Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (485 mails)

[Trifle Menot <triflemenot@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 3 Jun 2010 21:45:01 -0700, Thomas Taylor <linxt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> On Fri, 04 Jun 2010 03:45:43 +0000
> Trifle Menot <triflemenot@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I can boot the kernel+initrd and download the 6-part installation
> > system, but a few seconds after it reports the terminal screen size, my
> > monitor blanks and the system is hung.
> >
> > System is i386. Every other distro works fine on it. WinXP too.

> Some information about your system and any error messages would be helpful (my
> crystal ball is in the shop for repair).  Was this a clean install, upgrade, or
> what?  What hardware, especially what video card does it use?

lspci

> 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [KM400/A] Chipset Host 
> Bridge
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237/VX700 PCI Bridge
> 00:08.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
> 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: D-Link System Inc RTL8139 Ethernet (rev 10)
> 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 80)
> 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 80)
> 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
> Controller (rev 80)
> 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
> 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
> 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
> VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
> 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 
> AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
> 00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. KM400/KN400/P4M800 
> [S3 UniChrome] (rev 01)

S3 UniChrome integrated graphics

There are no error messages, the monitor goes into suspend and the
installer is dead in the water. This happens right after reporting the
text terminal size.  I guess its a problem with the video driver.

11.2 installs on this box.  The devs broke something.



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