Boot problem after update

Hi all,

my system stopped booting after recent update.
When I select desktop it goes to splash screen an dies.
Have to hit reset key.
If I select nomodeset it boots fine excepts graphic resolution
is 1280x1024 instead of 1680x1050.
System is sandy bridge, Asus P8H67-M EVO, Intel Graphics enabled
no other grapics cards, Suse 11.4 64 bit
I do my updates with zypper up.
Let me know what other info you may need.

Thanks a lot
Esko

Hi all,

my system stopped booting after recent update.
When I select desktop it goes to splash screen an dies.
Have to hit reset key.
If I select nomodeset it boots fine excepts graphic resolution
is 1280x1024 instead of 1680x1050.
System is sandy bridge, Asus P8H67-M EVO, Intel Graphics enabled
no other grapics cards, Suse 11.4 64 bit
I do my updates with zypper up.
Let me know what other info you may need.

Thanks a lot
Esko
So I have a similar setup and I did try to use the built in graphics. It worked, but would choke on any 32 bit openGL graphics. I could just never get as good a setup as I had when using a separate nVIDIA video card. In the end, I just purchased a EVGA 550 TI nVIDIA video card for $140 that worked with everything. I think that given enough time, the Sandy Bridge graphics will start working well with Linux, but it is kind of new right now. Just a few months ago, all of the motherboard chipsets were recalled that supported Sandy Bridge. I am using the MSI H67MA-E45 motherboard which is now B3 step rated, but I had to send my old one back for replacement. The i7-2600K CPU is great, but only slightly faster than an i7 870 which uses the same kind of memory setup and costs $25 less. The new CPU is priced well for its speed, it works great with Linux and Windows and the new graphics do not suck, but you will find less frustration with a nVIDIA video card if you can afford one right now.

Thank You,

Hi James,

reason I bought this was that Intel graphics supposed to be very good in video editing.
But I was thinking Nvidia 420 in case I need something better and ps is 650W and can
handle extra load. This Asus mb has new chipsets.
But the problem is that it works fine after initial installation.
There were some kernel updates included in updates maybe Intel i915 driver was messed up?
I do not have windows installed

Thanks for suggestios
Esko

Have you tried rolling back the kernel? Seeing as you attribute this update to your problem

Hello, my name is Antonio I am Italian, I’m new to the forum which is using opensuse, so I immediately issue a fresh cool for you, I hope it is not disturbing …
I do not work sudo apt-get install command not found answer me, why?

SUSE does not use apt

become su -

then do

zypper in <packagename>

SDB:Zypper usage 11.3 - openSUSE

Or use Yast > Software Management

caf4926

Have you tried rolling back the kernel? Seeing as you attribute this update to your problem 

Hi,

I assumed it was update problem but I do not know for sure.
I don’t how to roll back to previous kernel, can you help me to try out.

Thanks
Esko

Use Yast > Software Management and do like this.
If your use Gnome it will look like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/SUSE%20Misc/kernel-radio-switch.png

KDE like this: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10573557/SUSE%20Misc/kde-kernel-radio.png

I tried rollback, it did not help.
My guess for the kernel update was wrong
Little more info about my system
KDE, DVI , 16G RAM

Guess you could look at this
openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users

All my intel chips work great

Thanks caf4926,

but I did not find any info for fixing my system. Maybe I just reinstall and backup system
before any updates. Debian site article about KMS seems to cause similar problems.
zypper up next and I will look into compiling new kernel

Esko

You might want to add the following repository and update Mesa and Xorg from it for openSUSE 11.4:

Index of /repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.4

I found a couple of intereseting articles on the subject here:

[Phoronix] Low-End Sandy Bridge Linux Graphics Performance](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_i32100_graphics&num=1)

and here:

[Phoronix] Intel Is Readying The xf86-video-intel 2.15 Driver](http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTE2MQ)

Thank You,

jdmcdaniel3

You might want to add the following repository and update Mesa and Xorg from it for openSUSE 11.4:

Index of /repositories/X11:/XOrg/openSUSE_11.4

I found a couple of intereseting articles on the subject here:

[Phoronix] Low-End Sandy Bridge Linux Graphics Performance

and here:

[Phoronix] Intel Is Readying The xf86-video-intel 2.15 Driver

Thank You, 

Thanks,

interesting article,
Now I think the problem is KMS related, it boots but monitor has no backlight.
Going to read discussion on the Phoronix article, maybe I compile kenel same way he does.
I will try updated xorg files after download finishes.

