F16 beta TC1 garbled graphical screen [workaround]

Clyde E. Kunkel clydekunkel7734 at cox.net
Fri Sep 2 17:37:50 UTC 2011


On 09/02/2011 12:21 PM, Adam Williamson wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 17:02 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
>> On Fri, 2011-09-02 at 11:53 +0200, Jurgen Kramer wrote:
>>> When I get past the current dracut/squashfs problems (BZ#735199)
>>> (workaround maxcpus=1 works for me). I only get a garbled graphical
>>> screen so I cannot continue with the installation.
>>> anaconda textmode is no longer there and xdriver=vesa gives the same
>>> garbled screen.
>>>
>>> All F16 alpha rc's and alpha worked fine with the graphical installer.
>>> Did something change here?
>>>
>>> btw this is when booting through EFI. Legacy boot works.
>>>
>> The garbled screen at boot is still there, but when booting in EFI mode
>> with maxcpus=1 and a bit more patience (wait for hardware), anaconda
>> gets to the normal graphical install screen and I can make my way
>> through a the installation.
>
> Oh, so it comes up garbled, then after a while resolves itself?
> Interesting. What hardware?

I have seen something similar, but not on every boot.

radeon rv630

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OldFart



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