Bug 7936 - boot takes forever and no GUI
Summary: boot takes forever and no GUI
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: RPM Packages (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: x86_64 Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2012-10-30 15:13 CET by Helge Hielscher
Modified: 2012-10-30 22:49 CET (History)
2 users (show)

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/var/log/messages (510.36 KB, application/x-tar)
2012-10-30 15:16 CET, Helge Hielscher 		Details
Image of kernel-desktop-3.6.4-1.mga3-1-1.mga3 trying to boot (644.35 KB, image/jpeg)
2012-10-30 22:41 CET, Helge Hielscher 		Details
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Description Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 15:13:28 CET 
Description of problem: since latest cauldron update booting to runlevel 2 works, but target=multi-user.target takes forever


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Comment 1 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 15:16:12 CET 
Created attachment 3015 [details]
/var/log/messages
Comment 2 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 15:21:33 CET 
Sorry for the poor bug report.
The GUI issue seems to be in nvidia module version missmatch,but changing to nouveau tells me no screens found.
Please tell me what additional information I could provide. Thanks.
Comment 3 Sander Lepik 2012-10-30 15:41:07 CET 
How did you change to nouveau?

CC: (none) => sander.lepik

Sander Lepik 2012-10-30 15:41:31 CET

URL: systemd-195-2.mga3 => (none)
Source RPM: systemd? => (none)

Comment 4 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 15:48:37 CET 
I tried to change the driver with drakx11.
Comment 5 Sander Lepik 2012-10-30 15:57:32 CET 
Are you sure that you are booting w/o nokmsboot parameter? AFAIK nouveau doesn't work with nokmsboot option.
Comment 6 Thomas Backlund 2012-10-30 16:57:17 CET 
From the log I see:

Linux version 3.4.5-desktop-1.mga3 (iurt@jonund.mageia.org) (gcc version 4.7.1 (GCC) ) #1 SMP Wed Jul 18 23:50:46 UTC 2012
Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=desktop_3.4.5-1.mga3 root=LABEL=Mageia nokmsboot init=/bin/systemd systemd.unit=multi-user.target


So you are:
- running an "ancient" kernel (we are at 3.6 series now)
- using nokmsboot wich nouveau does not like
- you are explicitly telling it to boot into runlevel 3

CC: (none) => tmb

Comment 7 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 22:41:48 CET 
Created attachment 3021 [details]
Image of kernel-desktop-3.6.4-1.mga3-1-1.mga3 trying to boot
Comment 8 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 22:43:00 CET 
Thank you Thomas Backlund and Sander Lepik.
I used an ancient kernel b/c 3.4.6 did not boot.
I could not make nouveau work with 3.4.5 either, but I didn't test further.
Now I reinstalled nvidia packages and it works with kernel 3.4.5.

I am going to fill proper bug reports about the slow boot, the not working nouveau and the kernel not booting.

Thanks again for your time.

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

Comment 9 Helge Hielscher 2012-10-30 22:49:22 CET 
s/3.4.6/3.6.4
s/3.4.5/3.6.3
wish i could edit comments
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