Description of problem: Cannot successfully boot from Live CD - Mageia-2-LiveCD-KDE4-Europe1-Americas-x86_64-CD.iso. Selected Default and Live with no success. Boot starts and shows screen and then displays nVidia screen. The screen then locks up and cannot continue. Sometimes the desktop starts to draw but usually just a blank screen. The keyboard is frozen and NumLock and CapsLock do not change when keys pressed. Reboot only works with hard reset. I tried with booting from Live CD and bootable flash drive made from iso with UNetbootin. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert disk or flash drive and change boot from device. 2. Select Default or Live from menu with same effect. 3. I tried changing the resolution and kernel to safe mode to no effect. Listed below are lspci -v, lsusb, and cat /proc/modules lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT880 Ultra/PT894 Host Bridge Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 0308 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 8 Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: agpgart-via 00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 1308 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 2308 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 4308 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 5308 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT894 Host Bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0 Memory behind bridge: fc000000-feafffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c0000000-cfffffff Capabilities: <access denied> 00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. PT890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 00001000-00001fff Memory behind bridge: 80000000-803fffff Prefetchable memory behind bridge: faf00000-faffffff Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/8251 Serial ATA Controller (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 5372 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at cc00 [size=8] I/O ports at c880 [size=4] I/O ports at c800 [size=8] I/O ports at c480 [size=4] I/O ports at c400 [size=16] I/O ports at c000 [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_via 00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT2/K7VT6 motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8] [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [size=1] I/O ports at fc00 [size=16] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: pata_via 00:10.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 20 I/O ports at b480 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 22 I/O ports at b800 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 I/O ports at b880 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.3 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev b0) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23 I/O ports at bc00 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 00:10.4 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 90) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 21 Memory at fbfffc00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237S PCI to ISA Bridge Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Device 3372 Flags: medium devsel Capabilities: <access denied> 00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/8251 Ultra VLINK Controller Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. Device 337e Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c) Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation K7VT6 motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 23 I/O ports at b000 [size=256] Memory at fbfff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: via-rhine 00:13.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Capabilities: <access denied> 00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode]) Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0 I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000efff Memory behind bridge: feb00000-febfffff Capabilities: <access denied> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G73 [GeForce 7600 GS] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Device 196e:0380 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 Memory at fd000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Memory at c0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] Memory at fc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] Expansion ROM at feae0000 [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: nouveau 03:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 09) Subsystem: Ensoniq Creative Sound Blaster AudioPCI64V, AudioPCI128 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 32, IRQ 18 I/O ports at ec00 [size=64] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: snd_ens1371 03:06.0 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 I/O ports at e480 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 03:06.1 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 61) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at e800 [size=32] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd 03:06.2 USB controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 63) (prog-if 20 [EHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 17 Memory at febff400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd 03:06.