Bug 950494 – 'nomodeset' miss in Basic Video when boot on EFI supported machine

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Bug 950494 - 'nomodeset' miss in Basic Video when boot on EFI supported machine

Summary:	'nomodeset' miss in Basic Video when boot on EFI supported machine

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	ovirt-node (Show other bugs)
Sub Component:
Version:	6.4
Hardware:	Unspecified Unspecified

Priority	urgent Severity urgent
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assigned To:	Fabian Deutsch
QA Contact:	Virtualization Bugs
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Keywords:	ZStream

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Blocks:	951687
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Reported:	2013-04-10 06:55 EDT by haiyang,dong
Modified:	2014-01-21 14:31 EST (History)
CC List:	13 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	The "nomodeset" kernel parameter, which was previously missing, has now been added to the list of Basic Video options for EFI boot.
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Last Closed:	2014-01-21 14:31:28 EST
Type:	Bug
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHBA-2014:0033	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	ovirt-node bug fix and enhancement update	2014-01-21 19:14:30 EST

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Description haiyang,dong 2013-04-10 06:55:05 EDT

Description of problem:
Insert the installation media(CD-ROM/USB) in uefi mode, and start the system, When the automatic boot prompt appears, press Enter.
        Booting Install or Upgrade RHEV Hypervisor-6.4-20130409.0.el6_4 in 30 seconds...
press the Tab key to check kernel parameters for the selected boot option：
Install or Upgrade (Basic Video) RHEV Hypervisor-6.4-20130409.0.el6_4
Reinstall (Basic Video) RHEV Hypervisor-6.4-20130409.0.el6_4

These boot option was marked Basic Video, so that the option "nomodeset" in kernel parameters for the selected boot option
should be added.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
rhevh-6.4-20130409.0.el6_4

How reproducible:
100% 
 
Steps to Reproduce:
1.Insert the installation media(CD-ROM/USB) in uefi mode, and start the system.
2.Start the system. When the automatic boot prompt appears, press Enter.
        Booting Install or Upgrade RHEV Hypervisor-6.4-20130409.0.el6_4 in 30 seconds...
3.press the Tab key to check kernel parameters for these boot option.

Actual result:
These boot options were marked Basic Video didn't contain the option "nomodeset" in kernel parameters 

Expect result:
These boot options were marked Basic Video, so that the option "nomodeset" in kernel parameters for the selected boot option
should be added.

Additional info:

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Comment 4 haiyang,dong 2013-10-19 03:14:34 EDT

Test version:
rhev-hypervisor6-6.5-20131017.0.iso
ovirt-node-3.0.1-4.el6

For these boot options were marked Basic Video, the option "nomodeset" in kernel parameters for the selected boot option
has been added.
So this bug has been fixed, change the status of this bug from "ON_QA" to "VERIFIED"

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-01-21 14:31:28 EST

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2014-0033.html

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