On 04/18/2011 02:45 PM, James Laska wrote: > 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. > Well on reboot, startx generates the checkerboard screen, and locks up the console. I can boot to initlevel 3, but after startx I can only access the machine by ssh. My video hardware - geforce 6600 on an amd 890 chipset - isn't exotic. nouveau worked on fc13 and fc14. > Additional items to consider if X continues to not work post-upgrade ... > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Xorg_problems > > Thanks, > James > Sean -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
