Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1264 mails)

[Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [opensuse-testing] A modest proposal: Make nomodeset the default 
for distributions
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2011 07:44:16 -0700
From: M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: znmeb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: opensuse-testing@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Yeah, I think this is a good idea. 11.4 on my HP Pavilion dv4 notebook
(ATI) actually ran better with the native open source driver than the
proprietary ATI driver, and my new laptop (Intel i5 - integrated GPU)
runs fine with both 11.4 and 12.1 with "nomodeset".

Basically, I should be able to take a GNOME or a KDE LiveCD into a
Staples or a Best Buy and boot it on any laptop they have and have the
screen, audio, wireless and pointing device come up functional. I know
that's a tall order, but I just bought an Asus U46E-BAL5 and except
for a modest glitch in the touchpad (Linux thinks it's a PS/2 mouse
and it's a known upstream kernel issue) it comes up with everything
functional in openSUSE 11.4, Fedora and Ubuntu.

On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:17 PM, Per Jessen <per@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Larry Finger wrote:
>
> > Although the KMS video drivers have improved a lot, there are still a
> > lot of nVidia adapters for which nouveau fails to provide any useful
> > graphics screens. For new users, the failure to boot to a meaningful
> > display is frustrating. The problem used to affect only persons that
> > had implemented the proprietary closed-source drivers, and their
> > graphics failed when the kernel changed. They could be warned in
> > advance because a lot of them came to the forums for help in getting
> > the propriety driver installed. With KMS, people are having trouble
> > with their initial look at an openSUSE version. I expect many decide
> > that openSUSE is flawed and move on to other distros.
> >
> > I propose two fixes/workarounds:
> >
> > (1) Make the GRUB option "nomodeset" be the default for all
> > installation media.
>
> +1
>
>
> /Per Jessen, Zürich
>
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