Re: New boot failure


Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
On Wednesday 28 April 2010, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
My shiney new F13-beta 64 bit install on my HP dv5120u laptop is now
failing, losing all response to a plugged in mouse, the touch pad and
keyboard at about the time it draws the bottom bar on the screen, showing
only the 4 workspace icons and the trash can. No other buttons or menu
icons get drawn.

Same thing happened here.

Are you using f13-beta with compiz? There is a bug in xorg that locks
up the display and keyboard when using compiz. The fix is here:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.testers/80940

or in short grab the relevent xorg files and do a "yum --localinstall"
of them.


http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.8.0/8.fc13/x8
6_64/xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.8.0-8.fc13.x86_64.rpm
http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/packages/xorg-x11-server/1.8.0/8.fc13/x8
6_64/xorg-x11-server-common-1.8.0-8.fc13.x86_64.rpm

-wolfgang

I'm assuming the usual trick of booting to level 3 will work? Ahh, no, the
boot delay is zero, so there is no chance to edit grub. Or is there a magic
vulcan nerve pinch for that?

I always create a pristine user as a fallback whenever I install, so
after forcefully rebooting with a long power-button press I logged into
that user. You can also switch to an alternate vt with alt-control-f2.
Interestingly, you can also ssh in. The computer itself is functional.
Only the console is affected.

-wolfgang
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