Bug 12434 - Mageia4 RC - live DVD does not select the correct graphics card
Summary: Mageia4 RC - live DVD does not select the correct graphics card
Status: RESOLVED OLD
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
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Reported: 2014-01-25 16:26 CET by Simon Geard
Modified: 2014-02-05 00:20 CET (History)
4 users (show)

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2014-01-25 16:26 CET, Simon Geard 		Details
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Description Simon Geard 2014-01-25 16:26:08 CET 
Created attachment 4875 [details]
Picture of the screen after trying to startup

The seems to be no version 4 RC option so I have selected 'Cauldron'.

I have a laptop running Mageia3 without problems, before that it ran Mageia2. I have just tried the new Mageia-4-RC-LiveDVD-KDE4-x86_64-DVD.iso but it doesn't select the correct graphics, so all I see a mainly blank screen with a few dots on it; picture attached. I also tried an earlier alpha release of v4 and it had the same problem.

The xorg.conf on Mageia3 is

# File generated by XFdrake (rev 262502)

# **********************************************************************
# Refer to the xorg.conf man page for details about the format of
# this file.
# **********************************************************************

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap" "False" # disable <Ctrl><Alt><BS> (server abort)
    #DontZoom # disable <Ctrl><Alt><KP_+>/<KP_-> (resolution switching)
    AllowMouseOpenFail # allows the server to start up even if the mouse does not work
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load "v4l" # Video for Linux
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor1"
    VendorName "Plug'n Play"
    
    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
    
    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "monitor2"
    
    # TV fullscreen mode or DVD fullscreen output.
    # 768x576 @ 79 Hz, 50 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     50.00  768  832  846 1000   576  590  595  630
    
    # 768x576 @ 100 Hz, 61.6 kHz hsync
    ModeLine "768x576"     63.07  768  800  960 1024   576  578  590  616
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device1"
    VendorName "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName "Intel 810 and later"
    Driver "intel"
    Screen 0
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier "device2"
    VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
    BoardName "NVIDIA GeForce 400 series and later"
    Driver "nouveau"
    Screen 0
    BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
    Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen1"
    Device "device1"
    Monitor "monitor1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "screen2"
    Device "device2"
    Monitor "monitor2"
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "layout1"
    Screen "screen1"
    Screen "screen2" RightOf "screen1"
    #Option "Xinerama"
EndSection
Manuel Hiebel 2014-01-29 18:43:16 CET

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

Comment 1 Simon Geard 2014-01-30 00:45:36 CET 
If you'd like me to test something here (in case you haven't access to this hardware) please ask. I'm a professional software developer so if I need to build/run/edit something that will help then I'm willing to give it a try.

The laptop is from PC Specialist and is a Clevo W350ET. It has both Intel on board graphics and Nvidia GeForce GTX 660M 2GB. On Mageia3 I use the Intel graphics since the Nvidia one doesn't work.
Sander Lepik 2014-01-30 08:24:09 CET

CC: (none) => mageia
Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 2 Simon Geard 2014-01-30 17:17:56 CET 
Maybe that's the problem. Mageia4 is choosing NVidia but the chosen driver doesn't work. Is it possible to boot the live CD to run level three? If so I could login as root and start X from there, that might give me more infornation.
Comment 3 Simon Geard 2014-02-05 00:20:53 CET 
This seems to be a version of a problem reported elsewhere with the Live CD but I don't know which previous report that was so I've marked it as 'OLD'. If I use Ctrl-Alt-Backspace the x-server restarts and I can login.

Since I have now installed Mageia4 properly from the DVD I'm happy for this bug report to be closed.

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