Esko

Hi,

updated xorg files did not work, still has to use nomodeset

Esko

Can you post the result of

/sbin/lspci -nnk

and

rpm -qa | grep kernel

eko@linux-i560:~> /sbin/lspci -nn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0100] (rev 09)
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0122] (rev 09)
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1c14] (rev b5)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b5)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1c18] (rev b5)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b5)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 [8086:1c1e] (rev b5)
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation H67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c4a] (rev 05)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:1c00] (rev 05)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:1c08] (rev 05)
04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller [1106:3403] (rev 01)
05:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Device [1b21:1042]
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
07:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Device [1b21:1080] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder [4444:0016] (rev 01)
09:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller [11ab:6121] (rev b2)
eko@linux-i560:~>

eko@linux-i560:~> rpm -qa | grep kernel
nfs-kernel-server-1.2.3-11.14.1.x86_64
kernel-desktop-2.6.37.6-0.5.1.x86_64
eko@linux-i560:~>

Please I need

/sbin/lspci -nnk

eko@linux-i560:~> /sbin/lspci -nnk
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller [8086:0100] (rev 09)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port [8086:0101] (rev 09)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0122] (rev 09)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]
00:16.0 Communication controller [0780]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 [8086:1c3a] (rev 04)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:844d]
00:1a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 [8086:1c2d] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller [8086:1c20] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8436]
Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 [8086:1c10] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 3 [8086:1c14] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.3 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4 [8086:1c16] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 [8086:1c18] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 6 [8086:1c1a] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.6 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev b5)
00:1c.7 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 8 [8086:1c1e] (rev b5)
Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 [8086:1c26] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation H67 Express Chipset Family LPC Controller [8086:1c4a] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 4 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:1c00] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller [8086:1c22] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
00:1f.5 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 6 Series Chipset Family 2 port SATA IDE Controller [8086:1c08] (rev 05)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]
Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
04:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6315 Series Firewire Controller [1106:3403] (rev 01)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [1043:8384]
Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
05:00.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Device [1b21:1042]
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:8488]
Kernel driver in use: xhci_hcd
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller [10ec:8168] (rev 06)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard [Realtek RTL8111E] [1043:8432]
Kernel driver in use: r8169
07:00.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Device [1b21:1080] (rev 01)
08:00.0 Multimedia video controller [0400]: Internext Compression Inc iTVC16 (CX23416) MPEG-2 Encoder [4444:0016] (rev 01)
Subsystem: Hauppauge computer works Inc. WinTV PVR 150 [0070:8003]
Kernel driver in use: ivtv
09:00.0 IDE interface [0101]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88SE6121 SATA II Controller [11ab:6121] (rev b2)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:82a2]
Kernel driver in use: pata_marvell
eko@linux-i560:~>

See this part, near the top

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd  Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller  [8086:0122] (rev 09)
        Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:844d]

No driver is listed

Look at mine

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a42] (rev 09)
    Subsystem: Lenovo Device [17aa:3a02]
    Kernel driver in use: i915

Do you have a live CD of 11.4?
To see what is gives you from a live session, or do you remember what driver it had initially? Probably the same as mine?
If it worked initially, it should still work. Why it doesn’t…I’m not sure

No I don’t have live 64bit CD, only DVD.
It worked after installation perfectly, this second install in the first same thing happened.
I believe the driver was i915 .