Re: kernel-3.15 series fail to load gnome desktop

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On 17.04.2014 02:11, Adam Williamson wrote:
> 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?
> 

# systemctl stop plymouth-halt plymouth-kexec plymouth-poweroff
plymouth-quit-wait plymouth-quit plymouth-read-write plymouth-reboot
plymouth-start plymouth-switch-root systemd-ask-password-plymouth

# systemctl mask plymouth-halt plymouth-kexec plymouth-poweroff
plymouth-quit-wait plymouth-quit plymouth-read-write plymouth-reboot
plymouth-start plymouth-switch-root systemd-ask-password-plymouth

# ll /etc/systemd/system/*plymouth*

# vi /etc/dracut.conf.d/omit_dracut-module-plymouth.conf
omit_dracutmodules+=" plymouth "

# dracut -f -v

Will set you free.


poma


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