Can't login via GDM anyomre: Re: Fedora 16 updates-testing report

[cornel panceac]

2011/10/1 cornel panceac <cpanceac at gmail.com>

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> 2011/9/30 Andy Lawrence <dr.diesel at gmail.com>
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>> On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.net> wrote:
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>>> On Thu, 2011-09-29 at 19:23 +0300, cornel panceac wrote:
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>>> > ok, after adding xdriver=vesa :
>>> >
>>> > "Starting Display Manager failed, see "systemctl status
>>> > prefdm.service" for details."
>>> >
>>> > Unfortunately, i can not activate any text console to login. Also i
>>> > can not activate any other console when booting with "3" appended to
>>> > the kernel line (only the default one is available).
>>> >
>>> > Next i'll reinstall using rc4. If this fails too, i'll open one or
>>> > more bugs :)
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>>> Upgrade to systemd-36-3.fc16 if not already and see if that fixes it.
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>>> --
>>> Mike Chambers
>>> Madisonville,
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>> Doesn't work for me, still no log-in menu.  Downgrading gdm returns normal
>> operation.  I tested with systemd-36-4, it was newer :)
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> hmm, maybe my problem is that the machine was yum upgraded from f15 or f14
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> that would explain why there's no recovery mode in grub menu, maybe.
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the system was reinstalled from f16 beta (rc4) and i've found that, after i
install akmod-nvidia, the behaviour is the same, no video output after boot
is over. removeing *nvidia* fixes the problem.
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