http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c1 Gerhard Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mail@gmusoft.de --- Comment #1 from Gerhard Mueller 2009-12-29 18:16:36 UTC --- Ubuntu 9.10 (Desktop Edition CD, 32 Bit) has the same problem. May be, it is not the KDE component, but i.e. the kernel or Sax or the Nvidia driver. I am not sure about the hardware architecture I specified, the CPU is AMD Athlon XP 2700+ -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c3 --- Comment #3 from Gerhard Mueller 2009-12-30 21:42:52 UTC --- Re-installed openSUSE 11.2 with Gnome desktop. Resulting screen looks different, but still not usable. Upper part black, lower part colourful, my name can be recpgnized in it. With "Esc" the screen turns to black for a while, then same picture as before. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c5 Christian Trippe changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Component|KDE4 Workspace |X.Org AssignedTo|kde-maintainers@suse.de |bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.pr | |ovo.novell.com QAContact|qa@suse.de |xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge. | |provo.novell.com --- Comment #5 from Christian Trippe 2009-12-31 14:16:05 UTC --- So this is no KDE issue, changing Component to X.Org as it is independent of the desktop. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c6 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |mail@gmusoft.de --- Comment #6 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-12-31 15:46:54 UTC --- Could you please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c8 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|mail@gmusoft.de | --- Comment #8 from Stefan Dirsch 2009-12-31 17:44:47 UTC --- Thanks. Nothing obvious I can see here though. No idea what's the issue here. Seems to be a combination of hardware, BIOS and OS. One option would be to try the proprietary NVIDIA driver instead of nv driver. It's one of the community repositories you can chose in YaST. The right driver package will be preselected automatically. No configuration change required. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

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--- Comment #10 from Gerhard Mueller  2010-01-03 14:24:15 UTC ---
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Log files and picture, see comment

Additional information for this bug:

I add a number of files combined to a zip-file by 7-Zip (content described
below),
since I failed to add all log files I intended to add to my previous comment,
and I guess, even my comment
was not included into the bugzilla file.
Probably because I was not used to how to handle the bug data base.

But it is very annoying to just receive an error message like
"You already used the form to file attachment 334684" or similar
after trying hard to give information to the developers.
It might be a good idea that Novell would amend their bugzilla code to accept
and file the new information anyway.

I tried to use an Nvidia proprietary driver to circumvent the problem, but I
failed.
This was not really straight-forward:
I (not being an expert in linux installations) was not sure how to use the
linux driver offered by the Nvidia website.
I searched for nvidia in the software repositories which resulted in a long
list without any usable information
which one would be suitable. I selected one (nvidiagfx) and installed it.
But the problem was still the same, see below.
I would, of course, very much appreciate, if the proper Nvidia drivers would be
included into the installation DVDs.
Since, however, probably due to proprietary reasons this is not possible,
I would propose to add some help information to the log file in case of a "not
found" message,
i.e. which driver from what source might be an appropriate one.

>From the Xorg log files i conclude that
1. in the failsafe case, which works correctly, neither the nv driver nor the
nvidia driver is loaded.
   (file S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-failsafe.txt)
2. in the "normal" case, it is tried to load the nvidia driver for my graphic
card,
   but driver nvidia is not found.
   (files S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-normal.txt and
S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-gnome-normal.txt)
3. After installing the package nvidiagfx the installation system complained
   that a kernel module needed for it was missing,
   and a GLX extension could not be initialized.
   (file S-var-log-Xorg.0.log-openSUSE-11.2-kde-withNvidiaDriver.txt)
   I had no chance to get any further here because I was lacking appropriate
information that an expert would probably have.
Could it be that in cases 2 and 3 there was no driver at all serving my screen?

To clarify what a meant by "colourful screen" in my original problem
description, I add a photo of what my screen showed
in the case of kde "normal". With gnome the screen looks different.
(file LinuxBildschirm-Bug567509-IMG6208-300.jpg)
My be it helps to localize the problem.

Kind regards and a happy new year to all linux developers!

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http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c13 --- Comment #13 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-01-04 22:19:44 UTC --- So what are the results after installing the proprietary nvidia driver? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c15 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |mail@gmusoft.de --- Comment #15 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-01-05 11:24:36 UTC --- (In reply to comment #14)

After installing the two packages you mentioned openSUSE 11.2 works fine also in "normal" mode.

Sounds better. :-)

After including the Nvidia repository and opening "software installation" the packages you mentioned were already selected by magic. Compliments to the developers!!! The Xorg.0 logfile tells me that the glx extensions are still not found, but that is no problem. I will solve it, if needed at all.

This doesn't sound good, since it is going to result in no 3D support at all. Could you attach your current /var/log/Xorg.0.log?

One note: Installing the packages resulted in 2 new entries in Grub. However, these do not run at all (I tried only the "normal" case). It seems they cannot locate the various disk partitions.

Strange. Maybe the installation of the nvidia packages triggered the installation of additional kernels and thus resulted in more grub entries.

For me the problem is solved. If you need any further information or would like me to test a new version of the nv driver in my exotic environment, please contact me.

I believe we should forget about nv driver here. But I suggest to test your memory. Install memtest86+ for that. It will create another boot entry. Running memtest takes a long time. Thus better run it over night. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c17 --- Comment #17 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-01-05 13:54:44 UTC --- (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates//extensions/libglx.so dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates//extensions/libglx.so: undefined symbol: _nv000107gl (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/updates//extensions/libglx.so (II) UnloadModule: "glx" (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7) (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the GLX module; please check in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): log file that the GLX module has been loaded in your X (EE) NVIDIA(0): server, and that the module is the NVIDIA GLX module. If (EE) NVIDIA(0): you continue to encounter problems, Please try (EE) NVIDIA(0): reinstalling the NVIDIA driver. Messed up system? Maybe you still have x11-video-nvidiaG02 package installed or a manual installation of the nvidia driver? I sugggest to remove any nvidia package and uninstall a manual nvidia driver installation. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c19 Gerhard Mueller changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|mail@gmusoft.de | --- Comment #19 from Gerhard Mueller 2010-01-06 08:58:07 UTC --- Thanks for your help. I uninstalled all nvidia things and then installed the drivers you mentioned in comment 11. Works fine, no "failed"-messages in logfile any more. One note: The commands of comment 18 did not run, seemingly not found. I ran memtest86+ for more than 3 hours: No error. One thought: Could it be, that the graphics card uses different parts of main memory depending on its size, and nv is not aware of this? After all this I detected a very, very surprizing thing: My Grub entries (in the MBR) have changed during the repair actions. Just to get logfiles of the other Linux systems installed in different partitions of my hard disks, I clicked on their entries. Before the repair actions the corresponding linux would start. Now another Grub screen appears with the selections I earlier had. But now the most surprizing fact: openSUSE 11.1 (with KDE3) runs in "normal" mode (it did not run any more after changing the main memory) and also Debian Lenny Testing runs again. Even the Ubuntu 9.10 CD and the Knoppix 6.2 DVD do now show a normal screen display, before the actions for this bug they also showed the "colourful" screen only. I have no explanation for this. Did the other Linux systems now find the correct Nvidia drivers or did the memtest repair some fault ?? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=567509#c21 Stefan Dirsch changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |INVALID --- Comment #21 from Stefan Dirsch 2010-01-06 21:33:37 UTC --- Ok. Closind as INVALID. -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.