Booting directly into X problems
Sasa Stupar
sasa at stupar.homelinux.net
Wed Dec 1 06:43:03 UTC 2004
V sre, 01.12.2004 ob 03:36 je Jim Cornette napisal(a):
> Sasa Stupar wrote:
>
> >>https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1817
> >
> >
> > This bug explains only for install problems. I didn't have install
> > problems at all. It went well under X.
> >
> >
> >>https://freedesktop.org/bugzilla/
> >>should get you there with this blank screen when system is cold-booted.
> >>
> >>I did have a problem with a black screen that seemed like the computer
> >>was locked up. The computer finally brought up the X screen after a long
> >>wait. Have you let the screen remain black, then check back a few
> >>minutes later?
> >
> >
> >>Jim
> >
> >
> > Yes, I have waited for 30 min but nothing. The system froze because HDD
> > led was allways on.
> >
> > Could this be related to BIOS? Because, after cold-boot to winxp and
> > reboot to FC2 it works or cold-boot in linux but in "Interactive mode".
>
> I'm not sure why a cold-boot would leave the computer in a state where
> the disk was hung, except for a problem someone mentioned regarding a
> bug that effects the graphical boot with the initial install. Did you
> upgrade to the latest available rpms from the mirror sites.
>
> You might try to boot with rhgb removed from the grub loader. There are
> many postings that explained this problem and how to remove rhgb quiet
> from the boot parameters.
>
> Your assumption that the BIOS might have a bug revealed by linux
> cold-booting might be close too. I have an 815 video card (lesser than
> your card type) and also used an 865G (newer than the 845). Both of
> these cards do exhibit effects, which put the card into a particular
> state, until the computer is rebooted. This might explain why the video
> card you have works after being initialized by windows. The card is
> locked in the correct state.
>
> This still sounds like a good candidate for either submitting a bug in
> bugzilla for Fedora or on the xorg-x11 site.
>
> I'm concerned that the X server uses the same driver for so many card
> types and the list is growing still. (i810) - Your breakage with this
> card might help resolve the refresh problem that the 810/815 type cards
> are having.
>
> Jim
> >
Jim, you are a saver. I have removed "rhgb quiet" from the grub.conf and
now it is working fine - booting directly to X even with cold start.
Thank you. :)
Sasa
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