Bug 7664 - Mga3 alpha2 Live ISOs Don't boot X - nvidia graphics - needs xdriver=nvidia then seems to use vesa
Summary: Mga3 alpha2 Live ISOs Don't boot X - nvidia graphics - needs xdriver=nvidia t...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Release (media or process) (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: i586 Linux
Priority: release_blocker critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Thomas Backlund
QA Contact:
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Whiteboard: 3alpha2
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2012-10-01 17:59 CEST by claire robinson
Modified: 2012-11-14 17:26 CET (History)
5 users (show)

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Attachments
Xorg.0.log (5.89 KB, application/x-download)
2012-10-01 18:00 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
syslog (213.36 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-10-01 18:01 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
boot.log (7.21 KB, application/x-download)
2012-10-01 18:01 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
dmesg - mostly full of cctvcard (125.32 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-10-01 18:02 CEST, claire robinson 		Details
Xorg log for boot with nVidia Quadro NVS135 (5.89 KB, text/x-log)
2012-10-04 16:10 CEST, Stefano Negro 		Details
Dracut log with nVidia Quadro NVS135 (driver nouveau omitted) (17.71 KB, text/x-log)
2012-10-04 16:13 CEST, Stefano Negro 		Details
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Description claire robinson 2012-10-01 17:59:32 CEST 
Pre Mga3 alpha2 LiveCD Gnome i586 Nvidia GeForce 8500GT card (nvidia-current)

Doesn't boot to X - stalls at 'Wait for hotplugged network to be up'

Switched to TTY2 and tried startx and noted an Xorg error

Xorg.0.log to Xorg.5.log all have..

[drm] Failed to open device - 
No devices detected
no screens found 


Booting with xdriver=nvidia kernel option allows it to continue but Gnome starts in fallback mode.

I managed to rescue some logs which I'll attach.
claire robinson 2012-10-01 18:00:09 CEST

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
CC: (none) => tmb
Whiteboard: (none) => 3alpha2

Comment 1 claire robinson 2012-10-01 18:00:53 CEST 
Created attachment 2893 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 2 claire robinson 2012-10-01 18:01:21 CEST 
Created attachment 2894 [details]
syslog
Comment 3 claire robinson 2012-10-01 18:01:54 CEST 
Created attachment 2895 [details]
boot.log
Comment 4 claire robinson 2012-10-01 18:02:47 CEST 
Created attachment 2896 [details]
dmesg - mostly full of cctvcard
Comment 5 Stefano Negro 2012-10-02 17:13:29 CEST 
Tested also LiveCD x86_64 on Dell D830 Notebook with nvidia hardware.
With default live boot option it boot with no X, with boot option xdriver=nvidia it works. 
Vga=788 did wrong resolution with modern lcd.

CC: (none) => stblack

Comment 6 claire robinson 2012-10-04 13:01:51 CEST 
Tested new LiveDVD KDE x86_64

Had to add xdriver=nvidia but then it starts with wrong screen resolution and looks slightly 'fuzzy'. lsmod shows neither nvidia or nouveau in use so presume it is using vesa.

Switching to the correct driver in MCC and selecting the correct monitor (plug n play) LV19FM, then testing the settings reports no screens found.

Summary: Mga3 alpha2 LiveCD Gnome i586 Doesn't boot to X - nvidia graphics => Mga3 alpha2 Live ISOs Don't boot X - nvidia graphics - needs xdriver=nvidia then seems to use vesa

claire robinson 2012-10-04 13:02:09 CEST

Assignee: bugsquad => tmb

Comment 7 Alfred Kretschmer 2012-10-04 14:04:04 CEST 
(In reply to comment #6)
tested with exactly the same result(see my comment in the pad)

CC: (none) => alfred.kretschmer

Comment 8 Stefano Negro 2012-10-04 16:10:53 CEST 
Created attachment 2917 [details]
Xorg log for boot with nVidia Quadro NVS135
Comment 9 Stefano Negro 2012-10-04 16:13:01 CEST 
Created attachment 2918 [details]
Dracut log with nVidia Quadro NVS135 (driver nouveau omitted)
Comment 10 claire robinson 2012-10-08 13:53:46 CEST 
Installing the KDE LiveDVD by selecting Install from the grub menu also fails without adding xdriver=nvidia. Once it is added the installer proceeds. I notice a message though as it is booting to X saying it failed to load legacy module configuration.

Once installed though it reboots and is actually using nouveau.
Comment 11 claire robinson 2012-10-12 18:21:52 CEST 
Still valid latest (10/10) LiveDVD Gnome x86_64
Comment 12 claire robinson 2012-10-12 18:23:00 CEST 
That is the first of these live isos I've tested btw so is probably all the others too but I'll check them anyway
claire robinson 2012-10-12 18:23:34 CEST

CC: (none) => ennael1

Comment 13 claire robinson 2012-10-12 18:58:21 CEST 
Same with latest Gnome i586 LiveDVD so it would seem to (probably) be all live isos affected
Comment 14 claire robinson 2012-11-14 17:26:34 CET 
closing as this is not present in 3alpha3

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