On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 7:59 PM, Adam Williamson <awill...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, everyone. So, we have one bug remaining for Fedora 14 whose blocker > status is unclear: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596985 > > Two reporters in the bug - John Reiser and Mike Chambers - and one > reporter from the list - Rui He, > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-August/092583.html - > report that the screen is blanked when the installer starts X on various > Radeon adapters when booted with default options. The system is still > running and you can switch to a virtual console to get logs - see > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596985#c36 - but the screen > is permanently blank until reboot. When booted with 'basic video driver' > - which, due to an anaconda bug, actually results in the use of the > radeon driver, but with kernel modesetting disabled - the installer is > able to run X normally, for all three. One further reporter, Chuck > Forsberg - > http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2010-August/092581.html - > had problems with both default and 'basic video mode' (radeon+UMS). > > Jerome Glisse reports that he was able to start X and see the display in > the installer with one or some of his own test cards. > > What we need here is more data. So it would be really useful if everyone > on this list with a Radeon video adapter could test this. It's fairly > quick and easy and doesn't require you to actually complete an install. > Just get the boot.iso for RC3 (currently) or RC4 (later today, likely) - > the boot.iso for RC3 is at > http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/14-Alpha.RC3/Fedora/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso > or > http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/14-Alpha.RC3/Fedora/i386/os/images/boot.iso > - boot it, and see if you can make it to the graphical stage of the > installation process. Please reply here, and if you observe the same problem > as the reporters, add your details to the bug report (also test the 'basic > graphics driver' choice, and report whether you used rc3 or rc4, and x86-64 > or i386). Thanks!
OK here on RV410 (Radeon X700 Pro, R400 family), using KMS. I will be testing older cards (Radeon 7500, FireGL 8800) as time permits. Cheers François -- test mailing list test@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test