On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:34:12AM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote: > On 07/30/2012 11:28 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 11:21:54AM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote: > >> On 07/30/2012 10:58 AM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > >>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 05:35:20PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote: > >>>> On 07/26/2012 05:12 PM, Matthew Garrett wrote: > >>>>> On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 08:59:20PM +0300, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> When booting Fedora 17 x64 there's the GRUB bootloader with graphical background image, > >>>>>> I let it boot the default entry "Fedora 17", I see it the allocating memory pages, loading VMLINUZ etc, > >>>>>> and then the display mode / resolution changes, and then there's just blank screen and a cursor blinking.. > >>>>> If you see a resoution change then try booting with nomodeset. > >>>>> > >>>> You might also see if you can get one of the alternate terminals. If that works then the kernel is booted and its just > >>>> X which is not starting. > >>>> > >>> I can't change terminals. I assume the kernel doesn't boot at all, or crashes very early. > >>> I can't see any kind of activity from Linux kernel after GRUB-efi messages and the screen switches to blank.. > >>> > >>> -- Pasi > >>> > >> Have you tried booting with more logging? Without "quiet" param? > >> > > There's no "quiet" param. The default UEFI boot options are "verbose" as a default. > > > > I can't see *any* output from Linux kernel. Also I tried settings up SOL serial console, > > but I can't see any Linux messages there either. SOL stays empty/silent. > > > > Is serial console supposed to work OK in the usual way, with UEFI boot? > > > > And again: Booting in legacy BIOS mode works OK, and the serial console works there aswell. > > I have problems only in UEFI mode, where I can't get *any* output from Linux. > > > > -- Pasi > > > > > > Are you booting x86 or x86_64 version? > > I don't think x86 is supported for UEFI boot. > x86_64 (64bit), of course. I get grub-EFI boot menu from the DVD, I choose Fedora, I get the grub-EFI texts about allocating memory pages for LINUX-EFI, loading VMLINUZ, etc.. and then the screen goes blank and everything stops there. Multiple people have confirmed UEFI boot is broken on Intel 7-series motherboards, so I believe this is Intel BIOS/firmware bug. -- Pasi -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
