Re: kernel-3.15 series fail to load gnome desktop

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On Wed, 2014-04-16 at 17:00 -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Wed, 2014-04-16 at 17:41 -0600, Pete Travis wrote:
> > On Apr 16, 2014 9:12 AM, "Clyde E. Kunkel" <clydekunkel7734@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > With all of the kernels in the rawhide 3.15 series so far the gnome
> > > desktop fails to load.  Kernels in the 3.14 series are fine.
> > >
> > > All I can see is that the X server seems to start (ps -A | grep Xorg
> > > returns a PID), but the Xorg.0.log is empty.  No obvious failures in
> > > journalctl -xb.  I see gdm is started, but at this point lots of disk
> > > activity but then nothing.  c-a-f2 gets me to tty and I can login.  Top
> > > looks normal for a non-gnome session.  Killing X sometimes brings up
> > > the GDM login, but after entering password, just a blank screen and the
> > > Xorg log file is still empty.
> > >
> > > Have tried every 3.15 kernel so far without luck.
> > >
> > > I don't see any obvious bz, and would be happy to enter one, but don't
> > > know what information should be included.
> > >
> > > Any help appreciated.
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > --
> > >
> > 
> > I haven't had gdm display anything for the last several kernel updates ,
> > but I'm not convinced the kernel is at fault as older ones stopped gdm from
> > working too.
> > 
> > GDM *thinks* it is working - `journalctl -u gdm` is where you can find the
> > Xorg log output these days - but the vterm is black. Lightdm and sddm
> > display, though poorly, and neither produce a working gnome session.
> > 
> > No one thing I've poked at so far appeared to be the cause, so I haven't
> > complained. Good to know it is not just me ;)
> 
> Have you folks tried booting with enforcing=0 , just as a shot in the
> dark?

Hum, actually - it looks like on my tablet, dropping 'rhgb quiet' from
the cmdline helps (no 'enforcing=0' needed). Does that apply to others?
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