On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 3:38 PM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 2:31 PM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 7:57 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> wrote: >>>> Richard Shaw wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:48 PM, gary artim <gartim@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069@xxxxxxxxx> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I just upgraded my wife's laptop to F10 from F9 using preupgrade. >>>>>>> other than not having enough free space (had to make some) the install >>>>>>> went perfectly. Now I'm having a lockup issue. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> When it first starts everything hard locks. Then I hear the DvD head >>>>>>> moving, some time later I can turn the caps lock on and off but there >>>>>>> is a significant delay. Also, the mouse cursor works but nothing else >>>>>>> does. I can't do Ctl-Alt-Backspace or get to any of the virtual >>>>>>> terminals. Scanning through /var/log/messages I don't see anything >>>>>>> useful. Any ideas on where to start? This thing was rock solid under >>>>>>> F9. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Compaq laptop Turion 64 1.8GHz w/ Radeon 200M chipset. 1GB system ram. >>>>>>> Broadcom wireless using native driver. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Richard >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> fedora-list mailing list >>>>>>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>>>>>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>>>>>> Guidelines: >>>>>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >>>>>>> >>>>>> you could try adding to the grub boot screen a trailing 3 to boot without >>>>>> a graphics interface...then login as root and type 'yum update'. >>>>>> That's if you can >>>>>> get this far... -- Gary >>>>> >>>>> Actually I did end up trying something like that, so it is now fully >>>>> updated... >>>>> >>>>> Here's a few conditions I've discovered: >>>>> >>>>> When I log in it seems I have 10-25 minutes before it locks. >>>>> If I don't log (leave at login screen) in it does not lock up, but it >>>>> locks up almost immediately when I do log in. >>>>> It's seems to only be a GUI lock. I can SSH into the machine, however >>>>> top doesn't show any process using 100% cpu. >>>>> >>>>> Any and all ideas are appreceated. This is actually the wife's laptop >>>>> which I recently converted to linux. She was a happy F9 user but when >>>>> my preupgrade upgrade went so well on my laptop I decided to upgrade >>>>> her's as well. Needless to say she's less than thrilled right now. >>>>> >>>> You must be a newlywed to mess with your wife's *anything* until/unless you >>>> are asked to do so. My wife is still on FC7, and she is happy with it. She >>>> is behind two levels of firewall, and her (seamonkey) browser is fully >>>> updated, and mail goes through my corporate filters, not some ISP. >>>> >>>> You might diddle the graphics settings on the boot line, video= and/or >>>> xdriver= may help. Post video hardware and dmesg details here, hopefully >>>> someone can offer useful hints. >>>> >>>> Good luck! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> >>> >>> Well so far today it has been working. BTW, is there a command line >>> way to get network manager to connect to wireless? I went to console >>> on boot up and was trying to get a connection without logging in (so >>> it wouldn't lock up) but couldn't find a way. I ending up logging in >>> and immediately going to a virtual terminal. >>> >>> It's a Radeon 200M video chipset, Plymouth looks great BTW. I was >>> thinking of disabling selinux since I was getting AVC errors in the >>> system tray, something about updatedb trying to access .gconf2. I did >>> the restorecon -v thing it suggested but don't know if it's related to >>> the lockup issue. >>> >>> Actually it just locked up when I was typing this message. Gmail saved >>> the draft and I'm finishing it from my laptop. Something interesting >>> to note. I used to fix most issues like this by doing a gdm-restart. >>> Now under F10 I'm getting "Operation not supported". I did a >>> gdm-safe-restart and then the lapop locked up fully (I lost my ssh >>> session and couldn't log back in.). The requested dmesg output to >>> follow. I've got it saved to a text file but have to get it off her >>> computer or post it before it locks up. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Richard >>> >>> -- >>> fedora-list mailing list >>> fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >>> To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >>> Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines >>> >> >> I had problems with a fglrx (radeon) driver and have an open ticket >> which never went far. I went so far as to get a serial cable and >> captured the logs from an alternate system - i forget the exact >> message but it pointed to the driver. I then switch X drivers from >> fglrx to radeon and no freezes. maybe boot to runlevel 3, switch >> /etc/X11/xorg.conf from fglrx to radeon -- not sure it this is the >> correct protocal for changing the X drive (please correct if wrong), >> then start X (startx). Note that when I had this kind of problem I >> could boot in runlevel 3 and startx with the original driver and it >> wouldn't freeze -- strange. With the radeon driver it worked no >> matter. -- gary >> > > Note: this was on fc9, _note_ fc10, forgot to mention -- gary Just in case someone was following this thread and not the one where I found the workaround. All I did was add the nomodeset kernel option which apparently turns off KMS, so no flicker free boot, however, adding vga=318 as well still gets me the graphical Plymouth start-up. 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