http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018353
http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1018353#c15
--- Comment #15 from Richard Bos
There is no easy way to a detect a black screen, graphics corruption or similar bugs in the graphics driver.
Ain't it possible to configure a not supported gfx card (just in the distribution files)? I tested it today again, kernel boot parameters: LVDS-0:d LVDS-1:d VGA-0:e VGA-1:e (either separately or combined) do not result in GUI. The only thing that helps, is setting the video mode (to 1280x1024). This makes the installation possible via X (yast-qt). Either via boot argument video=1280x1024 are using the video boot menu (<F3>). Attached the log files for a boot cycle without boot parameter and with video set. In the latter case there is y2start.log and Xorg log. In the case without video defined only one log available (the only one available is y2log). The log files are obtained via the same method, using a script. But when no video set the script is to be executed without any visuals... If I interpret the y2log for the case without video setting, the ncurses gui is started, while in the other case (video set), yast-qt is started... video = yes: bug-20170114-093438 video = no: bug-20170114-144830 # diff bug-20170114-093438/YaST2/y2log bug-20170114-144830/y2log | sed 's/^/ vid=no:/' | head -20 1c1 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):617 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'installation' '("initial")' 'qt' '--noborder' '--auto-fonts' '--fullscreen' --- vid=no: <1> install(3192) [liby2] genericfrontend.cc(main):617 Launched YaST2 component 'y2base' 'installation' '("text_fallback")' '("initial")' 'ncurses' '--noborder' '--auto-fonts' '--fullscreen' 9c9 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):49 Given filename: libyui-qt.so.7 --- vid=no: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):49 Given filename: libyui-ncurses.so.7 13c13 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):67 Looking for: libyui-qt.so.7 --- vid=no: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):67 Looking for: libyui-ncurses.so.7 15c15 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):118 Found libyui-qt.so.7 in /usr/lib64/yui --- vid=no: <1> install(3192) [ui] YPath.cc(YPath):118 Found libyui-ncurses.so.7 in /usr/lib64/yui 18,34c18,31 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [qt-ui] YQUI.cc(YQUI):100 This is libyui-qt 2.46.24 vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [qt-styler] QY2Styler.cc(loadStyleSheet):91 Using style sheet "/usr/share/YaST2/theme/current/wizard/installation.qss" vid=yes: <1> install(3192) [qt-ui] YQUI.cc(processCommandLineArgs):298 Qt argument: YaST2 Looks like X is not started... Can't it be figured out, that installer should use a video mode, preferable 1280x1024, for a succesfull installation??? Either via analysis of gfxcard hwinfo in combination with the boot parameters, e.g.: if gfxcard gma500 adn if boot parameters set, do nothing. if boot parameters not set, set video mode = 1280x1024 and continue fi -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.