Testing request: gdm-on-Wayland on hybrid graphics laptops (esp. Macbooks)

[Everaldo Canuto]

I can install on Macbook Pro with hybrid graphics. I can install it
tomorrow morning but last time I tried installation never starts and I just
saw a black screen.

2015-05-14 17:30 GMT-03:00 M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at znmeb.net>:

> I have an Asus laptop that suffers from the flicker bug - in fact, I
> filed the original that 1218688 duplicates. Feel free to email me
> directly or send me a tweet (@znmeb) when there's something to test.
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Adam Williamson
> <adamwill at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> > Hi folks!
> >
> > We have a somewhat-worrying proposed blocker for F22:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218787
> >
> > it appears that after a successful installation of Workstation on the
> > affected system, GDM-on-Wayland fails to start correctly but also does
> > not fall through (as it should) to GDM-on-X, leaving the user with a
> > black screen and no obvious way to proceed. This is obviously a bad
> > bug, but so far it has only been observed on one test system (a Macbook
> > Pro 8,2) by one tester. A few other testers have tried to reproduce on
> > other hybrid graphics systems, but have not been able to.
> >
> > It would be very helpful to get some more data here. If anyone has a
> > hybrid graphics laptop and can spare some space (or perhaps attach an
> > external drive) for a test F22 install, can you please try installing
> > F22 Workstation TC3 and creating a user:
> >
> >
> https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/22_TC3/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-
> > Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-TC3.iso
> >
> > then boot the installed system, and see if GDM appears correctly?
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Note there is a different bug which causes GDM-on-Wayland to flicker on
> > some hardware:
> >
> > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218688
> >
> > that's something different, and is a bit further along in the
> > diagnosis/fix process, so we probably don't need further reports of
> > that one (though once a fix arrives, it'd be good to have folks test
> > it).
> >
> > If you find you seem to be affected by the bug, please add your details
> > to the report. If you test and find you're *not* affected by the bug -
> > you see GDM properly - please reply to one of the mailing lists, so we
> > can get some idea of the proportions of affected vs. non-affected
> > testers. Thanks a lot for your help, folks!
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