Not beeing able to boot into graphical env without nomodeset

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#1

Hi,

I have a problem. I’m new here.

I have a DELL Optiplex 745, and I was trying to install SUSE 12.2 (64-bit) on it. The install has gone smoothly.
Now, the issue … after instal an reboot, instead of the login page, I get a uni-color screen. I cannot do anything except power button.
It does not work to go to the command line, or to login via SSH.
Now, if I append nomodeset to the kernel options … it works (but I cannot optain a sadisfactory resolution)
I am new here … so here are a couple of things I could think of:

uname -a
Linux IPHERE 3.4.6-2.10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Jul 26 09:36:26 UTC 2012 (641c197) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1a.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 02)
00:1a.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev f2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HB/HR (ICH8/R) LPC Interface Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) 4 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HR/HO/HH (ICH8R/DO/DH) 2 port SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)

Can you please help me debug this?

Thanks

#2

On 09/06/2012 03:36 PM, flonoob wrote:
> Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller

-=WELCOME=- new poster!!

while waiting for a real guru (i am not one) see if you can work your
way to happiness here: http://tinyurl.com/37v9y7m

–
dd

#3

Also,
You might consider if you have an nVidia GPU and this hasn’t been resolved before now this “nomodeset” problem is specific to the default nouveau driversetup and can be addressed simply by adding the nVidia repo, doing a zypper update to get the appropriate proprietary driver and installing. When the new driver is installed, it will come with its own proper config file.

HTH,
TSU

#4

If you got openSUSE to install, you might remove your xorg file and restart, perhaps something got messed up. Open up terminal and run the following command:

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-backup

Once complete, reboot and see what you get. It also possible to upgrade to kernel 3.5.3, where the driver is located:

S.A.K.C. - SUSE Automated Kernel Compiler - Version 2.76 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums

Another person has suggested loading the mesa 32 bit files from YaST. Go into YaST / Software / Software Management, search on mesa and load the libs with mesa and 32 bit appended to their names and restart. This is the shotgun approach, but your Intel video should work with kernel 3.4 unless we are missing something.

If you have an add-in nVIDIA or AMD card installed, that would be the actual problem. If so, let me know cause we need to talk about the fix more.

Thank You,

#5
  1. Thanks DD … I will look at the link
  2. TSU, I do not have any other video card just Intel Corporation 82Q963/Q965 Integrated Graphics Controller. Thanks
  3. Hi James, thanks
    a) “you might remove your xorg file and restart” - openSUSE 12.2 and I do not have an xorg.conf
    b) I will try S.A.K.C. - SUSE Automated Kernel Compiler - Version 2.76 - Blogs - openSUSE Forums
    c) I will also try loading the 32 bit libraries (I was thinking about that … but I couldn’t find a reason for doing so)
    d) I do not have NVIDIA or AMD

Thanks a lot for your responses, I will keep you posted.

Florin

#6

Just an update:

b) Updated to 3.5.3 :

Linux IPHERE 3.5.3-2.10-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Sep 8 17:45:17 EEST 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

No luck. the same thing happens . (Oh, and, nice script… Thanks James worked like a charm)

c) installed the 32-bit libraries … no change

Thanks,
Florin

#7

On 09/07/2012 05:16 PM, flonoob wrote:
> No luck.

yours is most likely a video problem…have you yet followed the hints
in the link i gave?

–
dd http://tinyurl.com/DD-Caveat

#8

I’m working on it :slight_smile:

#9

modifying 50-device.conf:

intel driver freezes the computer
i810 doesn’t work , but also doesn’t freezes the computer
i915 doesn’t work, and it does’t freeze the computer, maybe because of this:

   233.523] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
   233.523] (II) LoadModule: "i915"
   233.530] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module i915
   233.530] (II) UnloadModule: "i915"
   233.530] (II) Unloading i915
   233.530] (EE) Failed to load module "i915" (module does not exist, 0)
   233.530] (EE) No drivers available.
   233.530]
Fatal server error:
   233.530] no screens found
   233.530]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
   233.530] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
   233.530]

however:

lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
af_packet              35262  0
mperf                  12667  0
snd_hda_codec_analog    93491  1
snd_hda_intel          33491  0
snd_hda_codec         130038  2 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13602  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm               101054  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq                61554  0
snd_timer              29370  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device         14497  1 snd_seq
snd                    78768  8 snd_hda_codec_analog,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
ppdev                  17678  0
tg3                   140544  0
parport_pc             37265  0
soundcore              15047  1 snd
sg                     36486  0
snd_page_alloc         18484  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lpc_ich                17061  0
serio_raw              13375  0
mfd_core               13398  1 lpc_ich
i2c_i801               17779  0
pcspkr                 12718  0
sr_mod                 22295  0
parport                42214  2 ppdev,parport_pc
coretemp               13480  0
cdrom                  42591  1 sr_mod
dcdbas                 14881  0
pciehp                 33370  0
pci_hotplug            35159  1 pciehp
microcode              31676  0
autofs4                38657  0
i915                  503325  1
drm_kms_helper         46742  1 i915
drm                   267258  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
processor              40853  0
i2c_algo_bit           13413  1 i915
button                 13906  1 i915
video                  19345  1 i915
thermal_sys            24703  2 processor,video
scsi_dh_alua           17161  0
scsi_dh_emc            17258  0
scsi_dh_rdac           17408  0
scsi_dh_hp_sw          12894  0
scsi_dh                14554  4 scsi_dh_alua,scsi_dh_emc,scsi_dh_rdac,scsi_dh_hp_sw
ata_generic            12899  0
ata_piix               30851  3