Don't see the login screen. Get a screen with squares and rectangles.

Hi,

I installed opensuse11.4 few minutes back. The install was absolutely smooth. I have dual boot, Win Xp and 11.4 now. But for some reason I do not see the login screen but instead I see a green screen with squares and stripes. Login in the failsafe mode is successful. How do I fix it?

Also noticed the following,

  1. Initially the splash screen picks up the right resolution 1024*768 and then it changes it to a higher resolution. This I think I can fix, because I had faced a similar problem with 11.3 as well.

Graphics Card: GeForce 7025/ nForce 630a.

–Nihilanth.

It will be helpfull to know which graphics driver you use (type and version).

Sorry to ask you this, but how do I figure out which graphics driver I use? I tried seeing it here openSUSE Graphic Card Practical Theory Guide for Users , but I could not figure out the code to type on my terminal and tell what I graphics driver do I use.

Thanks – Nihilanth.

Several ways. If you have a GUI running you can go to my computer folder and it will tell you

From the command line

lspci

will list all the PCI devices and one will be the video card. You will see video on the line.

Here is the output of lspci


00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a1)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SMBus (rev a2)
00:01.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Memory Controller (rev a2)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP61 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI bridge (rev a1)
00:05.0 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP61 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:06.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 IDE (rev a2)
00:07.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:08.1 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP61 SATA Controller (rev a2)
00:09.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0c.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP61 PCI Express bridge (rev a2)
00:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C61 [GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a] (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor HyperTransport Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control


I think the driver that is being used is NOUVEAU

Here is the o/p of


cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep '('II')'' 'NOUVEAU


    16.587] (II) NOUVEAU driver 
    16.587] (II) NOUVEAU driver for NVIDIA chipset families :
    16.596] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Loaded DRI module
    16.596] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    16.804] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output VGA-1 using monitor section Default Monitor
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): EDID for output VGA-1
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Manufacturer: RTK  Model: 0  Serial#: 16843009
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Year: 2002  Week: 30
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): EDID Version: 1.1
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Analog Display Input,  Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Sync:  Separate  Composite  SyncOnGreen
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 36  vert.: 27
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Gamma: 2.20
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; RGB/Color Display
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): redX: 0.604 redY: 0.344   greenX: 0.322 greenY: 0.545
    16.915] (II) NOUVEAU(0): blueX: 0.156 blueY: 0.117   whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.329
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Supported established timings:
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 720x400@70Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 720x400@88Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@60Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@67Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@72Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 640x480@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@56Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@60Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@72Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 800x600@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 832x624@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@87Hz (interlaced)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@60Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@70Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1024x768@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1280x1024@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): 1152x864@75Hz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Supported standard timings:
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #0: hsize: 1024  vsize 768  refresh: 60  vid: 16481
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #1: hsize: 1024  vsize 768  refresh: 75  vid: 20321
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #2: hsize: 1024  vsize 768  refresh: 85  vid: 22881
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #3: hsize: 1152  vsize 864  refresh: 75  vid: 20337
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #4: hsize: 1280  vsize 960  refresh: 60  vid: 16513
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #5: hsize: 1280  vsize 960  refresh: 85  vid: 22913
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #6: hsize: 1280  vsize 1024  refresh: 85  vid: 39297
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): #7: hsize: 1600  vsize 1200  refresh: 60  vid: 16553
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Monitor name: 17'' LCD
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Monitor name: Monitor
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Ranges: V min: 43 V max: 85 Hz, H min: 20 H max: 92 kHz, PixClock max 145 MHz
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Serial No: 000001
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): EDID (in hex):
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     00ffffffffffff004a8b000001010101
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     1e0c01010e241b78e88a019a58528b28
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     1e5054ffff806140614f6159714f8140
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     81598199a940000000fc003137272720
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     4c43440a20202020000000fc004d6f6e
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     69746f720a2020202020000000fd002b
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     55145c0e000a202020202020000000ff
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0):     003030303030310a20202020202000bd
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): EDID vendor "RTK", prod id 0
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Using EDID range info for horizontal sync
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Using EDID range info for vertical refresh
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 492 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x0.0   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   35.50  720 738 846 900  400 421 423 449 -hsync -vsync (39.4 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x0.0   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768i"x0.0   44.90  1024 1032 1208 1264  768 768 772 817 interlace +hsync +vsync (35.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "832x624"x0.0   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x0.0   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1152x864"x0.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0   94.50  1024 1072 1168 1376  768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync (68.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x960"x0.0  148.50  1280 1344 1504 1728  960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync (85.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0  157.50  1280 1344 1504 1728  1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync (91.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x0.0  162.00  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Not using mode "1600x1200" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Not using mode "1280x1024" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Not using mode "1280x960" (bad mode clock/interlace/doublescan)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA-1
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1152x864"x75.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x85.0   94.50  1024 1072 1168 1376  768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync (68.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.1   78.80  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.1   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x87.0   44.90  1024 1032 1208 1264  768 768 776 817 interlace +hsync +vsync (35.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "832x624"x74.6   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.2   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.8   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x66.7   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x87.8   35.50  720 738 846 900  400 421 423 449 -hsync -vsync (39.4 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x70.1   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output VGA-1 connected
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output VGA-1 using initial mode 1280x960
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1152x864"x75.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x85.0   94.50  1024 1072 1168 1376  768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync (68.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.1   78.80  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.0   78.75  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.1   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1024x768"x87.0   44.90  1024 1032 1208 1264  768 768 776 817 interlace +hsync +vsync (35.5 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "832x624"x74.6   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.2   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.916] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.8   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x66.7   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x87.8   35.50  720 738 846 900  400 421 423 449 -hsync -vsync (39.4 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "720x400"x70.1   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz)
    16.917] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz)
    16.919] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Opened GPU channel 1
    16.919] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
    16.919] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: nouveau
    16.919] (II) NOUVEAU(0): GART: 64MiB available
    16.921] (II) NOUVEAU(0): GART: Allocated 16MiB as a scratch buffer
    16.921] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [XvMC] Associated with NV40 texture adapter.
    16.921] (II) NOUVEAU(0): [XvMC] Extension initialized.
    16.921] (II) NOUVEAU(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
    16.934] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVEnterVT is called.
    16.954] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Setting screen physical size to 338 x 253
    28.596] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVLeaveVT is called.
    28.596] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Closed GPU channel 1

