Created attachment 704475 [details] smolt profile Description of problem: Screen consists of scrambled dots instead of text after kernel modeset; X won't start Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kernel-3.9.0-0.rc0.git14.1.fc19.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.6-5.fc19.x86_64 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install a new kernel (3.9.0- git11 or higher) 2. Boot with that kernel 3. Actual results: Text screen consists of semi-randomly scattered dots instead of text characters. X will not start when command startx is executed Expected results: Text on screen is readable throughout the session X starts in response to startx Additional info:
Created attachment 704476 [details] xorg.conf monitor does not emit a proper EDID; xorg.conf needed to get native 1680x1050 resolution
Created attachment 704477 [details] Xorg.0.log for failed modeset
Created attachment 704478 [details] Xorg.0.log with nomodeset kernel parameter
Created attachment 704479 [details] dmesg output failed modeset
No problems with kernel-3.7.9-205.fc18.x86_64.
Best to file these bugs against the X driver component even though it's not technically correct, because it gets them to the right maintainer. New kernel builds are coming through at a rate of knots - can you try the latest ones every day or two and report back? Thanks!
I've been trying new kernels as they appear. kernel-3.9.0-0.rc1.git0.4.fc19.x86_64 exhibits same misbehavior
kernel-3.9.0-0.rc2.git0.3.fc19.x86_64 exhibits same misbehavior
Created attachment 712563 [details] /var/log/messages good (3.7) and bad (3.9) kernels Shows both successful boots (kernel-3.7.9-205.fc18.x86_64) and unsuccessful boot (kernel-3.9.0-0.rc3.git0.3.fc19.x86_64) on March 19
Created attachment 712565 [details] Xorg.0.log for failed modeset with kernel-3.9.0-0.rc3.git0.3.fc19.x86_64 Should probably obsolete attachment #704477 [details], but xorg.conf was changed to explicitly load various modules as shown below (it didn't make a difference): Section "Module" Load "dri2" Load "dbe" Load "glx" Load "extmod" Load "record" Load "dri" Load "fb" Load "exa" Load "shadowfb" Load "evdev" EndSection
Problem persists with: kernel-3.9.0-0.rc3.git1.3.fc19.x86_64 xorg-x11-drv-nouveau-1.0.6-7.fc19.x86_64
Problem persists with kernel 3.9.0-0.rc7.git3.1.fc19.x86_64 and with the testday iso. I gave up and switched to the nvidia driver (akmod-nvidia-313.30-2.fc19.x86_64)