Intel video testing: It worked for a bit...
Leon Stringer
leon.stringer at ntlworld.com
Sun Mar 15 17:22:57 UTC 2009
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!).
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