I cannot boot into the Live session using basic graphics mode on neither EFI or BIOS. I have been trying this on a bare machine using the PiKVM device for distant connection. Unfortunately, I could not test directly. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Try booting the Fedora Workstation RC 1.9 iso. Actual Results: When trying over EFI: - Grub appears - I select the Troubleshooting and boot in basic mode - After a while the machine restarts into BIOS mode. (see attached video) When trying BIOS mode - Same as with EFI but nothing restarts and the machine remains on a black screen until reset. - When 'rhgb' and 'quiet' are removed, it remains on a screen with "Booting a command list". Expected Results: Both ways should offer basic graphics mode.
Created attachment 2022609 [details] Video from the EFI attempt
Proposed as a Blocker for 40-beta by Fedora user lruzicka using the blocker tracking app because: Proposing for a blocker discussion.
I tested on this notebook: Processors: 2 × Pentium® Dual-Core CPU T4500 @ 2.30GHz Memory: 5.7 GiB of RAM Graphics Processor: Mesa Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset Manufacturer: Hewlett-Packard Product Name: HP G42 Notebook PC sudo efibootmgr EFI variables are not supported on this system. And here basic graphics video mode booted successfully.
heres a video of F40 Workstation beta 1.9 booting on this HP laptop in basic mode: https://geraldosimiao.fedorapeople.org/Screencasts/F40Work-beta19-basic-video.mp4
Created attachment 2022612 [details] screenshot from a EFI notebook booting basic graphics mode F40 Workstation Beta 1.9 iso
Tested F40 Workstation Beta 1.9 iso with basic graphics mode: Asus B550 motherboard: UEFI boots OK BIOS boots OK Thinkpad T480s: UEFI boots OK BIOS not tested (known to be broken for years) Thinkpad P16v: UEFI boots OK BIOS not supported
On my bare metal test box (Asus H97M-E motherboard, Radeon 6500 XT graphics): Workstation UEFI - OK Workstation BIOS - OK KDE UEFI - OK KDE BIOS - OK SS SHIPIT
On the machine where it fails, the KDE iso works normally in basic graphics.
I tested today the very same machine that Lukas reported problems on, with the same image, and both BIOS and UEFI basic graphics mode boots just fine. So I assume this must have been some random accident with our particular machine. Since everybody else reported that it boots fine for them, I'll close this bug, and if we can consistently reproduce the problem on our particular hardware, we'll reopen it.