On Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:09:56 -0700 "Jim Bevier" <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "François Cami" <fcami@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: "For testers of Fedora Core development releases" > <fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <jim@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 3:27 PM > Subject: Re: Dim Screen > > > > > > Hi Jim, > > > > On Mon, 3 Aug 2009 14:16:19 -0700 > > "Jim Bevier" <jim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> Over the last week or more my rawhide AMD x86_64 system w/nvidia GeForce > >> 8600 card has not been working correctly. If I use nv driver, X will not > >> start and just hangs showing the last startup text. CTL-ALT-F2 will get > >> a > >> login screen. If I use vesa driver, it also hangs, but shows weird lines > >> on > >> top and old startup text on bottom of screen. CTL-ALT-F2 gives a black > >> screen with no login prompt. I must do reset to restart machine. If I > >> use > >> the nouveau driver, X will start, but the screen is very dark. I am able > >> to > >> login to kde or gnome. I am at the 118 kernel. I think the last one > >> that > >> worked was in the 60's. Anybody have something to try? Any idea what is > >> broke? > > > > Could you try the following kernel builds from koji and report: > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=114132 > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=115527 > > http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=122803 > > I am sorry this took me so long, I just needed to make some time to do it. > I downloaded the suggested kernels (67, 86, and 101) and tried to boot each > one using the nouveau driver in xorg.conf. I did not try the nv or vesa > drivers. Let me know if you want these tested also. The kernel line in > grub.conf had rhgb and quiet parameters on all tests. I had a few other > kernels still installed, so I added them to the test. Tests were with > 20090728 nouveau driver. Here are the results: > > Kernel X-start? KDE Login F2 Console > * 67 No - Yes (large test) > * 86 No - Yes (small text) > 94 No - Yes (small text) > *101 Yes Dim Yes (small text) > 103 Yes Dim Yes (small text) > 118 Yes Dim Yes (small text) > 122 Yes Dim Yes (small text) > > It seems the last working kernel for me was before 67. Maybe 64? > > I did some more testing and noticed I was running with "DefaultDepth 16" > set in the xorg.conf file. I changed this to "DefaultDepth 24" and I not > get the normal bright login screen. It seems someone, somewhere has assumed > a 24 bit color depth when they should be testing for 16 (maybe even 8 or > 15). I retested and 67, 86, and 94 still do allow X to start. Kernels 101, > 103, 118, and 122 are now at full brightness. So something was changed > before kerenel 101 that ignores the DefaultDepth parameter. So the problem does not appear without a xorg.conf ? I'd still suggest filing a bug report against rawhide following the instructions listed there: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Xorg/Debugging#Information_to_include_in_your_report Best regards, F -- fedora-test-list mailing list fedora-test-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-test-list
