https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User locilka@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c1 Lukas Ocilka changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Major |Normal Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch --- Comment #1 from Lukas Ocilka 2008-06-10 06:34:21 MDT --- I'm afraid the initial comment doesn't contain enough information. Your display has 1400x1050 pixes, OK. Which resolution was used during the first stage installation? What do you mean by the first restart? When the first stage installation was done and system restarted/called kexec to continue with the second stage (configuration of the installed system)? Did the second stage start in textmode instead of Qt/GTK Graphical User Interface? Please, attach YaST logs http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs/YaST -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c3 Alois Popp changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch | --- Comment #3 from Alois Popp 2008-06-10 08:16:29 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=221284) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=221284) YaST2-Files 1. Startresolution was 1024x768. The partition for openSuSE RC1 was sda7 and i changed the Bootloader-location to: /dev/sda7 (userdefined bootpartition, last position) 2. First restart == second stage. This second stage was new for me, my be that was "kexec". 3. The second stage starts with the same size as first stage, but blue background and corrupt characters. Then I brought the Labtop down and start it again with the Installation-DVD -> Installation -> it found the first stage on sda7 and made the second stage. See, the problem is the Intel 855 GM/GME Graphic controller, because it uses System Memory for the Picture, and at start the size is limitted to 832 kB memory. There is also a spezial file "855resolution" to make full resolution of 1400x1050. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c5 Alois Popp changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch | --- Comment #5 from Alois Popp 2008-06-10 10:08:25 MDT --- Yes ok. Can it be, that the pointer to the characterset is in the wood, or doesn't match to the size of the box? What I saw are the boxes to click on, but it was not possible to see/reed the text on it. There were white dot's in the field, as i remember, but the text was chinese for me. Remember, the first size of the Picture must be =< than 1024x768x8 Dot's! I will do a new Installation and make a picture in the next houres! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c7 Alois Popp changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|Alois.Popp@popp-engineering.ch | --- Comment #7 from Alois Popp 2008-06-11 01:09:54 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=221408) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=221408) two pictures Good morning I did all 4 Installations with the different display-resolutions: 1. TEXT: Second stage goes thru start DVD, not kexec. OK. 2. VESA: as TEXT, but there is a small tshitter on it, as on a old CRT! WHY? 3. 800x600: second stage with kexec, OK, if you select "automatic installation", but you can't read the text. 4. 1024x768: as 800x600. picture ..945: 2 seconds before start of kexec. picture ..949: If you enlarge the picture, you can see: in the left upper corner: "Automatische Konfiguration", in the middle: "Erkennung der Netzwerkkarten läuft" -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c9 --- Comment #9 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-06-11 02:49:58 MDT --- This sounds like a 'kexec versus reboot' issue, since the customer said that the second stage installation after reboot works. I don't understand it either. During installation for first and second stage fbdev is used. Does using kexec break the generic kernel framebuffer? But why do we see this issue then only on Intel 855GM? Since we don't have a Dell Inspiron 510m I suggest to give it a try on a different 855GM based laptop. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User locilka@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c11 Lukas Ocilka changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |juhliarik@novell.com --- Comment #11 from Lukas Ocilka 2008-06-11 02:52:22 MDT --- Adding juhliarik, the yast2-bootloader-kexec maintainer. Jozef, FYI. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c13 Steffen Winterfeldt changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |bwalle@novell.com --- Comment #13 from Steffen Winterfeldt 2008-06-11 03:00:50 MDT --- I can't remember that we have a baby-blue background somewhere. Maybe a 15 vs. 16 bit color issue? Adding Bernd as the kexec expert. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c17 --- Comment #17 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-06-11 06:51:55 MDT --- I've made a Minimal+X11 installation. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User bwalle@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c19 --- Comment #19 from Bernhard Walle 2008-06-11 06:58:40 MDT --- Can somebody open the picture? I cannot. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 Bernhard Walle changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attachment #221408|image/jpeg |application/zip mime type| | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=396726#c22 --- Comment #22 from Stefan Dirsch 2008-06-11 08:02:08 MDT --- (In reply to comment #21 from Alois Popp)

1. WORKSFORME means 'kexec_reboot=0' ?

No, it means that we can't reproduce the issue on our 855GM machine (HP nx5000). We don't have a Dell Inspiron 510m.

2. What is the cause that the system uses kexec? I made a similar installation on an other PC, not Labtop, but on second stage it starts without kexec.

I have no idea, how this is decided.

3. The max. resolution of this graphics chip 855GM on startup is 1024x768x8. 8bit=256 Colours!

8bpp is rather bad. Maybe you can reserve some more memory via BIOS setup. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.