Bug 12673

Summary:	can't configure graphics - with ati hd5440 and dell 2405 monitor
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	jeff deifik <jeff>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	anssi.hannula, thierry.vignaud
Version:	4	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description jeff deifik 2014-02-09 03:26:34 CET

I have been using mageia 1,2, 3, and now 4.
I have installed all of them successfully many times.

My computer has has a powercolor ati hd5450 (a very common video card).
The display is a dell 2405. I have connected both the VGA and the DVI
connectors from the graphics card to the monitor.

When I go through the graphics configuration, I have been unable to successfully
'test' any graphics configuration. I have tried the proprietary drivers,
the non-proprietary drivers, the x.org drivers, the vesa drivers, the framebuffer
drivers. I have tried the analog video, the digial video, and many different
resolutions.

I was running mageia-3, but I cleverly overwrote it while installing mageia-4,
so I don't know what settings I was using that worked.

I have another computer attached to the monitor analog output via a kvm switch
running mageia-4 without issue.
I am running fedora-20 on yet another computer
attached to the monitor analog output via a kvm switch without issue.
I have another computer attached to the monitor analog output via a kvm switch running mageia-2 without issue.

Manuel Hiebel 2014-02-09 20:01:29 CET

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, thierry.vignaud

Comment 1 jeff deifik 2014-03-01 03:37:02 CET

I removed mageia-4. I installed mageia-3. Everything worked smoothly. Graphics was automatically configured with non-free driver. ATI radeon hd 5000, dell 2405 fpw, 1920x1200x24 bit. X works fine.

Mageia-4 definitely has some issue configuring my hardware.

Comment 2 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-02 19:35:32 CEST

Hi Jeff, sorry that your bug report got overlooked. Is this bug still present in Mageia 5 RC? We can't fix the installer for Mageia 4 but maybe we can for Mageia 5 if it's still present.

Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-02 19:36:48 CEST

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 3 jeff deifik 2015-05-02 20:03:44 CEST

I think I eventually got it working.
I am now using a different monitor.
I have not tried it with Mageia 5 RC.

Comment 4 Samuel Verschelde 2015-05-02 20:04:56 CEST

Let's close it and reopen it later if needed, then.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED