about ATI in it, but it still defaults to using the VESA driver.
Removing the xorg.conf file has actually improved things (but it's still not working). This time the Xorg.0.log file shows information about the ATI drivers, but it's still using VESA.
Created attachment 582971 [details] dmesg output from f17
Remove the 'nomodeset' from your /etc/grub2.cfg (or manually on boot).
(In reply to comment #6) > Remove the 'nomodeset' from your /etc/grub2.cfg (or manually on boot). What he said.
Right. It sounds like, somehow, you ran the installation with 'basic graphics driver' option. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
You guys are amazing. I've removed 'nomodeset' from /etc/grub2.cfg and this has resolved the issue. The comment about 'basic graphics driver' option is right, but I'm not sure how I got there. I'll go and boot of the installer disk and see why I ended up selecting that option and if I missed something. Thanks
I'm gonna close this as NOTABUG, then, as everything behaved as intended. If it turns out there was some other problem which prompted you to choose 'basic graphics mode' on install, please file a separate bug for that, so we don't get confused by 8 comments of preamble :) -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers
Leave it closed. Turns out I must have pressed a wrong key and missed the first screen ending up in the second option for recovery. Might be worth adding a standard install option in that menu, but mostly I should just concentrate. Thanks for your support.
You can hit 'esc' to get back to the top level, FWIW. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers