OpenSUSE 12.1 and 12.2 screen is black during boot

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#1

On OpenSUSE 12.1 and 12.2 M4 screen is black during boot on my laptop(e-machines E510). It’s no difference I’m using SysV-init or systemD. I cannot switch to console by pressing escape(no text are displayed).

#2

On 04/27/2012 05:16 AM, Lachu wrote:
>
> On OpenSUSE 12.1 and 12.2 M4 screen is black during boot on my
> laptop(e-machines E510). It’s no difference I’m using SysV-init or
> systemD. I cannot switch to console by pressing escape(no text are
> displayed).

What happens when you add ‘nomodeset’ to the boot options line?

#3

With nomodeset parameter splash is displayed, but maximum resolution is set to 1024x768, mouse are displayed and hidden flux and pink left border are displayed on menus.

I have tested this on 12.2 Factory(M4).

#4

Does not the Emachine E-510 have the Intel GMA 965 integrated graphics chip ? If so, my understanding is that graphic chipset is problematic, at best, with GNU/Linux.

Assuming I guess correctly about a 965 …

Using ‘nomodeset’ should give the FBDEV driver. I suppose you could try the following (but first install the application ‘mc’ (midnight commander) so as to provide a full screen text edit mode that you can run by typing ‘mc’ in a full screen text mode to edit text / configuration files) :

(1) try intel driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf with this edit:


Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"

    Driver "intel"

EndSection

and reboot with boot code ‘nomodeset’ and also try booting without boot code ‘nomodeset’.

Are either of those any better ?

If not, then (2) try intellegacy driver in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf with this edit:


Section "Device"
  Identifier "Default Device"

    Driver "intellegacy"

EndSection

and reboot with boot code ‘nomodeset’ and also try booting without boot code ‘nomodeset’.

Are either of those any better with 12.1 ?

#5

The structure of the files in X11 for openSUSE may be changing, and the change may or may not be in openSUSE M4 when M4 is finally released (the M4 you tried is NOT the final M4 as M4 was delayed). Hence its possible my ‘intellegacy’ advice is not applicable to M4 when it is released.

#6

How to report a bug?

#7

For intel driver and nomodesetting X server doesn’t start. For intel driver without nomodeseting X org server starts, but there’s black screen during boot. For intellegacy driver and nomodesetting everything works. For intel driver without nomodeseting X works, but there’s black screen during boot.

#8

That’s good news.

Is the resolution acceptable ?

#9

Yes, the resolution is good.

How report this topic as a bug?

#10

add the next option on system boot:

nolapic

#11

There is guidance on raising bug reports here: openSUSE:Submitting bug reports - openSUSE