Bug 5859

Summary:	Installer fails to find a driver for graphic card ATI Radeon HD 4350
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	André DESMOTTES <lebarhon>
Component:	Installer	Assignee:	Thierry Vignaud <thierry.vignaud>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	Keywords:	NEEDINFO
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	x86_64
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description André DESMOTTES 2012-05-11 21:15:54 CEST

Description of problem:

Hello,
The bug 1105 is still alive (same PC).
Mobo Asus M4A77D AM2+ with GC Asus EAH4350 (Radeon HD 4350)
During installation, everything seems OK included the summarize, but there is no reboot. The splash-screen appears very briefly and the PC switches in text mode. The last lines read: 
"Failed to start Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit
See 'systemctl status plymouth-quit-wait-service' for details"
I can access to a console and I tried Xorg|Vesa and some other drivers with the same results. I tried also radeon.modeset=0 added in the kernel options (F3) with no success. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia2 RC installer

How reproducible:
Install from the DVD x86_64 and reboot.

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Install
2.Reboot
3.Wait until the freeze

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-11 22:13:07 CEST

does it work with "rdloaddriver=radeon" at the grub ?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 2 André DESMOTTES 2012-05-12 12:31:07 CEST

Anywhere in the grub ?

Comment 3 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-12 12:31:57 CEST

yes like other option

Comment 4 André DESMOTTES 2012-05-12 19:11:26 CEST

Well, the grub crashes. It is not possible anymore to boot any OS (Windows7, Mageia1 and Cauldron were presents)
I only have the prompt:
Grub >

Comment 5 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-12 19:19:55 CEST

what ? :)

seems you are in text mode edition, it is possible to change the option in the gfxboot (grub in graphic) with the F6 chose default and then add a the option. (not sure)

Severity: critical => major

Comment 6 André DESMOTTES 2012-05-12 19:49:44 CEST

There is no more gfxboot. The first thing to appear is a two lines comment and then:
Grub > 
That's all.
I thing the only way to correct the problem is to use a live CD to edit menu.lst

Comment 7 André DESMOTTES 2012-05-17 19:55:09 CEST

I succeeded to install Mageia2 Cauldron (May be some steps were useless).

1 Make a new install with boot-non-free.iso
2 Accept the update at the end of the installation
3 reboot, the problem is still there
4 In a console, install nonfree media
5 Install the rpm radeon-firmware
6 Reboot, the problem is still there
7 In a console, with drakconf, choose the driver Radeon HD 2000 to HD 6300 (radeon fglrx)
8 Accept suggested proprietary drivers and install them
9 Reboot and it is OK

Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-17 19:57:07 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 8 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-17 20:54:36 CEST

arf duplicate in fact

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 5426 ***

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