The problem isn’t directly related to Fedora 17, but it is related to Linux. There have been reports of other distributions experiencing the same issue. The belief is that it is a GRUB issue, or some brightness/contrast problem with Xorg based upon what it is getting from GRUB. One thing to try is to add:
[EDIT: Further examination revealed that a majority of the problems experienced were related to the glibc + kernel included with Fedora 18 and the updated glibc+kernel for Fedora 17. Â The result was the same in both situations: unstable VIA and IVTV drivers.] Fedora 18 has the release name “Spherical Cow”. Â It should probably be
Having built a fully functional PXE B&B (“boot-and-build”) system with Cobbler + Puppet, it was surprising to learn that Fedora 16 just would not load from the same old process. Â After much frustration and digging, it appears that from Fedora 15 to Fedora 16, an additional boot-time kernel argument became required in order to be