Jóhann B. Guðmundsson wrote:
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
How do I switch from gdm to kdm or xdm for logon manager? I am trying
to see if the problem is with x or gdm.
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