Fedora 14 - X is not working on Laptop

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2010-08-26 at 18:28 +0530, A S Alam wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I tried to run Fedora 14 Alpha Live on my laptop,
> but X failed to work. Laptop has Hybrid graphics
> with Nvidia and Intel HD.
> 
> Nvidia - M330 - X failed to start (same with 'nomodeset')
> Intel HD - Hanged
> 
> I have tried with Fedora 13, but it is not working,
> need to install with text (vnc) mode and resolution is
> only 1024x768, while hardware supports upto 1600x900.
> 
> Fedora 13 bugs:
> Nvidia: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=610496
> Intel HD: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=618481

I think I can guess what laptop you have. :)

If it's a Vaio Z, then yes, there's trouble with the odd hybrid graphics
it has. To get it working, you need to do a BIOS hack:

http://forum.notebookreview.com/sony/473226-insyde-hacking-new-vaio-z-advanced-menu-bios.html

then set the new BIOS setting that appears for the video card to
'static' or something (I forget the exact setting, but what it does is
let you 'lock in' one graphics card or the other, instead of both being
available to the OS, as is the case by default no matter which switch
position you set).

then set the mode switch to 'speed'. Boot with the vesa driver or to
text mode or something (or you can use the proprietary driver, it
works), and install a kernel of version 2.6.35.1-5.rc1 or later. Then
try the nouveau driver, and it should work. Intel is still broken.

I have bugs open already:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596557
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596562

I'll mark yours as dupes of mine.
-- 
Adam Williamson
Fedora QA Community Monkey
IRC: adamw | Fedora Talk: adamwill AT fedoraproject DOT org
http://www.happyassassin.net