[F7] Bluescreen for ATI notebook users?

[Dotan Cohen]

On 02/06/07, Florian Sievert <floriansievert at phobeus.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in fact I am wondering that nobody else was writting here about getting
> a blue screen when having a ATI chipset in his notebook. I am using here
> a IBM Thinkpad Z61M with an ATI Radeon Mobility X1400 and at that moment
> anaconda should start the system boots into a blue screen. After this
> point the text console is also messed up. I guess that this is a problem
> with the chip and the tft screen and could effect several other people
> using an ati card on an notebook.
>
> So it looks like the problem is related to a bug reported end of april
> and it's dup:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=238298 (dup)
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=235066 (might related)
>
> I tried several boot options so far (nofb, resolution etc), but the
> system stays completly unusable. I was able to perform an installation
> via vnc and after installation the problem remains, however I was able
> to logon via ssh getting access to the Xorg.0.log:
>
> [root at deimos ~]# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep EE
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
> [root at deimos ~]# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep WW
>         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
> (WW) No monitor specified for screen "Screen0".
> (WW) No FontPath specified.  Using compiled-in default.
> (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
> (WW) VESA(0): No valid modes left.  Trying less strict filter...
> (WW) <default pointer>: No Device specified, looking for one...
>
> Anybody with an idea how to work arround this problem, especially using
> a boot option in order to make F7 avaible for users that don't have a
> second pc. Or will the be forced to use text console? Anybody else who
> can confirm this problem?
>
> Best regards,
> Florian

Has a solution to this condition been found? I plan on installing FC7
on my Dell Inspiron with the X1400 later today. FC6 installed fine,
but the current Ubuntu needed major tweaking to get a working X.

Dotan Cohen

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