http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1110041 Bug ID: 1110041 Summary: omit nomodeset from installation's proposal bootloader Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE Distribution Version: Leap 15.1 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 Assignee: yast2-maintainers@suse.de Reporter: mrmazda@earthlink.net QA Contact: jsrain@suse.com CC: jreidinger@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created attachment 784521 --> http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/attachment.cgi?id=784521&action=edit .tgz of y2logs from test installation using nomodeset on Kaby Lake in UEFI mode In mailing list thread "nomodeset abuses new users and their supporters" https://lists.opensuse.org/yast-devel/2018-09/msg00035.html Josef R asked that I "open bug report". Time and time again, NVidia gfx and Optimus users are unable to install without appending nomodeset to the installer's cmdline. cf. https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=822769 resolved feature No mention is made in that bug if a feature request was ever filed. The bug request was to make appending nomodeset easier for users. Such trouble with installation is routinely followed by a new support request, to resolve problems either with low resolution video modes, or black screens, or both. e.g. https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/533157-How-change-screen-resoluti... More often than not, resolving this failure means the gratis supporters must explain that nomodeset needs to be removed from Grub configuration, and how to go about it, which means temporarily at the Grub screen, and ultimately via /etc/default/grub and grub2-mkconfig. Nomodeset is primarily for troubleshooting, not normal operation, main exception being for users who post-installation add non-FOSS software. Those users can add it or nouveau.modeset=0 back according to the instructions they must follow to successfully add their non-FOSS software. IMO it would be much a better user and support experience, and ultimately better for openSUSE's reputation, that when the YaST installer finds nomodeset has been used to install that, by default, it *not* be preserved in either /etc/default/grub or in YaST's bootloader proposal. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.