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller (rev 46) (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6306/7/8 [Fire II(M)] IEEE 1394 OHCI Controller Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19 Memory at febff800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K] I/O ports at e880 [size=128] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci 03:07.0 RAID bus controller: Silicon Image, Inc. SiI 3114 [SATALink/SATARaid] Serial ATA Controller (rev 02) Subsystem: Silicon Image, Inc. Device 7114 Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 I/O ports at e400 [size=8] I/O ports at e080 [size=4] I/O ports at e000 [size=8] I/O ports at dc00 [size=4] I/O ports at d880 [size=16] Memory at febff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K] Expansion ROM at feb00000 [disabled] [size=512K] Capabilities: <access denied> Kernel driver in use: sata_sil lsusb Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 003: ID 13fe:3100 Kingston Technology Company Inc. 2/4 GB stick Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc. 2GB/4GB Flash Drive Bus 001 Device 006: ID 154b:0056 PNY Bus 003 Device 002: ID 056a:00d4 Wacom Co., Ltd Bus 004 Device 002: ID 06a3:8020 Saitek PLC Eclipse Keyboard Bus 007 Device 002: ID 046d:c402 Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (2-button) cat /proc/modules fuse 61981 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0637000 mperf 12453 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0632000 cpufreq_userspace 12576 0 - Live 0xffffffffa062d000 cpufreq_powersave 12454 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0628000 cpufreq_stats 12866 0 - Live 0xffffffffa061d000 cpufreq_conservative 13147 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0623000 parport_pc 22364 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0616000 ppdev 12763 0 - Live 0xffffffffa060a000 lp 17149 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0610000 parport 31858 3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp, Live 0xffffffffa0601000 binfmt_misc 12957 1 - Live 0xffffffffa05fc000 ip6t_LOG 12609 4 - Live 0xffffffffa05f7000 xt_hl 12449 6 - Live 0xffffffffa05f2000 ip6t_rt 12499 3 - Live 0xffffffffa05ed000 nf_conntrack_ipv6 13316 7 - Live 0xffffffffa05e8000 nf_defrag_ipv6 12788 1 nf_conntrack_ipv6, Live 0xffffffffa05e3000 ipt_REJECT 12502 1 - Live 0xffffffffa05de000 ipt_LOG 12605 5 - Live 0xffffffffa05d9000 xt_limit 12638 12 - Live 0xffffffffa05d4000 xt_tcpudp 12570 25 - Live 0xffffffffa05cf000 xt_addrtype 12557 4 - Live 0xffffffffa05ca000 xt_state 12503 14 - Live 0xffffffffa05c5000 ip6table_filter 12540 1 - Live 0xffffffffa05c0000 ip6_tables 22175 3 ip6t_LOG,ip6t_rt,ip6table_filter, Live 0xffffffffa05b5000 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns 12445 0 - Live 0xffffffffa05b0000 nf_conntrack_broadcast 12365 1 nf_conntrack_netbios_ns, Live 0xffffffffa05a6000 nf_nat_ftp 12460 0 - Live 0xffffffffa05ab000 nf_nat 18242 1 nf_nat_ftp, Live 0xffffffffa05a0000 nf_conntrack_ipv4 14078 9 nf_nat, Live 0xffffffffa0597000 nf_defrag_ipv4 12483 1 nf_conntrack_ipv4, Live 0xffffffffa0592000 nf_conntrack_ftp 12605 1 nf_nat_ftp, Live 0xffffffffa0558000 nf_conntrack 52720 8 nf_conntrack_ipv6,xt_state,nf_conntrack_netbios_ns,nf_conntrack_broadcast,nf_nat_ftp,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4,nf_conntrack_ftp, Live 0xffffffffa054a000 iptable_filter 12536 1 - Live 0xffffffffa04db000 ip_tables 22042 1 iptable_filter, Live 0xffffffffa0543000 x_tables 19073 13 ip6t_LOG,xt_hl,ip6t_rt,ipt_REJECT,ipt_LOG,xt_limit,xt_tcpudp,xt_addrtype,xt_state,ip6table_filter,ip6_tables,iptable_filter,ip_tables, Live 0xffffffffa0464000 nfsd 211858 13 - Live 0xffffffffa055d000 nfs 312062 1 - Live 0xffffffffa04f5000 lockd 67328 2 nfsd,nfs, Live 0xffffffffa04e3000 fscache 36739 1 nfs, Live 0xffffffffa04d1000 auth_rpcgss 37143 2 nfsd,nfs, Live 0xffffffffa0496000 nfs_acl 12511 2 nfsd,nfs, Live 0xffffffffa0432000 sunrpc 173671 23 nfsd,nfs,lockd,auth_rpcgss,nfs_acl, Live 0xffffffffa04a5000 ext3 161867 2 - Live 0xffffffffa046d000 jbd 56902 1 ext3, Live 0xffffffffa0455000 loop 22641 0 - Live 0xffffffffa044a000 dm_crypt 22586 0 - Live 0xffffffffa042b000 dm_mod 63545 1 dm_crypt, Live 0xffffffffa0439000 raid1 30714 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0422000 md_mod 87742 2 raid1, Live 0xffffffffa03c4000 snd_ens1371 