Bug 16205

Summary:	Can't configure graphics on ibm 300PL with ati rage 128, works fine with mageia 4
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	jeff deifik <jeff>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	marja11, thierry.vignaud, tmb
Version:	5	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	x11-driver-video-r128?	CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments:	3 attachments from mageia 4, as requested xorg.0.log lscpidrake output

Description jeff deifik 2015-06-25 01:33:01 CEST

Description of problem:
I did a fresh install of mageia 5.
I have an old ibm 300PL with a ati rage 128 card.
No matter what video driver I selected, ati, vesa, or framebuffer and what resolution I selected, I was unable to get video working using the vga output (the only output for the card). I tried the installer graphics configuration as well as drakconf.

I reverted back to mageia 4, doing a fresh install.
Graphics card properly detected, monitor properly detected, and I was able to get working graphics at 3 different resolutions. The graphics configuration with mageia 4 was super easy and worked the first time.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
5

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. install 5
2. try to configure video
3. cry


Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1 Samuel Verschelde 2015-06-25 10:40:21 CEST

Please provide the output of "lspcidrake -v" from both Mageia 4 and Mageia 5.

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud, tmb

Samuel Verschelde 2015-06-25 10:40:45 CEST

Component: Installer => RPM Packages
Summary: Can't confugure graphics on ibm 300PL with ati rage 128, works fine with mageia 4 => Can't configure graphics on ibm 300PL with ati rage 128, works fine with mageia 4

Comment 2 Thierry Vignaud 2015-06-25 10:47:48 CEST

And please attach (not paste) /etc/X11/xorg.conf & /var/log/Xorg.0.log for both mga4 & mga5

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Thierry Vignaud 2015-06-25 10:48:01 CEST

Source RPM: (none) => x11-driver-video-r128?

Comment 3 jeff deifik 2015-06-25 14:19:13 CEST

I have removed mageia 5 from the computer, so it will take awhile to get the mageia 5 output.

Comment 4 jeff deifik 2015-06-28 04:48:08 CEST

I reloaded mageia 5 from scratch, and it seems to work fine. It is odd, because it didn't work last time.

Comment 5 Marja Van Waes 2015-06-28 08:12:08 CEST

(In reply to jeff deifik from comment #4)
> I reloaded mageia 5 from scratch, and it seems to work fine. It is odd,
> because it didn't work last time.

(In reply to jeff deifik from comment #0)

> How reproducible:
> 100%
> 
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. install 5
> 2. try to configure video
> 3. cry
> 
> 

How many times did you reproduce the issue?

Which iso did you use to install from?
If it is the exactly the same iso as when you hit the issue, did you then install from the unchanged USB-key or DVD?

Also: did you run updates at the end of install?

I understand why you didn't attach the requested Mageia 5 output and files: because you didn't hit the issue now.

However, why didn't you attach the requested Mageia 4 output + files?

CC: (none) => marja11

Comment 6 jeff deifik 2015-06-28 14:33:08 CEST

Created attachment 6782 [details]
3 attachments from mageia 4, as requested

Comment 7 jeff deifik 2015-06-28 14:34:38 CEST

Created attachment 6783 [details]
xorg.0.log

Comment 8 jeff deifik 2015-06-28 14:35:17 CEST

Created attachment 6784 [details]
lscpidrake output

Comment 9 jeff deifik 2015-06-28 14:41:42 CEST

I only did the install once before reporting the bug.
I did try at least 10 different video configurations, but none worked.
I used Mageia-5-i586-DVD.iso, and I verified the md5.
I installed on dvd.
I did not run updates at the end of the install.

I now suspect that a vga cable between my monitor and my kvm switch which was missing the EDID signal caused the confusion. I has a similar issue with another computer and fedora 22. I switched out the bad cable before I did the second install of mageia 5.

Comment 10 Marja Van Waes 2015-06-28 20:57:19 CEST

(In reply to jeff deifik from comment #9)

> 
> I now suspect that a vga cable between my monitor and my kvm switch which
> was missing the EDID signal caused the confusion. I has a similar issue with
> another computer and fedora 22. I switched out the bad cable before I did
> the second install of mageia 5.

Thanks a lot for all the feedback, Jeff

A bad cable isn't a Mageia bug, so closing this report as invalid.

However, if the same issue re-occurs with the new cable, then please:g
* reopen this report and 
* attach the Mageia 5 output + files that were requested before.

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