On 04/08/2011 07:53 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 04/08/2011 09:04 PM, JD wrote: >> On 04/08/2011 05:39 PM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >>> On 04/08/2011 04:23 PM, JD wrote: >>>> On 04/08/2011 12:29 AM, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: >>>> I looked! I have not rhgb and no quiet. >>> OK, then you have a different problem then. >>> >>>> What happens is at boot, there is a fast scroll >>>> of text and suddenly, the screen appears as if it got powered off, >>>> but it also behaves that way when switching from bios text mode >>>> to graphics mode. It stays blank (black) for about 2.5 or more minutes >>>> and then the Gnome login menu pops up. >>>> I never get to see the output of the boot process, >>>> so I can see what passed and what failed. >>> Sounds to me like it may be a video related problem with the card >>> switching modes during boot up. Do you have a VGA= on your kernel line? >> No. Here is the entry in grub.conf >> title Fedora (2.6.38.2.fc14.i686) >> root (hd0,1) >> kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38.2.fc14.i686 ro root=/dev/sda2 >> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 >> initrd /boot/initramfs-2.6.38.2.fc14.i686.img >> >>> You might try putting a "nomodeset" and see what it does, but that >>> option is becoming deprecated as the kernel support for various video >>> cards improves. >> I used to have nomodeset. But that had the effect of slowing >> down switching from one workspace to the next a lot - >> like it would 2.5 to 3 seconds for the switch-to workspace >> would display all it's contents. So, an OP advised me to remove >> it, and that indeed fixed that problem. So, not sure I would >> want to get back to that "slowdown" - but I will try it just >> to test. > I was only suggesting it as a way for you to see the messages. I was > hoping we could try and figure out what was happening when it mode > switches and the screen disappears.... > >> It is the Radeon Mobility 9600 M10. >> I assume that the F14 Xserver driver is picked >> automatically. There is no /etc/X11/xorg.conf > OK, that should be using the stock "ati" driver. I'm using the same > driver for my Mobility Radeon X1600 without the problems you are seeing. > > Try and see if you can find a file in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > > It is your X11 log file and should contain *much* information that could > be useful in debugging your problem.... > I checked. There is no clue there as far as something going wrong or failing. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
