[mythtv-users] Upgade to FC10 results in reboot loop

Marko Nurmenniemi marko.nurmenniemi at kolumbus.fi
Tue Dec 23 20:40:20 UTC 2008


Marko Nurmenniemi wrote:
> Udo van den Heuvel wrote:
>> Marko Nurmenniemi wrote:
>>> I'm now booting temporarily to 3. In 5 I get the login screen (kinda) 
>>> but nothing works
>> Can you ssh into the box?
>> It may be that you need this in xorg.conf:
>>
>> Section "ServerFlags"
>>          Option  "AllowEmptyInput" "False"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Do init 3, edit the file and init 5 again.
>>
>>
>>   and it locks the X totally, none of the other screen
>>> work either. Power button is the only answer after this.
>> Only the keyboard and mouse are probably gone. The system still works.
>> Power buttons are not the answer.
>>
>>
>>>> What does Xorg.0.log or similar say?
>>> http://nurmenniemi.homeip.net/mythweb/Xorg.0.log.Radeon_Mobility_M6_LY
>> (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
>> (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
>> (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
>> 	If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
>>
>> Did you read it?
>>
>>> I'm able to boot directly to 5 with VESA but logoff causes freese.
>> It's not a freeze.
>>
>>>> What does Xorg.0.log or similar say?
>>> http://nurmenniemi.homeip.net/mythweb/Xorg.0.log.Intel_82845G
>> (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device.
>> (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device.
>> (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices.
>> 	If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput.
>>
>> Same thing.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
>> Udo
>> _______________________________________________
> 
> 
> Go down a bit and it finds those in the end
> 
> does the evdev somehow screw things?
> 
> -M
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Found a (maybe temporary) fix for this issue for both of my machines.
Can now boot normally to X.

Adding xorg.conf and additional option made the change...
See here for details.
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=206439

-Marko


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