On Mon, 2007-09-24 at 11:21 -0400, Adam Jackson wrote: > On Fri, 2007-09-21 at 17:38 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > My T61 has the Nvidia Quadro NV140M video card. I tested the x86_64 > > live dvd and installed the x86_64 DVD. This message covers > > platform-specific issues that I encountered. > > > > Live DVD: > > > > - The DVD won't boot into X. If I boot to runlevel 3 and attempt to > > system-config-display, there are two problems. > > > > (1) The Monitor section of xorg.conf is missing. > > (2) The nv driver hangs with a black screen. The keyboard is still > > functional and I can reboot with <CTRL>-<ALT>-<F1> <CTRL>-<ALT>-<DEL>. > > > > Hand-editing xorg.conf to create a Monitor section and using the vesa > > driver restores X functionality. > > An X log from the failed nv startup would be helpful here. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=249367 > > > - X server doesn't terminate on logout--I have to <CTRL>-<ALT>-<BKSP> to > > kill it. > > This was a bug I inflicted with a particular libICE/libSM combination. > It should be fixed now, I hope. Seems to be. > > > - Suspend doesn't work at all. Select Suspend from the power applet and > > the machine starts to suspend, the light comes on, then the light goes > > off and the machine is live, except that the display is black. I can > > reboot as above. > > As always, suspend on nv graphics chips is a disaster. Indeed. This is and wireless are the most important things for me to get working. What's the best way to help debug. What component should I bugzilla? Of course, WinXP has it working, so we know it can be done. It's just a question of how... (I don't mean for this to imply anything about relative quality of Linux and Windows or Linux and Windows developers. I just want this new machine to work. I know all about Linux's lag on new hardware--just trying to help as best I can to push it along.) > > - ajax > > -- Matthew Saltzman Clemson University Math Sciences mjs AT clemson DOT edu http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
