Intel video testing: It worked for a bit...

[Leon Stringer]

Bob Arendt wrote:
> Leon Stringer wrote:
>> Robert Arendt wrote:
>>> Also, you should use xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.6.0-14.fc11.i586.rpm for
>>> the latest;  Yum/rawhide changed me from -i810 to -intel at some point.
>>> I have a intel 845G/GL[Brookdale-G] 8086:2562 rev3 on a Dell laptop.
>>
>> Bob: Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, I can't get this to work for
>> me. I did:
>>    rpm -i xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.6.0-14-fc11.i586
>>
>> And I've tried all the tests I think could possibly work:
>>
>> 2. Driver "intel"+nomodeset: X attempts to load, see mouse cursor
>> briefly, then blank, system locked up
> 
> Case 2 is the one that works the best for me.  Though 1 is the goal
> of the intel Xorg and kernel developers.  My grub entry:
> title Fedora (2.6.29-0.237.rc7.git4.fc11.i586)
>         root (hd0,0)
>         kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.29-0.237.rc7.git4.fc11.i586 ro rootwait 
> root=UUID=[bigstring] selinux=0 rhgb nomodeset
>         initrd /initrd-2.6.29-0.237.rc7.git4.fc11.i586.img
> 
> Are you sure your machine is locking up?  For me the acid test is
> to toggle the caps-lock key and see if the indicator light toggles.
> If not, the machine's locked up.  Also ping or ssh in from another
> host.  Often it was the backlight failure that made it appear to be
> totally dead.
> 
> To get more diagnostics, again try booting with "nomodeset 3"
> (to start at runlevel 3, without X).  Log into a VT and type:
>   startx /usr/bin/xterm -- -logverbose 255
> 
> This should start an Xserver and xterm (yum install /usr/bin/xterm)
> on vt7.  This is sort of a failsafe mode - not even a window manager.
> It takes gdm and the rest of the gnome session out of the equation.
> When you exit the xterm, the Xserver will terminate.  The logverbose
> puts maximum debug into the /var/log/Xorg.0.log.
> 
> If you got an xterm, you can start a window manager wiht "metacity &".
> Now you have borders and can drag the xterm.  Maybe try simple tests
> like "x11perf -putimage100" (2D)  or "glxgears" (3D).  This will
> give you some simple numeric benchmarks to compare to other systems.
> 
> I feel your pain, I've been testing this hardware since F10 alpha (last 
> Halloween):
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=469292
> 
> It looks like it's getting a lot closer, but the 845G hardware isn't
> out of the woods yet.
> 
> Good luck,
> -Bob Arendt
> 
> 
> 

When I say "locks up" I find Num Lock/Caps Lock lights toggle initially 
but stop after a few seconds. I can't switch to a virtual terminal 
either. (This is a desktop machine so I don't get any backlight issues).

However, the basic startx xterm... test worked and I can load Metacity 
and glxgears runs.

So I'm a bit baffled, if I can get a minimal X running, what's missing 
that prevents GNOME running?

And thanks for your help so far Bob, at least I feel I'm getting 
somewhere (albeit slowly!).