Bug 226 - Clicking "Test" in XFdrake causes grey screen ( was: causes black screen)
Summary: Clicking "Test" in XFdrake causes grey screen ( was: causes black screen)
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thierry Vignaud
QA Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard: MGA2TOO
Keywords: Junior_job, PATCH
: 236 6349 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks: 427
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Reported: 2011-02-27 16:49 CET by Fabian Wannenmacher
Modified: 2012-06-28 02:49 CEST (History)
8 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM: drakx-kbd-mouse-x11
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments
xorg.conf (6.49 KB, text/plain)
2011-10-07 22:56 CEST, Fabian Wannenmacher
Details
Xorg.0.log (15.98 KB, text/plain)
2011-10-07 23:07 CEST, Fabian Wannenmacher
Details
Xorg.9.log (12.73 KB, text/plain)
2011-10-07 23:09 CEST, Fabian Wannenmacher
Details
Xorg.9.log_nouveau (9.92 KB, text/plain)
2011-10-07 23:19 CEST, Fabian Wannenmacher
Details

Description Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-02-27 16:49:30 CET
Description of problem:
When I click Test in XFdrake i get an black screen. I can escape only with Alt+PrintScreen+E. 
If I press OK without testing I can start X without problems.
This happens every time. It doesn't make any difference witch driver I choose (I tested vesa, nouveau and nvidia.)
I use a Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT. 

On /var/log/Xorg.9.log I get this Errors (the don't appear when I start X):
 (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
 (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mouse
 (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
 (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
 (EE) No input driver matching `mouse'
 (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
 (WW) Warning, couldn't open module kbd
 (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
 (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
 (EE) No input driver matching `kbd'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
0.91-2.mga1

How reproducible:
Every time

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start XFdrake
2. click Test

Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Comment 1 Ahmad Samir 2011-02-27 17:26:30 CET
Yes, it's a bit buggy, IIRC there was talk about removing it altogether...

Keywords: (none) => Triaged
CC: (none) => anssi.hannula

Comment 2 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-02-27 21:15:26 CET
And replacing by what? I don't like to write my xorg.conf by hand XD.
I would rather have a tool which is a little bit buggy than have non.
But that's my opinion. Is there a log of this discussion?
Comment 3 Anssi Hannula 2011-02-27 21:18:10 CET
He means the "Test" button :)
Comment 4 D Morgan 2011-02-27 21:18:36 CET
Ahmad meant removing the "test" option not the whole XFdrake  iirc

CC: (none) => dmorganec

Comment 5 Ahmad Samir 2011-02-27 21:24:01 CET
Yes, sorry, my comment could have been clearer.
Comment 6 Ahmad Samir 2011-02-28 18:07:56 CET
*** Bug 236 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => yleny

Comment 7 Thierry Vignaud 2011-03-15 09:45:38 CET
No it's very usefull in the summary of the installer.
We could hide it in the standalone tool though.
But I'm not sure it's such a nice idea

CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

Comment 8 Thierry Vignaud 2011-03-15 09:47:58 CET
I guess you don't have x11-driver-input installed?
That would mean we should either suggests it or adapt the test config file
Comment 9 Manuel Hiebel 2011-10-01 23:20:24 CEST
is this bug still valid ?

Keywords: Triaged => NEEDINFO

Comment 10 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-06 07:30:46 CEST
(In reply to comment #9)
> is this bug still valid ?

In mageia 1 installer i586 I still ran into this bug when testing my graphical card + screen settings. Do you want more recent information?

CC: (none) => marja11

Marja Van Waes 2011-10-06 07:31:23 CEST

Hardware: x86_64 => All

Marja Van Waes 2011-10-06 07:32:26 CEST

Blocks: (none) => 427

Comment 11 Thierry Vignaud 2011-10-06 08:06:22 CEST
What's the output of 'lspcidrake -v|grep Card'?
Also attach (not paste) your whole /etc/X11/xorg.conf as well as your /var/log/Xorg.0.log & Xorg.9.log
Also what's the output of 'rpm -qa x11-driver-*|sort'
Comment 12 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-06 16:34:05 CEST
@ Fabian

Do you still have this bug? I don't have it, nor in current cauldron, nor in updated Mageia 1, even though I did get the black frozen screen when pushing "test" during install (1x witn 1 rc DVD and 1x with Mageia 1 DVD)

If you still have it, please upload all the attachments Thierry asked for. 

If you don't have it anymore, please tell so this bug can be closed.
Marja Van Waes 2011-10-06 21:22:59 CEST

Hardware: All => x86_64

Comment 13 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 03:42:59 CEST
It dosn't crash any more. But now  I get a grew screen with the message that the test mode will be left after a few seconds. I can't do anything in this situation. After this time I get back to the normal environment.
Should I close this Bug and open a new Bug or add more details here?
Comment 14 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-07 08:05:44 CEST
(In reply to comment #13)
> It dosn't crash any more. But now  I get a grew screen with the message that
> the test mode will be left after a few seconds. I can't do anything in this
> situation. After this time I get back to the normal environment.
> Should I close this Bug and open a new Bug or add more details here?

Thanks for replying!

