F10 i386 preview install on gateway MX7120 fails to start X

[Mads Kiilerich]

Robert P. J. Day wrote, On 11/16/2008 10:26 PM:
>> The reason X failed is probably in /var/log/Xorg.0.log - can you get it
>> somehow? Perhaps by booting a livecd?
>>     
>
>   thought of that, but don't have a live CD at the moment.  perhaps i
> can restart, wait until the instant of the X server failure, then
> switch to a virtual console and see if that's informative.
>
>   
>> And, have you tried booting with "nomodeset"? Does that work?
>>     
>
>   will try that shortly, thanks.  can i assume, then, that others have
> seen this symptom?
>   

F10 kernels defaults to use "modeset" which is nice, but unfortunately 
it is still work in progress. Disabling it sometimes/often helps.

http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10preview/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html#sn-Fedora_10_boot-time

>   why, yes ... yes, it does.  and i'm not too proud to ask ... what
> exactly did that accomplish?  (i verified a graphical install only to
> the extent of getting that first screen -- i'm assuming things will
> continue to work as i progress through the rest of the install.)
>   

That gives you a possible workaround. You can add it to /etc/grub.conf.

It will also help Fedora developers when you file it in bugzilla, 
together with /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /var/log/dmesg - both from a 
failing session without nomodeset. Or even better: perhaps you can find 
an existing similar bug in bugzilla.

/Mads
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