Bug 9990 - black screen with live CD on hybrid nvidia chipset
Summary: black screen with live CD on hybrid nvidia chipset
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Release (media or process) (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: release_blocker critical
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Mageia Bug Squad
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Reported: 2013-05-05 14:26 CEST by AL13N
Modified: 2013-05-05 19:30 CEST (History)
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Description AL13N 2013-05-05 14:26:34 CEST
boot from live CD (the one from tmb on 2013-05-04),

you get frambuffer with one bubble, then the top part becomes black, then screen refreshes with 2 bubbles, and a while later it becomes completely black... (no questions)

1. pressing ctrl+ALT+F2 did nothing
2. pressing ctrl+ALT+F3 showed a text login
3. pressing ctrl+ALT+F1 showed a black console with only 1 green "[ OK ]" at the top middle.

it seems this might be due to the hybrid: the xorg.conf tries to have 2 screens (one with nouveau and one with nvidia), (i suspect (as usual) the other chip (non visible; maybe for external monitor) has the questions, and i can't see them.

anyone know any suggestions for workarounds so they can be added to errata?

i tried CTRL+ALT+[+] and such, in the hope changing resolutions would have one with one of both screens, but no deal...

i cannot proceed with testing.

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AL13N 2013-05-05 14:26:55 CEST

Priority: Normal => release_blocker
CC: (none) => alien

Manuel Hiebel 2013-05-05 19:19:26 CEST

CC: (none) => anssi.hannula, tmb
Version: 3 => Cauldron

Comment 1 AL13N 2013-05-05 19:30:16 CEST
workaround was to add "xdriver=vesa" during the live, i added this to errata. so, closing as wontfix (reopen if wanted) (it'll likely be some kind of quircky hardware)

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


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