On Wed, 2012-01-25 at 01:26 +0000, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Tuesday 24 January 2012 15:32:06 Aaron Konstam wrote: > > When I installed F16 it would not run in Gnome 3.2 mode because of some > > deficiency in the hardware graphics. My graphics card is : 82945G/GZ. > > Someone else on the list said he had the same card and Gnome 3.2 came > > up. So we have our first mystery. I still have no idea exactly what > > graphics cards have this deficiency. Any one to clarify? > > > > Anyway in an attempt to clarify things I downloaded the Live F16 and > > when that was run Gnome 3.2 came up normally. Why is this? > [snip] > > This smells like a misconfiguration problem. If 3D acceleration works on the > Live F16, it should also work with the regular install, on the same hardware. > Besides, you have Intel graphics, which has open source 3D drivers, which > should Just Work. > > So I would look at the obvious places first: > > (1) you did try F16 Live on the exact same hardware? same hardware > (2) did you do a fresh install or an upgrade to F16? fresh install > (3) do you have a custom /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (if any)? seems to the xorg.conf file that was created by the original installation.
> (4) does Gnome3 start normally for a freshly created user. If normally you mean with Gnome 3.2 , the answer is no. > (5) did you put something funky in the kernel boot parameters, like > "nomodeset"? I tried that and the system would not boot. > (6) is your machine fully "yum update"-ed? yes > (7) what does your /var/log/Xorg.0.log say after a failed attempt to start > Gnome3? there is no reference to Gnomew3 > > I am not a Gnome user (start it only sparingly for testing and a good laugh > now and then), but it does work on my Intel hardware. Granted, 965 rather > than > 945 chip, but still... > > If all else fails, back up your data, and reinstall F16 fresh from the Live > CD. The configuration which is used during the Live session should be > mirrored > for the HD install, so you would have a working Gnome3 Well that sounds like a plan but I am not really interested in getting Gnome3.2 to work. I find failsafe mode much preferable. But Gnome3 came up in F15 so I just wonder why Gnome3,2 does not. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
