[Bug 410115] New: strange video mode at boot time
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115 Summary: strange video mode at boot time Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Final Platform: 64bit OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Kernel AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: syntron@web.de QAContact: qa@suse.de Found By: --- I have a server running 10.1 with xen. This system is running without problems. I installed opensuse 11.0 in a new partition. The installation is a default system with xen. If I boot this system the console video mode is not useable. In the standard configuration it seems to be that the wide is only a half a line. The second half is displayed below. So the lower part of the display is missing (the login prompt). See attached image. The grub boot message is displayed fine. The strange video mode starts after the kernel takes over. Booting xen the boot messages are fine, but there is another bug. I tried to use the vga= kernel option. But this results in no display at all or only blinking color spaces on the screen. After X starts I can use the system but I would like to do not use X at all ... Additional data: * photo of the screen * cpuinfo.txt * menu.lst * lsmod.txt * lspci.txt -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c1 --- Comment #1 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:14:32 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=228558) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=228558) screen photo I have to login blind because the login prompt is not shown -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c2 --- Comment #2 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:15:18 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=228559) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=228559) cat /proc/cpuinfo > cpuinfo.txt -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c3 --- Comment #3 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:16:06 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=228560) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=228560) lsmod >lsmod.txt -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c4 --- Comment #4 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:16:35 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=228561) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=228561) lspci -vvv >lspci.txt -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c5 --- Comment #5 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:17:08 MDT --- Created an attachment (id=228562) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=228562) grub config -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c6 --- Comment #6 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-17 13:35:28 MDT --- in the initial report I wrote 64bit but it's a 32bit system -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c7 Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Platform|64bit |32bit --- Comment #7 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-18 14:36:17 MDT --- Today I did reinstall the system again (it solved Bug 410120). This bug is visible if I boot the system from the DVD. If I choose a resolution I see only colorfull ascii art. Selecting VESA at the boot manager menu gives the described two-line console output but I get to see the graphical installation menu. If I use the xen-kernel the console output is OK. -- 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=410115 Robert Vojcik <rvojcik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |kernel-maintainers@forge.provo.novell.com -- 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=410115 User jeffm@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c8 Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |jeffm@novell.com Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |syntron@web.de --- Comment #8 from Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@novell.com> 2008-07-23 10:01:55 MDT --- I've also seen this occasionally with ATI video chipsets. Do you have any luck using other vga= modes? -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c9 Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|syntron@web.de | --- Comment #9 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-07-23 13:49:38 MDT --- I did not try again - I need this server running and at the moment the old (fortunately saved) system is running on it. I did test all settings from the installation DVD - only if I choose vesa I did get usefull (but not good) results - see the screen photo. The lines are wrapped and so only the top half is shown on the monitor. Which vga= settings should I test? On the weekend I have time to test different settings. -- 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=410115 User jeffm@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c10 --- Comment #10 from Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@novell.com> 2008-08-08 10:28:55 MDT --- I guess as an additional note, the only time I see this with the ATI chip that I have is after the X server starts and I switch back to console. -- 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=410115 User syntron@web.de added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410115#c12 --- Comment #12 from Matthias Pfafferodt <syntron@web.de> 2008-08-09 02:36:32 MDT --- I checked today: * using the DVD I get a 'strange' screen after the kernel boot message; X (installation) is OK * using the installed system vga=normal (VESA?) results in the two-line display; starting X all is OK the system is a server system which should run only with a console (no X) -- 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.
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