---------------------------------------- > From: remotestar@xxxxxxxx > CC: fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Building kernel-2.6.31-0.190 rawhide in F11 > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 20:04:35 -0700 > > > > > ---------------------------------------- >> From: pebolle@xxxxxxxxxx >> To: remotestar@xxxxxxxx >> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 10:38:44 +0200 >> CC: fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Re: Building kernel-2.6.31-0.190 rawhide in F11 >> >> On Thu, 2009-09-03 at 22:08 -0700, Markus Kesaromous wrote: >>> Build, instal and boot went fine, except radeon driver does not work. >>> Radeon works just fine in 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586, but not >>> in 2.6.31-0.190... >> >> That could be some sort of mismatch between that Rawhide kernel and the >> F11 X Server you seem to use (Rawhide currently uses X.Org X Server >> 1.6.99.1). I'd try one of the following kernel command line options: >> >> nomodeset >> radeon.modeset=0 >> >> Those could be used to work around some issues with Rawhide's Radeon >> kernel driver (or Rawhide's Radeon X module, or whatever) a few weeks >> back. (It' s just a guess though. I hardly know anything about the way >> the kernel and the X Server interact.) >> >> >> Paul Bolle >> > > Thank you Paul. > > nomodeset was accepted as a boot arg. radeon.modeset=0 was not recognized as a valid boot arg. > > However, nomodeset did the trick. I now have X up under the auspices > of kernel-2.6.31-rc8.fc11.i586 > > Other observations: > after I edited the boot args and added the nomodeset radeo.moseset=0 > and pressed b to boot, it took almost 3 minutes to get the login prompt. > Even after logging in, it took more than 1 minute to populate the screen with all my icons: about 55 of them. > > Also, starting up Firefox and thunderbird also took considerably longer. > Sorry for not providing an objective time value in terms of how much > slower they started - should have timed them ! > > To provide some comparison with other kernels: > 2.6.29.6-217.2.16.fc11.i586 boots to the login prompt in 1.5 minutes. > 2.6.29.5.191.fc11.586 booted to login prompt in 38 seconds. > On same dual boot machine, Windows XP boots to login prompt in > 30 seconds. > > Cheers, > > MK I timed the boot to login prompt duration again for kernel-2.6.31-0.190 and this time it took only 84 seconds. First timing may have been affected by other factors - fsck??? MK _________________________________________________________________ Get back to school stuff for them and cashback for you. http://www.bing.com/cashback?form=MSHYCB&publ=WLHMTAG&crea=TEXT_MSHYCB_BackToSchool_Cashback_BTSCashback_1x1 _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
