[opensuse] Problem with NVIDIA GeForce G310M ?
Hi, friends, Introduction: Bought a new laptop Asus PL30JT-RO030X - unfortunately only with Win7PRO :-(. Wanted to install openSUSE 11.2 and failed at 1st because of a too slow external DVD drive (via USB). With a more modern drive I'd success (BIOS has recognized the drive) and the installation went on without hickups. Problem: Trying to boot the installed system initially it goes as usual (I see the kernel messages during boot flying over the screen). But then - when it comes to the graphical login - the screen goes dark and NOTHING more is happening :-( Analysis: Succeeded in booting a live UBUNTU and could save some logfiles to a stick. I see some error messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which hardens my suspects it could be a matter with the graphics. Unfortunately I'm (not yet) fit enough to interpret those error messages good enough. The Xorg.0.log and some more logfiles can be found at http://www.blaettner.com/Computer/ - I didn't want to make this mail unnecessarily fat. Some data of the laptop: CPU: Intel Core i5 processor 520UM (1,06 GHz) Number of Processor Cores: 2 Frequency: 1066 MHz Memory: 4096 MB (DDR3-1066) Chipset: Intel HM55 Express Grapics Chip: NVIDIA GeForce G310M (memory 1024 MB) Display: resolution 1366x768 pixels Questions: - Where/how can I change something to adapt the system appropriately before booting? - Are there boot parameters to clean up this problem? Help !!!! Thanks in advance for Your efforts and suggestions! Rolf -- Dipl.phys. Rudolf Otto Blättner Herzogenaurach, Germany Email suse@blaettner-net.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 13:27:39 suse@blaettner-net.de wrote:
Hi, friends,
Introduction: Bought a new laptop Asus PL30JT-RO030X - unfortunately only with Win7PRO :-(.
Wanted to install openSUSE 11.2 and failed at 1st because of a too slow external DVD drive (via USB). With a more modern drive I'd success (BIOS has recognized the drive) and the installation went on without hickups.
Problem: Trying to boot the installed system initially it goes as usual (I see the kernel messages during boot flying over the screen).
But then - when it comes to the graphical login - the screen goes dark and NOTHING more is happening :-(
Analysis: Succeeded in booting a live UBUNTU and could save some logfiles to a stick. I see some error messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which hardens my suspects it could be a matter with the graphics.
Unfortunately I'm (not yet) fit enough to interpret those error messages good enough.
The Xorg.0.log and some more logfiles can be found at http://www.blaettner.com/Computer/ - I didn't want to make this mail unnecessarily fat.
Some data of the laptop: CPU: Intel Core i5 processor 520UM (1,06 GHz) Number of Processor Cores: 2 Frequency: 1066 MHz Memory: 4096 MB (DDR3-1066) Chipset: Intel HM55 Express Grapics Chip: NVIDIA GeForce G310M (memory 1024 MB) Display: resolution 1366x768 pixels
Questions: - Where/how can I change something to adapt the system appropriately before booting? - Are there boot parameters to clean up this problem?
Help !!!!
Thanks in advance for Your efforts and suggestions!
Rolf
Rolf, Try adding vmalloc=128MB to your grub command line. If that doesn't work, increase it to vmalloc=256MB and try again. -- =================================================== Rodney Baker VK5ZTV rodney.baker@iinet.net.au =================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2010-07-01 05:57, suse@blaettner-net.de wrote:
Hi, friends,
Introduction: Bought a new laptop Asus PL30JT-RO030X - unfortunately only with Win7PRO :-(.
My Compaq came with the home edition :-p
Wanted to install openSUSE 11.2 and failed at 1st because of a too slow external DVD drive (via USB). With a more modern drive I'd success (BIOS has recognized the drive) and the installation went on without hickups.
Problem: Trying to boot the installed system initially it goes as usual (I see the kernel messages during boot flying over the screen).
But then - when it comes to the graphical login - the screen goes dark and NOTHING more is happening :-(
Analysis: Succeeded in booting a live UBUNTU and could save some logfiles to a stick. I see some error messages in /var/log/Xorg.0.log which hardens my suspects it could be a matter with the graphics.
Good idea, using another live :-) Another one: at the initial boot message, from grub, type "3". This will give you a text mode system, that should boot. Then, login, and type "startx" to start a graphical session under that user. If it blocks, try typing "ctrl-alt-backspace" twice to kill the graphical session, or ctrl-alt-f1 to try return to text mode. Alternatively, if you have another computer, log in via ssh before it crashes, and try killing x. And, in text mode you can try configuring the graphical mode. 11.2 still has sax2, give it a try.
Unfortunately I'm (not yet) fit enough to interpret those error messages good enough.
The Xorg.0.log and some more logfiles can be found at http://www.blaettner.com/Computer/ - I didn't want to make this mail unnecessarily fat.
Another good idea, thanks for the consideration :-) Unfortunately, that server gives me an error: "403 Forbidden". You can try instead one of the free pastebins, like pastebin.ca: you can enter text there, logs, code, and it will be viewable for the amount of time you decide.
- Are there boot parameters to clean up this problem?
There is one that should give you the same graphical mode used during the install, but I don't remember it right now... ah, yes, "x11failsafe". Type that at the initial grub prompt (it is one of the options used for failsafe, but you don't need all of them, only this one). It is also possible to copy the configuration file used by this mode to make the change "permanent". Let me see... that will be "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.install", copy that file to "/etc/X11/xorg.conf", and you should be able to boot in graphical mode (or via startx). Limited, but graphical. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwvAo0ACgkQU92UU+smfQUFzQCeIB9G+kCdTDLQpHX4bWkoMhu0 v4gAmgOKBnU0QjKw+cV4gbkrxcQ0UjUu =4zyb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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