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Michael,<br>
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I've been having recent issues with a Radeon HD 2600 card. Could you
review your messages logs for entries containing :<br>
* page flip<br>
* unable to schedule IB<br>
* wait for fifo failed<br>
... associated with drm or radeon.<br>
<br>
You might be having the same problem as myself....<br>
<br>
Pat.<br>
<br>
On 08/28/2011 04:05 PM, Michael Schwendt wrote:<br>
<span style="white-space: pre;">> Never have seen this with F15.
Only have read about it.<br>
><br>
> Now it's hitting me badly everytime I boot F16 Alpha.
Sometimes the<br>
> second login attempt succeeds, sometimes it doesn't and needs<br>
> a third attempt.<br>
><br>
> gnome-shell-3.1.4-1.fc16.x86_64<br>
><br>
> Where do I search for meaningful error messages?<br>
> Attached .xession-errors is flooded.<br>
><br>
> [...]<br>
><br>
> Updating the machine hasn't been easy and hasn't fixed the
problem<br>
> either. Evolution dep breakage required me to update
wildcard-groups of<br>
> packages or else I couldn't get xorg\* and other updates.
Applying<br>
> the xorg\* updates required a reboot as a simple logout/login
resulted<br>
> in severe screen corruption.<br>
><br>
> [...]<br>
><br>
> During the boot process (this is ATI Radeon graphics
hardware), I often<br>
> lose the display and get a black screen with my monitor
losing signal.<br>
> This has never happened with F14 and older, and only rarely
with F15.<br>
> A workaround is to disable rhgb.<br>
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