Bug 926064 - Kernel 3.8.3-203.fc18 breaks HP MicroServer + Remote Access Card KVM
Summary: Kernel 3.8.3-203.fc18 breaks HP MicroServer + Remote Access Card KVM
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED EOL
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-ast
Version: 20
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-03-23 15:18 UTC by Daniele Viganò
Modified: 2015-06-29 11:50 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2015-06-29 11:50:02 UTC
Type: Bug
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Last console messages before "out of range" (71.93 KB, image/jpeg)
2013-03-23 15:18 UTC, Daniele Viganò
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Description Daniele Viganò 2013-03-23 15:18:56 UTC
Created attachment 715111 [details]
Last console messages before "out of range"

Description of problem:

After upgrading my HP ProLiant MicroServer (with the HP Remote Access Card, based on AST1100) from Fedora 17 (kernel-3.8.3-103.fc17) to Fedora 18 (kernel-3.8.3-203.fc18) the console via KVM viewer and via RAC VGA stopped to work with "Out of range" signal. To fix I had to add ast.modeset=0 as kernel boot parameter.

I also created a file in /etc/modprobe.d/ast.conf with
options ast modeset=0


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Kernel-3.8.3-203.fc18
Fedora 18


How reproducible:
Have a HP MicroServer with a Remote Access Card
Install Fedora 18 with latest kernel as writing

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Activate HP RAC KVM console
2. Boot the kernel
  
Actual results:
The KVM console goes out of range after
Mar 23 16:14:47 microserver kernel: [    4.104785] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 2024944 kiB
Mar 23 16:14:47 microserver kernel: [    4.104913] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
Mar 23 16:14:47 microserver kernel: [    4.105035] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
Mar 23 16:14:47 microserver kernel: [   10.522147] [sched_delayed] sched: RT throttling activated

Expected results:
To see the console and login prompt

Additional info:
To fix ast.modeset=0 is needed

modinfo:
filename:       /lib/modules/3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/ast/ast.ko
license:        GPL and additional rights
description:    AST
author:         Dave Airlie
alias:          pci:v00001A03d00002010sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
alias:          pci:v00001A03d00002000sv*sd*bc03sc*i*
depends:        drm,drm_kms_helper,ttm,i2c-core,i2c-algo-bit
intree:         Y
vermagic:       3.8.3-203.fc18.x86_64 SMP mod_unload
parm:           modeset:Disable/Enable modesetting (int)

Everything was woking fine on Fedora 17 with kernel-3.8.2-103.fc17

Comment 1 Josh Boyer 2013-04-01 15:52:43 UTC
The F17 kernel doesn't have the AST module enabled.

Comment 2 Andreas Thienemann 2013-11-05 10:02:13 UTC
Still an issue with F20.

Installer needs nomodeset in order to actually be able to install a machine.

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