FC10 Beta ati driver fails at install

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
> John Poelstra wrote:
>> Jóhann B. Guðmundsson said the following on 10/06/2008 08:09 AM 
>> Pacific Time:
>>> Clyde E. Kunkel wrote:
>>>> Chida wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:52 PM, Clyde E. Kunkel 
>>>>> <clydekunkel7734 at cox.net <mailto:clydekunkel7734 at cox.net>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>     As is the case in Rawhide, the FC10 Beta install fails to 
>>>>> launch a
>>>>>     desktop during firstboot due to the ati driver problem.  
>>>>> Dropping to
>>>>>     a terminal and doing a yum install xorg-x11-drv-radeonhd (NOT 
>>>>> on the
>>>>>     beta DVD) and creating an xorg.conf file with the radeonhd driver
>>>>>     solves the problem.  I see several bzs that may be related to the
>>>>>     ati problem but don't have any specific information except 
>>>>> possibly
>>>>>     the attached screen shot.  The graphics adapter is an RV630 
>>>>> [Radeon
>>>>>     HD 2600 Series] on an ASUS P5K-EWiFi mobo.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have the same exact error.  I get a blank screen and then Fatal 
>>>>> IO error 11.
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a 780G chipset motherboard. What hardware are you on?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hardware described above.
>>>>
>>> Testers it's better to provide the url from smolt
>>> rather than using verbal descriptions.. :)
>>> ( su -c 'smoltSendProfile -a' )
>>>
>>> JBG...
>>>
>>
>> Filing it in bugzilla also helps, particularly when people pile with 
>> "me too" :)
>>
>> John
>>
>
> bz 466042
>
Add the kernel parameter nomodeset
and see if that works for you.

JBG