I changed the summary of this bug, so this gets covered by it, too

Please attach the /var/log/Xorg.9.log of the last time you pushed test and got this grey screen.

(I really thought this was a known issue, but I can't find a bug report on this, although someone mentioned it in bug 427)

Summary: Clicking "Test" in XFdrake causes black screen => Clicking "Test" in XFdrake causes grey screen ( was: causes black screen)

Comment 15 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-07 08:08:18 CEST
Oops

Don't forget the other attachments Thierry asked for!
Comment 16 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 22:56:46 CEST
Created attachment 914 [details]
xorg.conf
Comment 17 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:07:54 CEST
Created attachment 915 [details]
Xorg.0.log

XFdrake was started at something with 25XX (Only the last two messages inserted after starting XFdrake)
Comment 18 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:09:23 CEST
Created attachment 916 [details]
Xorg.9.log
Comment 19 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:14:22 CEST
$ lspcidrake -v|grep Card
Card:NVIDIA GeForce 6100 to GeForce 360: nVidia Corporation|G86 [GeForce 8500 GT] [DISPLAY_VGA] (vendor:10de device:0421 subv:1458 subd:3460) (rev: a1)

$ rpm -qa x11-driver-*|sort
x11-driver-input-evdev-2.6.0-2.mga1
x11-driver-video-nouveau-0.0.16-0.20110303.3.mga1
x11-driver-video-nvidia-current-280.13-1.mga2.nonfree
x11-driver-video-vesa-2.3.0-6.mga1

nouveau crashs on a other way:
Comment 20 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:17:55 CEST
With nouveau I don't get a grew screen ans some error messages.
at Xorg.0.log it creates the same two messages but in Xorg.9.log are real errors.
Comment 21 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:19:45 CEST
Created attachment 917 [details]
Xorg.9.log_nouveau

Xorg.9.log when I test the nouveau driver.
Comment 22 Fabian Wannenmacher 2011-10-07 23:36:38 CEST
Ah and when I test something at the next boot X dosn's start.
(Also I don't save changes and also there is no change in xorg.conf.)
Comment 23 Marja Van Waes 2011-10-07 23:45:01 CEST
Thanks, Fabian, for uploading all the files
Marja Van Waes 2011-10-07 23:47:16 CEST

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 24 Marja Van Waes 2011-12-11 21:33:43 CET
@ Assignee
I think this bug was assigned correctly, but please confirm by putting "OK" on the whiteboard or by confirming in a comment
Comment 25 Yves Gaël Chény 2011-12-14 22:57:19 CET
same bug at the install with an intel graphical card

CC: (none) => yves

Comment 26 JeanClaude Garaud 2012-03-14 11:46:41 CET
(In reply to comment #25)
> same bug at the install with an intel graphical card

Mageia 1 freshly installed and up to date.
Apparently this bug is still present (grey screen). But is it a bug ?
It may simply be that a colored test image (like the one in mandriva) is not loaded ?

CC: (none) => garaud

Comment 27 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:03:20 CEST
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 28 JeanClaude Garaud 2012-05-28 09:15:33 CEST
I didn't try cauldron either. The bug (not very annoying) is still present in Mageia 1 today.
Yesterday I installed Mageia 2 from the 64bit DVD but I was unable to start X (system hangs). Not very surprising as the DVD is supplied without proprietary graphic drivers. Then I tried a network install with CD + non-free firmware : same result. Finally I tried to install the driver (NVIDIA-Linux-
x86_64-295.53.run) from the NVIDIA site, but I was unsuccessful too
Laptop: Toshiba Qosmio X500 with NVIDIA Geforce GTS 360M.
Of course when I click "Test" in XFdrake I get a black screen, but this is due to the system hanging, a quite different problem.
So I cannot yet answer your question, sorry :(
Comment 29 Manuel Hiebel 2012-05-28 11:02:17 CEST
well it it's still valid on some card

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Marja Van Waes 2012-05-28 11:24:13 CEST

Whiteboard: (none) => MGA2TOO

Comment 30 JeanClaude Garaud 2012-05-28 18:09:15 CEST
Thanks to bugzilla (see https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6128) I succeeded to install the right proprietary driver for a NVIDIA Geforce GTS 360M. Now I can confirm that The bug is still valid for Mageia 2.
Comment 31 Manuel Hiebel 2012-06-28 00:26:41 CEST
*** Bug 6349 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => yankee495

Comment 32 Manuel Hiebel 2012-06-28 00:39:44 CEST
http://svnweb.mageia.org/soft/drakx-kbd-mouse-x11/trunk/lib/Xconfig/test.pm?revision=391&view=markup
or in /usr/lib/libDrakX/Xconfig/test.pl

line 116
- my $pixbuf = Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf->new_from_file("$::prefix/usr/share/mdk/xfdrake/xfdrake-test-card.png");
+ 116 	my $pixbuf = Gtk2::Gdk::Pixbuf->new_from_file("$::prefix/usr/share/mga/xfdrake/xfdrake-test-card.png");

Keywords: (none) => Junior_job, PATCH

Comment 33 Thierry Vignaud 2012-06-28 02:49:53 CEST
Thx for spotting this.
Fixed in SVN

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


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