[opensuse-factory] Display resolution after 42.1 kernel upgrade

Roger Oberholtzer

2 Nov 2015 2 Nov '15

11:18

I just updated the kernel on my 42.1 install from 4.1.11 to 4.1.12 (via zypper up), The new kernel has decided to use a low resolution everywhere. The character login is big text. When booting the green triangle with the three dots is also big. If I boot with the 4.1.11 kernel all is ok. If I look in YaST at the bootloader options, they look as I recall they did before the update. Any pointers as to where this setting that seems to me to be in initrd might have been changed? -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

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Andrei Borzenkov

2 Nov 2 Nov

11:20

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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I just updated the kernel on my 42.1 install from 4.1.11 to 4.1.12 (via zypper up), The new kernel has decided to use a low resolution everywhere. The character login is big text. When booting the green triangle with the three dots is also big. If I boot with the 4.1.11 kernel all is ok. If I look in YaST at the bootloader options, they look as I recall they did before the update.

Any pointers as to where this setting that seems to me to be in initrd might have been changed?

What is you graphic card and are you using KMS? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Felix Miata

13:07

Andrei Borzenkov composed on 2015-11-02 14:20 (UTC+0300):

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Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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I just updated the kernel on my 42.1 install from 4.1.11 to 4.1.12 (via zypper up), The new kernel has decided to use a low resolution everywhere. The character login is big text. When booting the green triangle with the three dots is also big. If I boot with the 4.1.11 kernel all is ok. If I look in YaST at the bootloader options, they look as I recall they did before the update.

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Any pointers as to where this setting that seems to me to be in initrd might have been changed?

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What is you graphic card and are you using KMS?

Looks like answer will be Haswell and yes: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2013-10/msg00146.html I don't see any difference betwee my Haswell between booting with 4.1.8-1-desktop or 4.1.10-1-default or 4.1.12-1-default. # cat /proc/cmdline root=LABEL=osL42hcs5 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume splash=0 vga=791 video=1280x720@60 video=1024x768@60 video=1440x900@60 3 -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

16:28

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Andrei Borzenkov wrote:

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On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 2:18 PM, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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I just updated the kernel on my 42.1 install from 4.1.11 to 4.1.12 (via zypper up), The new kernel has decided to use a low resolution everywhere. The character login is big text. When booting the green triangle with the three dots is also big. If I boot with the 4.1.11 kernel all is ok. If I look in YaST at the bootloader options, they look as I recall they did before the update.

Any pointers as to where this setting that seems to me to be in initrd might have been changed?

What is you graphic card and are you using KMS?

It is a Sony VAIO with an nvidia GT425M. I have been running the nouveau driver because I have not sorted out the nvidia driver on 42.1 yet. The proprietary driver is the one I usually run on this computer. I do not think the nouveau driver was loaded on the 4.1.12 system. It is loaded on the 4.1.11 one. I see that on the functioning 4.1.11, the drm_kms_helper driver is loaded and used by the nouveau driver. I do not see any of this on 4.1.12. -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Felix Miata

3 Nov 3 Nov

16:49

Roger Oberholtzer composed on 2015-11-02 17:28 (UTC+0100):

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I just updated the kernel on my 42.1 install from 4.1.11 to 4.1.12 (via zypper up), The new kernel has decided to use a low resolution everywhere. The character login is big text. When booting the green triangle with the three dots is also big. If I boot with the 4.1.11 kernel all is ok. If I look in YaST at the bootloader options, they look as I recall they did before the update.

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Any pointers as to where this setting that seems to me to be in initrd might have been changed?

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It is a Sony VAIO with an nvidia GT425M. I have been running the nouveau driver because I have not sorted out the nvidia driver on 42.1 yet. The proprietary driver is the one I usually run on this computer.

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I do not think the nouveau driver was loaded on the 4.1.12 system. It is loaded on the 4.1.11 one.

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I see that on the functioning 4.1.11, the drm_kms_helper driver is loaded and used by the nouveau driver. I do not see any of this on 4.1.12.

FWIW, all seems normal on a 1920x1080 TV with desktop system 8600 GT here: # grep RETT /etc/*lease /etc/os-release:PRETTY_NAME="openSUSE Leap 42.1 (x86_64)" # uname -a Linux msi85 4.1.12-1-default #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Oct 29 06:43:42 UTC 2015 (e24bad1) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # cat /proc/cmdline root=LABEL=osL42hcs5 ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 noresume splash=native vga=791 video=1280x720@60 3 # lspci | grep VGA 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G84 [GeForce 8600 GT] (rev a1) # lsmod | grep veau nouveau 1515520 1 ttm 106496 1 nouveau drm_kms_helper 139264 1 nouveau drm 385024 4 ttm,drm_kms_helper,nouveau i2c_algo_bit 16384 1 nouveau mxm_wmi 16384 1 nouveau wmi 20480 2 mxm_wmi,nouveau video 32768 1 nouveau button 16384 1 nouveau # grep -i 'sing initial mode' /var/log/Xorg.0.log [ 477.775] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Output DVI-I-1 using initial mode 1920x1080 # lsinitrd /boot/initrd-4.1.12-1-default | grep veau # -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

4 Nov 4 Nov

06:19

I rebuilt the initrd and see that there is one with the new date. But, alas, I still get the 640-480 resolution. And no nouveau driver installed, which I think is the problem.: -- Roger Oberholtzer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Takashi Iwai

18:46

On Wed, 04 Nov 2015 07:19:35 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:

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I rebuilt the initrd and see that there is one with the new date. But, alas, I still get the 640-480 resolution. And no nouveau driver installed, which I think is the problem.:

If this is still unresolved, please open a bug report and let's track there. In the bug report, provide hwinfo --gfx outputs running on both 4.1.1 and 4.1.2 kernels, also the outputs of dmesg from both kernels as well. Also, another thing to try is to load nouveau module manually. Check lsmod and see whether nouveau was loaded beforehand. If not, go to Linux console and run "modprobe nouveau" as root. Takashi -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org

Roger Oberholtzer

5 Nov 5 Nov