F8RC3 Fails Miserably on HP 8510w Laptop

[Neal Becker]

Mogens Kjaer wrote:

> Christopher A. Williams wrote:
> ...
>> On the first boot post-install, X tries to start but fails. The screen
>> flashes for 1 second and then nothing. Eventually you get a default X
>> background (grey pattern) and a big X cursor.
> 
> I've seen this behavior on a DC7700 HP desktop.
> 
> After the installation, the machine hang during firstboot with
> a grey pattern and a big X cursor.
> 
> The next installation was OK.
> 
> The dmidecode of this machine is attached to:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=251493
> 
> (this is another bug, fixed).
> 
> I can try 10 installs on Monday...
> 
> Mogens
> 

I think I saw this on hp dv9500.  I did NOT reinstall, I just rebooted and
it was fine.