FC10 Beta ati driver fails at install

[John5342]

/etc/sysconfig/desktop should contain:

DISPLAYMANAGER=X

where:
X = "KDM" (kde)
X = "GNOME" (gdm)
X = "XDM" (xdm)
X = "WDM" (lord knows)

There may be others but those are the only ones listed in my /etc/X11/prefdm


2008/10/8 Clyde E. Kunkel <clydekunkel7734 at cox.net>

> 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 at cox.net <mailto:clydekunkel7734 at 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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