11.1 install video problem

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Hi,

I have a server with a NVidei Riva TNT graphics card. I have been using this one sinse suse 7.1, and had no problems.

When 11.0 came out I decided to upgrade and faild. So now when 11.1 is out I tried again, first with the network install “mini cd” and later with the Live CD, md5 ok on all.

When I boot the graphic is nice and I get the choice of repair, install etc. But when I select install, the problem starts. I get the progress bar “loading kerne …” and it all looks nice. But then I get a screen filled with blocks in all coulors, the size of the block are like semi graphics on a VT100 terminal.

Please help, my 10.2 is as you know discontinued for updates.

// Hans

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Are you updating from 7.1 to 11.1 ? or updating from 10.2?

What are the hardware spec’s of your PC? If it ran 7.1 it may be rather old and limited in hardware. ie CPU ? amount of RAM ?

Did you try a text install (press F3 at installation menu to get option) or a safe setting install (press F5 at installation menu to get option).

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I was installing 11.1 on a new partition, currently I am running 10.2.

I downloaded the 10.3 network install iso and that one worked out of the box.

So 11.0 & 11.1 network install iso and 11.1 LiveCD iso give a garbled coulorfull screen.

I then tried the text version of 11.1, but the screen size was wrong so the text got messed up.

Finally I tried the VESA option under F3, and it works :slight_smile:

Thanks for the hint of F3, I had tried different resolutions but never VESA.

Case closed, but I must say that 10.2 & 10.3 handled this in a smoother way.

Se La Vie

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Did you install the nvidia graphics driver?

Sometimes this boot option helps with the newer kernel:

edd=off

The graphics works during the installation because it is using framebuffer. Later when the video card is configured the X server is run, and the install will use what it thinks is the best driver; it switches from framebuffer. With an nvidia card, that is typically the open source “nv” driver. You probably will be all fixed up after installing the proprietary nvidia driver (called “nvidia”).

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Sometime during the 10.x to 11.x evolution, SuSE-GmbH switched from using the VESA graphic driver as a default, to using the openGL (opensource) graphic driver as a default. You initial failed efforts could have been a side effect of that.

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No, I only selected VESA by using F3 before the installation. System up and running now :slight_smile: