On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 10:08:11PM -0400, Elliot Lee wrote: > The previous bug reports on the re0903.0 tree were very helpful - > here's another one to chew on: > http://fedora.linux.duke.edu/FC3-re0908.0/ I tried a fresh install on an IBM ThinkPad T42p with the 1600x1200 15" LCD and 128MB ATI FireGL Mobility T2 graphics card. Install went better this time around. Graphical installer worked. I did a Custom install from CD's, Manual partition, formatting all system partitions from my previous install. A few points: 1. In rc0903, bootup hung on firstboot. Ctrl-Alt-Backspace was needed to continue bootup, skipping firstboot. Now in rc0908, bootup continues right past firstboot. I assume firstboot failed to run, but at least it didn't hang this time. The rhgb graphics displayed, followed by what looked like the X server reinitializing and the screen clearing to black. Then the X server was reinitialized again, and GDM appeared. /var/log/boot.log says: "firstboot: failed". 2. Possibly due to the above, switching from graphical login on VT7 to the text consoles on VT1-VT6 displayed blank text screens with a blinking cursor. The cursor moved with keyboard input. Mingetty was actually running, so I was able to login blind. After logging in as root, the text screen was "reset" somehow (by an /etc/profile script?), and all the previous and current text appeared... 3. dmesg says "kernel: radeonfb: Non-DDC laptop panel detected", but then says "kernel: radeonfb: detected LVDS panel size from BIOS: 1600x1200". However, xorg-x11 always starts in 800x600. Perhaps firstboot would offer the correct default resolution of 1600x1200 if it had worked? This is easily remedied by using System Settings->Display after logging in, changing Monitor Type from "Unknown monitor" to "Generic LCD Display / LCD Panel 1600x1200", and selecting Resolution: 1600x1200, and re-logging in. 4. Double-clicking the battery applet gives an error dialog: "The Suspend command '/usr/bin/apm -s' was unsuccessful." 5. I see xcdroast was replaced by k3b in the menu. This is good, because re0903's xcdroast didn't work (it spewed some error about /dev/sg* not found). I also found xcdroast hard to use (this was my first time seeing it). However, why is k3b in "Sound & Video" and not "System Tools" or perhaps "Accessories"? It seems silly that k3b would be considered solely a Sound or Video application... Once I found k3b, I was impressed with its ease of use and proper functioning. I erased a CD-RW and burned an ISO image with no trouble or configuration required. Good work so far--FC3 is going to be an exciting release. I'll find/file bugs for these issues soon...