Let me know how do I stop getting stripes and squares. Eager to experience 11.4

I suppose that you want to stick to the nouveau driver and there is a rational behind to not install the proprietary nvidia drivers… right?
Or is the caracteristic free/unfree not important? Just to check this point.

Yes, I would want to stick to nouveau driver. But if nothing works, I will be forced to change to nvidia driver.

This appears if I am not erroneously a bug (probably in the nouveau driver) and should be know under the name of Bug 669783.
LINK1
LINK2

However OpenSUSE seem not to be alone. I would suspect a problem of the nouveau driver:
LINK3

Using xorg-x11-drv-nouveau on a motherboard (asrock N68C-S-UCC) with integrated
Graphic nvidia geforce 7025 causes the graphical login screen (kdm or gdm) to
be garbled and unusable. Removing /usr/lib64/xorg/drivers/nouveau_drv.so and
using vesa_drv.so instead works also, but with reduced resolution.

So either you wait for an update / patch or you use for the time being the proprietary driver.
Maybe you wish to follow up the bug in the OpenSUSE bugzilla?

Hi,

Have landed into a new problem now. Here is the description:

  1. Installed the nvidia proprietary driver the hard way. I do not a garbled screen at start. Can see my screen :slight_smile:
  2. But the resolution is set much higher. I want to set it to 1024 * 768.
  3. I follow the advice here Nvidia for Newbies part 1 to reset the resolution to 1024 * 768
  4. But when I Alt + F1 and type nvidia and then click on the application “NVIDIA X Server Settings”, it never launches :(. I just see the application logo bouncing along with the mouse pointer. :frowning:

How do I set this right?

Thanks – Nihilanth.

From the console command line as root type
nvidia-settings

If it soes not run you should get to see the errors.

Hi gogalthorp,

Thanks a ton. I was able to see the Nvidia X Server Settings window finally and set my resolution right. But I wonder why is NVIDIA X Server Settings windows is not launching when I do not login as root.


nihilanth@dhcppc1:~> su -
Password: 
dhcppc1:~ # nvidia-settings

This worked.

But,


nihilanth@dhcppc1:~> whoami
nihilanth
nihilanth@dhcppc1:~> nvidia-settings
Floating point exception

does not work :(.

I do not understand why is this happening. Everytime I need to access NVIDIA X Server Settings, do I need to launch from CLI by becoming root? Why is it not launching as normal user? Do I need to re-install the proprietary Nvidia drivers again?

Thanks again – N

You have to be su -
to alter the X server

If you want to force some strange resolution different from the one the driver defaults to (which is probably the correct one) you will need to make a modified config file

Was this (to be logged in as su -) required previously as well?

I was able to do this, thanks to some wonderful posts and How-to’s and Manuals on this forum. Your Manuals are awesome by the way. :slight_smile:

Thanks – Nihilanth.

As a user logged in and then in a terminal su -

We don’t recommend logging in to the UI as root, which is different
It’s not unusual to work out of the UI, but I would still do it as user switched to su -

Personally I have not run nvidia-settings since 11.2
Just install the driver, that’s it