On Mon, 2011-04-18 at 14:37 -0400, sean darcy wrote: > On 04/18/2011 02:12 PM, sean darcy wrote: > > I ran preupgrade-cli on F14 x86-64. Everything seemed to work. > > > > grub.conf: > > > > title Upgrade to Fedora 15 (Lovelock) > > kernel /upgrade/vmlinuz preupgrade repo=hd::/var/cache/yum/preupgrade > > ks=hd:UUID=78716504-df9a-43a7-9a1c-d37c87ec1fbd:/upgrade/ks.cfg > > initrd /upgrade/initrd.img > > > > and the UUID points to /boot > > > > But on reboot, there's a long (1-2 minute) blank screen, followed by a > > black and white checkerboard. > > > > This box has: > > AMD Phenom(tm) II X6 1055T Processor. > > 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce > > 6600] (rev a2) > > > > Not very exotic. > > > > Is this supposed to work? > > > > sean > > > > Redid preupgrade-cli with --vnc. Still a messed up local screen, but I > can get in by vnc. Seems to be working. > > Let's hope X works on reboot! You could also start preupgrade with basic video graphics by adding boot options "xdriver=vesa nomodeset". It's likely something with your video hardware, and not a bug in preupgrade. Additional items to consider if X continues to not work post-upgrade ... http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Xorg_problems Thanks, James
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