Debugging Fedora UEFI boot problems on Intel DQ77MK

[Pasi Kärkkäinen]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 04:44:03PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> On 07/26/2012 04:31 PM, Pasi Kärkkäinen wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 02:44:24PM -0400, Gerry Reno wrote:
> >> There are missing Ivy Bridge definitions in the intel_chipset.h file in libdrm which causes machines with Ivy Bridge
> >> CPU's w/embedded iGPU to fail when starting X.
> >>
> >> As I said in the bug, installing libdrm 2.4.37 from bodhi fixed the issue on my F17 machine.
> >>
> > bz#840180 is a probably a different issue.
> >
> > My problem is that I can't even boot the f16/f17/rhel63 installer dvds
> > because the UEFI boot doesn't work (it gets stuck with a blank screen),
> > so I'm not able to install OS in UEFI mode..
> >
> > Installing the same distros using legacy BIOS boot works OK.
> >
> > -- Pasi
> >
> >>
> >> On 07/26/2012 02:05 PM, Gerry Reno wrote:
> >>> I encountered a similar problem when using a new Intel Xeon (Ivy Bridge) CPU.
> >>>
> >>> The issue occurred with Ivy Bridge w/iGPU onboard.
> >>>
> >>> Ref:  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=840180
> >>>
> >>> .
> >>
> >>
> 
> 
> Maybe UEFI is looking for a boot file and not finding it on DVD.
> 

I don't get any errors about files not found..

When I boot Fedora 16, Fedora 17 or RHEL 6.3 (all x64) installer dvd, 
I get the following:

- I boot the burned DVDR in UEFI mode.
- I get the GRUB menu, I choose the default entry to install the Fedora/RHEL distro.
- I get messages about loading VMLINUZ, allocating memory pages for Linux-EFI, etc.
- The display gets cleared (or the resolution changes) and screen goes black/blank, there's only a cursor blinking.
- Nothing happens after this, the boot is stuck, and I have to reset the system.

So I can't install any Fedora/RHEL Linux in UEFI mode. Installing in legacy BIOS mode works OK.

I've tried enabling serial console etc to get *some* output to figure out 
what's happening with the UEFI boot but I haven't been successful yet 
in getting any output from the kernel.. so I'm not sure if the Linux kernel gets booted/started or not.

-- Pasi