Hi friends! I’m using openSUSE 12.1 with KDE. During the whole period from official release I have one problem that causes some inconvenience: when KDE is booting, on the green screen I see pictures following the process of booting. But suddenly the whole screen gets black. I can see only the cursor in the left corner and a mouse arrow. I can move the wight arrow through the black screen, but there’s no way to enter my home directory. I switch to any terminal Ctrl+Alt+F1/F6 and than back to Ctrl+Alt+F7 - I see the login invitation and everything than works properly. There’s no way to switch directly to Ctrl+Alt+F7 - only after switching to another terminal.
I have many computers at home and at my office with openSUSE, and laptops also, but the problems occurs only on HP620 laptops. And not always, but ALMOST always.
Please find below my lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E 2 port SATA IDE Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY (rev 01)
85:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller (rev 02)
Thank you for your thoughts. Unfortunately I didn’t find the answer in the web.
If this were me, I would consider doing an upgrade to KDE 4.8 as selected below:**
Upstream release aka. KR48 (KDE SC 4.8)**
The latest stable point release of KDE SC 4.8. Use these repositories, if you want to have the latest version of KDE.
**Warning **Remove all repos from the Updated Apps only section (UpdatedApps/Extra) if you are going to use KR48.
I had a similar problem and fix with my Dell laptop and Intel video chipset though I don’t recall the issue since using KDE 4.7, but none the less, I would consider trying KDE 4.8 for a fix. Add the two repositories for your openSUSE version (I don’t use the unstable ones). I always remove any old KDE specific repositories first. I normally then go into Software Management, switch to the repository view, select the two new KDE ones one at a time and then elect to switch to each one. The KDE Extra repository will likely have very few files you use to be switched over. Once the software complete is complete, I suggest a restart, but you must at least log out and back into KDE. Be aware you must select the KDE Plasma Desktop before you can log into the new desktop and it will forget it was used last when you update to KDE 4.8. Consider its not easy to downgrade KDE, so stick with KDE 4.8 if you make the switch.
Another thing: there have been loads of improvements regarding Intel video chips in the kernel. You could try to update to the latest kernel, or see if the problem exists on a 12.2 beta live CD. If it doesn’t, a kernel upgrade would be something to consider.
As suggested by Knurpht you could try a newer kernel. I am running kernel 3.5-rc5 right now and here is the Kernel/Head repository where it can be found: Index of /repositories/Kernel:/HEAD/standard
The kernel does contain the latest video driver for all open sourced versions and you can’t do better that running the latest kernel for such drivers. It might be worth a try as well.
Dear friends, thank you for your support. I’ll try to make the update of my kernel first. I think the main problem could be in driver. The next step should be updating of KDE. Should I patch the source from kernel.org before using S.A.K.C.: as I know openSUSE kernel is a bit different from original one?
Thanks Knurpht for the help. Since I just use SAKC all of the time, I did not have these repositories booked marked, but now I do for quick messaging in the future.
If you decide to use SAKC, your compile is based on your active kernel and all of the fixes it already contains. Most people use the kernel-desktop and so its config will be the basis on any self compiled kernel using SAKC. Also, SAKC does not remove any kernel’s installed through YaST but resides in parallel as just another selection you can make in your Grub bootloader at startup time.
Hi everyone! It seams that’s more kernel problem than KDE. The “black screen” is a result of incorrect resolution in console and from time to time the framebufer loads with different incorrect resolution. Probably it’s a problem with intelfb