Bug 7867

Summary:	Install still can not correctly identify graphics card on Dell C600 Laptop
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Jeffrey Bruton <jeffreybruton>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	thierry.vignaud
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Source RPM:	ldetect-lst	CVE:
Status comment:

Description Jeffrey Bruton 2012-10-22 06:39:57 CEST

Description of problem:
When booting off the Mageia 3 Alpha 2 Live GNOME CD-ROM, the installer still can not correctly identify the graphics card in a Dell C600 laptop.  The installer chooses a MACH-64 card instead of correctly choosing a Rage 128 Based card.  This has been the case since a few versions back of Mandriva and has been in Mageia since day 1.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 3 Alpha 2 Live GNOME CD-ROM


How reproducible:
Always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot Dell C600 off Mageia 3 Alpha 2 Live GNOME CD-ROM. 
2. Wait until the "Sorry but there has been a problem starting your graphical display." screen appears.
3. Follow the above screen's advice and log in as root, run "drakx11", and change graphics card to "Rage 128 Based Cards".
4. Run "systemctl default" and GUI appears properly.

Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2012-10-27 00:10:29 CEST

can you attach the output of lspcidrake -v ?

Component: Installer => RPM Packages
Source RPM: Mageia-3-alpha2-LiveCD-GNOME-en-i586-CD.iso => drakx-kbd-mouse-x11

Comment 2 Jeffrey Bruton 2012-10-30 19:25:09 CET

Manuel:
Would you like that output before I manually tell it the correct graphics card or after?
Thanks
Jeffrey Bruton

Comment 3 Thierry Vignaud 2012-11-02 12:18:07 CET

It doesn't matters: that output wont change

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 4 Jeffrey Bruton 2012-11-02 20:46:21 CET

Thierry:

For some reason now, after many attempts, I can't get into the GUI at all booting off the above mentioned live CD-ROM.  Basically just hangs now at a blank screen...but it still shuts down nicely when I press the power button once, indicating the system is up, just not showing any GUI.  Also I can go to another console (F2, F3, etc.) and login fine.

It would be way easier for me to boot off the HD which has Mageia 2, and then get you the output Manuel mentioned.  Is that an OK method or does it need to be running Mageia 3 in order to get the output you are looking for?

Thanks
Jeffrey Bruton

Comment 5 Jeffrey Bruton 2012-11-02 21:18:28 CET

Thierry:

Here is the output from lspcidrake -v when in Mageia 2:

[jbruton@localhost ~]$ lspcidrake -v
ssb             : Broadcom Corporation|BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:14e4 device:4318 subv:1799 subd:7011) (rev: 02)
Card:ATI Mach 64-based cards: ATI Technologies Inc|Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:1002 device:4c46 subv:1028 subd:00b1) (rev: 02)
unknown         : 3Com Corporation|Mini PCI 56k Winmodem [COMMUNICATION_OTHER] (vendor:10b7 device:1007 subv:10b7 subd:615b) (rev: 10)
3c59x           : 3Com Corporation|3c556 Hurricane CardBus [Cyclone] [NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:10b7 device:6055 subv:10b7 subd:6456) (rev: 10)
snd_maestro3    : ESS Technology|ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:125d device:1998 subv:1028 subd:00b1) (rev: 10)
i2c_piix4       : Intel Corporation|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [BRIDGE_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:7113) (rev: 03)
uhci_hcd        : Intel Corporation|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [SERIAL_USB] (vendor:8086 device:7112) (rev: 01)
ata_piix        : Intel Corporation|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [STORAGE_IDE] (vendor:8086 device:7111) (rev: 01)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [BRIDGE_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:7110) (rev: 02)
yenta_socket    : Texas Instruments|PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [BRIDGE_CARDBUS] (vendor:104c device:ac51 subv:1400 subd:0000)
yenta_socket    : Texas Instruments|PCI1420 PC card Cardbus Controller [BRIDGE_CARDBUS] (vendor:104c device:ac51 subv:1c00 subd:0000)
shpchp          : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:7191) (rev: 03)
unknown         : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:7190) (rev: 03)
hub             : Linux 3.3.8-desktop-2.mga2 uhci_hcd|UHCI Host Controller [Hub|Unused|Full speed (or root) hub] (vendor:1d6b device:0001)
[jbruton@localhost ~]$ 

Install is probably choosing Mach 64 since that is what its getting probing the hardware (if I'm reading the output correctly).  Even though the install may be correctly choosing the driver based on the hardware probe, it still doesn't work and needs to be changed to the "Rage 128-based cards" driver...however in light of the above, its probably not the installers fault.

Please let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks
Jeffrey Bruton

Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 10:03:40 CET

Source RPM: drakx-kbd-mouse-x11 => ldetect-lst

Comment 6 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-06 10:13:12 CET

Fixed in SVN

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

Comment 7 Jeffrey Bruton 2012-12-07 07:05:12 CET

Thierry:

Forgive my ignorance.  What is "SVN"?

Thanks
Jeffrey Bruton

Comment 8 Thierry Vignaud 2012-12-07 07:32:44 CET

This is the history repository of our software.
http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/ldetect-lst/trunk/
It has now been released.

You can now try the latest installer. eg:
http://distrib-coffee.ipsl.jussieu.fr/pub/linux/Mageia/distrib/cauldron/i586/install/images/

boot-nonfree.iso	07-Dec-2012 03:30 	50M	 
boot.iso	07-Dec-2012 00:19 	34M

Comment 9 Jeffrey Bruton 2012-12-07 07:41:37 CET

Thanks Thierry.

JB