Beta installation failed - video error

[Nicu Buculei]

I failed to install the Fedora 9 Beta toe to a video error on my system
with Intel on-board graphics (82G965).

I have the same error using both the GNOME Live CD and the classic DVD:
I have no text, no icons and no buttons visible. The only thing I can
see is underscores for keyboard accelerators (but not also their
corresponding key).
With the Live CD I don't have them either in RHGB, GDM and the desktop.
Using the normal install DVD, without text and buttons in Anaconda I
stopped right away.

Here are a few screenshots of the Live CD desktop (Anaconda is exactly 
the same): http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/f9beta/

Of course, with Qemu everything works OK.

I believe I can to a text install, do a yum update and hope for the
best, but I don't think this is a sane thing to do on my primary desktop.
Any ideas?

The bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438969

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[Jeremy Katz]

On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 11:52 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote:
>  I failed to install the Fedora 9 Beta toe to a video error on my
> system
>  with Intel on-board graphics (82G965).
>  
>  I have the same error using both the GNOME Live CD and the classic DVD:
>  I have no text, no icons and no buttons visible. The only thing I can
>  see is underscores for keyboard accelerators (but not also their
>  corresponding key). 
I've now seen this mentioned a couple of times, but all of my Intel
hardware seems fine :-/   If you add 'xdriver=vesa' to the kernel
command line of either anaconda or the livecd, you'll be able to use the
vesa driver which should hopefully work

Jeremy

[Nicu Buculei]

Jeremy Katz wrote:
>  On Wed, 2008-03-26 at 11:52 +0200, Nicu Buculei wrote:
> > I failed to install the Fedora 9 Beta toe to a video error on my system
> > with Intel on-board graphics (82G965).
> >
> > I have the same error using both the GNOME Live CD and the classic DVD:
> > I have no text, no icons and no buttons visible. The only thing I can
> > see is underscores for keyboard accelerators (but not also their
> > corresponding key).
>  
>  I've now seen this mentioned a couple of times, but all of my Intel
>  hardware seems fine :-/   If you add 'xdriver=vesa' to the kernel
>  command line of either anaconda or the livecd, you'll be able to use the
>  vesa driver which should hopefully work 
Indeed, it worked. And after install, a yum update and the deletion of 
xorg.conf (to get rid of vesa) it works fine and fast.

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[Bill Nottingham]

Nicu Buculei (nicu_fedora(a)nicubunu.ro) said: 
>  I failed to install the Fedora 9 Beta toe to a video error on my
> system
>  with Intel on-board graphics (82G965).
>
>  I have the same error using both the GNOME Live CD and the classic DVD:
>  I have no text, no icons and no buttons visible. The only thing I can
>  see is underscores for keyboard accelerators (but not also their
>  corresponding key).
>  With the Live CD I don't have them either in RHGB, GDM and the desktop.
>  Using the normal install DVD, without text and buttons in Anaconda I
>  stopped right away.
>
>  Here are a few screenshots of the Live CD desktop (Anaconda is exactly the 
>  same): http://nicubunu.ro/pictures/f9beta/ 
Boot with xdriver=vesa for the moment.

>  I believe I can to a text install, do a yum update and hope for the
>  best, but I don't think this is a sane thing to do on my primary desktop.
>  Any ideas?
>
>  The bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438969 
Known issue; there is a supposed fix in upstream git.

Bill

[Bill Nottingham]

Bill Nottingham (notting(a)redhat.com) said: 
>  > I believe I can to a text install, do a yum update and hope for
> the
>  > best, but I don't think this is a sane thing to do on my primary desktop.
>  > Any ideas?
>  >
>  > The bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438969
>  
>  Known issue; there is a supposed fix in upstream git. 
If you want, you can try the build at:
  http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=532768

and see if that fixes things for you.

Bill

[Bill Nottingham]

Bill Nottingham (notting(a)redhat.com) said: 
>  Bill Nottingham (notting(a)redhat.com) said: 
>  > > I believe I can to a text install, do a yum update and hope for the
>  > > best, but I don't think this is a sane thing to do on my primary desktop.
>  > > Any ideas?
>  > >
>  > > The bug report is https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=438969
>  > 
>  > Known issue; there is a supposed fix in upstream git.
>  
>  If you want, you can try the build at:
>    http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=532768
>  
>  and see if that fixes things for you. 
Actually, after testing... it doesn't. *Sigh*.

Bill

[Joel]

>  Bill Nottingham (notting <at> redhat.com) said: 
>  
>  If you want, you can try the build at:
>    http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=532768
>   
Bill, I also had the original posters problem of only underscore like marks
appearing with the latest beta x86_64 live dvd running on a Dell Optiplex 745
which as an intel 965Q chipset.  I'm running dualhead 1920x1200.

I tried that build (but the src.rpm rebuilt for fc8)

xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.4.99.1-0.23.20080222.fc8
xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.2.1-4.fc8

and the problem is gone.

I did have another problem though with the beta.  rhgb hangs hard immediately
upon start.  Completely dead system requiring held-down power button to cycle.

Interestingly, I now have that same problem in FC8 with the new
xorg-x11-drv-i810 build.

Previously I had been using:

xorg-x11-drv-i810-2.2.0-1.fc8.src.rpm

Joel

[Joel]

Joel <jdy <at> cs.brown.edu> writes:
>  > Bill Nottingham (notting <at> redhat.com) said: 
>  > 
>  > If you want, you can try the build at:
>  >   http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=532768
>  > 
>  
>  I did have another problem though with the beta.  rhgb hangs hard immediately
>  upon start.  Completely dead system requiring held-down power button to cycle.
>  
>  Interestingly, I now have that same problem in FC8 with the new
>  xorg-x11-drv-i810 build. 
I compiled the xf86-video-intel 2.2.99.901 release and the problem with RHGB
hardlocking is gone!

Joel