Fedora 18: Lock up on boot of kernel 3.7.2-201 on Dell Optiplex 755 -- KMS

[Robert Knight]

On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:00:02 -0500, "Josh Boyer" <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2013 10:03 AM, "Robert Knight"<knight at princeton.edu>  wrote:
>> After installation of F18 from DVD and an update, several Dell Optiplex
> 755's failed on reboot with a garbled display and frozen system.  These all
> have the "Intel Corporation 82Q35 Express Integrated Graphics Controller
> (rev 02)" display controllers.
>> Booting with "nomodeset" parameter prevents this.
>>
>> I don't see anything in Bugzilla, but I'm finding it hard to believe I'm
> the only one with the problem.
>
> Please try the -204 kernel.
>
> josh
That fixed my Q35 modeset hangs.  I've given karma.

Thank you!

Regards,
Robert