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(a)cox.net <mailto:clydekunkel7734@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