23250 6 - Live 0xffffffffa0414000 gameport 13612 1 snd_ens1371, Live 0xffffffffa041d000 snd_ac97_codec 106899 1 snd_ens1371, Live 0xffffffffa03f8000 ac97_bus 12510 1 snd_ac97_codec, Live 0xffffffffa0331000 snd_pcm_oss 41081 0 - Live 0xffffffffa03ec000 snd_mixer_oss 17916 3 snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xffffffffa0320000 snd_pcm 63900 3 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss, Live 0xffffffffa03db000 nouveau 545197 2 - Live 0xffffffffa033d000 joydev 17266 0 - Live 0xffffffffa032b000 snd_seq_midi 12848 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0326000 snd_rawmidi 23060 2 snd_ens1371,snd_seq_midi, Live 0xffffffffa0336000 wacom 34793 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0316000 snd_seq_midi_event 13316 1 snd_seq_midi, Live 0xffffffffa0304000 snd_seq 45093 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event, Live 0xffffffffa0309000 snd_timer 22917 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq, Live 0xffffffffa02ee000 snd_seq_device 13176 3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq, Live 0xffffffffa02ff000 ttm 48725 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa02e1000 drm_kms_helper 27227 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa02f7000 drm 167670 4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper, Live 0xffffffffa02b7000 i2c_algo_bit 12841 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa028e000 snd 52850 17 snd_ens1371,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device, Live 0xffffffffa02a9000 mxm_wmi 12473 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa029d000 soundcore 13065 3 snd, Live 0xffffffffa0289000 snd_page_alloc 13003 1 snd_pcm, Live 0xffffffffa0265000 i2c_viapro 12499 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0280000 wmi 13243 1 mxm_wmi, Live 0xffffffffa0244000 video 17628 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa02a3000 i2c_core 23876 5 nouveau,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit,i2c_viapro, Live 0xffffffffa0296000 evdev 17562 13 - Live 0xffffffffa025f000 shpchp 31293 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0232000 pci_hotplug 27114 1 shpchp, Live 0xffffffffa024f000 psmouse 64455 0 - Live 0xffffffffa026f000 pcspkr 12579 0 - Live 0xffffffffa023f000 button 12937 1 nouveau, Live 0xffffffffa022d000 serio_raw 12931 0 - Live 0xffffffffa026a000 processor 28059 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0257000 thermal_sys 18040 2 video,processor, Live 0xffffffffa0249000 ext4 350557 1 - Live 0xffffffffa01d6000 mbcache 13065 2 ext3,ext4, Live 0xffffffffa01c8000 jbd2 62015 1 ext4, Live 0xffffffffa01b7000 crc16 12343 1 ext4, Live 0xffffffffa01d1000 btrfs 509576 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0139000 zlib_deflate 25638 1 btrfs, Live 0xffffffffa0131000 crc32c 12656 1 - Live 0xffffffffa0094000 libcrc32c 12426 1 btrfs, Live 0xffffffffa002e000 sr_mod 21899 0 - Live 0xffffffffa011d000 cdrom 35401 1 sr_mod, Live 0xffffffffa0113000 sd_mod 36136 7 - Live 0xffffffffa00fa000 crc_t10dif 12348 1 sd_mod, Live 0xffffffffa00f5000 firewire_ohci 35772 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0024000 firewire_core 48407 1 firewire_ohci, Live 0xffffffffa0106000 ata_generic 12479 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0033000 usbhid 36379 0 - Live 0xffffffffa008a000 hid 81288 1 usbhid, Live 0xffffffffa0075000 usb_storage 43870 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0018000 uas 13296 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0011000 uhci_hcd 26865 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0005000 sata_via 12971 2 - Live 0xffffffffa012c000 crc_itu_t 12347 1 firewire_core, Live 0xffffffffa0125000 ehci_hcd 40215 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00c7000 sata_sil 12924 0 - Live 0xffffffffa00be000 pata_via 12847 2 - Live 0xffffffffa0070000 libata 140589 4 ata_generic,sata_via,sata_sil,pata_via, Live 0xffffffffa009a000 via_rhine 22760 0 - Live 0xffffffffa0069000 mii 12675 1 via_rhine, Live 0xffffffffa0062000 usbcore 128498 7 wacom,usbhid,usb_storage,uas,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd, Live 0xffffffffa00d4000 scsi_mod 162458 5 sr_mod,sd_mod,usb_storage,uas,libata, Live 0xffffffffa0039000 usb_common 12354 1 usbcore, Live 0xffffffffa0000000
Hi, have you read the errata ? https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Mageia_2_Errata#Proprietary_graphics_card_drivers also please don't use unetbottin but more dd.
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
I did get it to work. Thank you. Pressing F6 moves the selected line from Boot to Install. To Boot with xdriver=nvidia the user must press F6 and then up-arrow to Boot and enter the xdriver line to the boot line. I look forward to booting straight to Mageia in version 3.
Status: NEW => RESOLVEDResolution: (none) => FIXED