no video with Dell 760 and Slackware 13.1 RC2
Hi - I have been trying to install 13.1rc2 on a Dell 760 (built-in video). After installation, the Dell starts to boot but after so many boot messages the video disappears permanently. I can CTRL+ALT+DEL to reboot so the system is not hung. I tried different lilo options to no avail so I need some help at this point.
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Here is part of my lilo.conf file: Code:
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256 First try running with vga = normal and if that works, try something rather 'normal' like 1024/x758. My Acer E-book runs a 1280x800 screen and Xorg.conf thinks it is a 1280x1024 screen... Works great. Do you know this site: http://tuxmobil.org/ ? I bet your machine has been linuxised before... |
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I tried the noapci & noapic in this manner:
booted off my install DVD and entered the following: boot: hugesmp.s root=/dev/sda3 rdinit= ro noapci noapic with the same results. |
I also tried booting off the install DVD, going into setup, and configuring LILO using the expert mode to include the noapci & noapic parameters.
Still no success. |
fruttenboel - I tried with vga = 795 as suggested. When I rebooted I didn't have any penguins appearing as I did with 13.0 and the graphics failed again.
The boot messages go by fast but I thought I saw INTEL displayed just before the screen went blank. Probably detected the internal graphics on the PC and got lost. Anymore ideas certainly welcome. |
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Sorry about that! :hattip: |
Onebuck - I tried the options you suggested - thanks again. I should note that the on-board video on this computer worked fine without BIOS/kernel changes using v13.0 but does not in v13.1rc2.
I have set up at static ip so I can ssh into the box. If there is some information I can get to pass on - let me know. One additional thing I noticed. If I boot off the DVD, which I have done to change lilo.conf and reboot, the system hangs and I need to power cycle. |
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Since you can 'ssh' then look at 'dmesg' and other logs. Do a 'lspci -vv', 'lsmod' to check the loaded modules. In the dmesg do you see your video? Which driver? |
Here is output from lsmod | awk '/^00/||/Kernel/{print}'
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Following is the portion of the console output I don't see and a part of tail -100 /var/log/messages. Things go by pretty fast and then a totally blank screen with the monitor saying nothing there. The last things I can see is "HDA Intel" which one can see below. Quote:
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Forgot the lsmod - here it is:
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Have you done the BIOS update?
This issue is discussed here and includes a link to a recent BIOS update. http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=93689 This makes interesting background reading. https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13053 |
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The driver is there; Code:
Kernel driver in use: i915 The newer Intel packages are being used by 13.1 rc2. :hattip: |
I am currently at A03 and v13.0 works fine but I will do the BIOS update and try that.
From the dell site, they have two ways for updating - one from a windows machine and the other a non-windows machine with a floppy. Is there a way to do the BIOS update without a floppy and without loading windows on the machine? Denis... |
i reported a similar issue sometime ago: in my work netbook I had to patch and rebuild the kernel to have a working KMS with an intel GMA 450 and stock generic, with this (if the patch doesn't apply you can backup and edit the file by hand, it's just the matter of deleting some lines), it seems like a common issue (the display of the laptop is seen as disconnected).
in another case I had the same behaviour on my work dell desktop with intel 3100 but this time the cause was a custom kernel config: I rebuilt using .config from stock generic removing what I don't need and that fixed it (but I have not caught the CONFIG_ option interested). but really don't know if your problem is related: if someone wants to try it it's welcome, I report these two as "works-for-me-for-black-screen-post-boot-running-current". :) |
I tried BIOS A06 with the C-state off, and hpet=disabled (and hpet=disable). Still no video after a certain point.
On the side, I was having problems with windows 7 and the KVM I use for my office machines. It seems MS has a new spec for w7 that requires fulltime DDC & EDID (something I know nothing about other than I might need a new KVM). So I connected the Dell 760 directly to the monitor and it worked - system booted with video. Keyboard and mouse were still being available through the KVM however. Bummer. Once again, slackware v13.0 works justs with KVM so there seems to be software issue. Pounce - I would like to try a custom kernel and giving that a try - but I don't have the time right now. IMHO, I don't know if I want this to be considered solved. I would like to use the KVM and others might have a similar problem once 13.1 is released. Thanks everyone... |
dbeck, did you see this? http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...screen-809629/
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gapan - I looked at the thread. Unfortunately, I am a kernel newbie so I didn't understand how the thread would be useful for me or exactly how to implement it. So if there is something that you thought would fix my problem could you please summarize that?
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Thanks gapan. I reread http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...screen-809629/ and found the suggestion to add nomodeset to my lilo.conf kernel parameters. This took care of my problem.
In lilo.conf I changed append=" vt.default_utf8=0" to append=" vt.default_utf8=0 nomodeset". I am using Slackware v13.1 not the RC2 version. |
Same video problem
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00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: IBM Device 0505 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 Memory at 98000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at 90100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1 Kernel modules: i915 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] Subsystem: IBM Device 0505 Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0 Memory at 88000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M] Memory at 80200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512K] Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 1 so i am using kernel module i915 not an intel module for my video card?. My question: do i need to compile a 2.6.34 kernel, a new/old version of the device driver, or what to get a frame buffer and X back? and (being a newb on compiling mostly) what packages, where are they, what instructions (i know ./configure, ./make, etc) to try to get this to work? Or do i need to update my BIOS? When i do a "dmesg | less" three snippits of the messages i see are: weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS. SMP motherboard not detected. Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation. SMP disabled Brought up 1 CPUs Total of 1 processors activated (2132.85 BogoMIPS). [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(VGA0) defines _DOD but not _DOS input: Video Bus as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A03:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input5 ACPI: Video Device [VGA0] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no) thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad ACPI Extras v0.24 thinkpad_acpi: http://ibm-acpi.sf.net/ thinkpad_acpi: ThinkPad BIOS 1FETA8WW (1.180), EC unknown thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: Outdated ThinkPad BIOS/EC firmware thinkpad_acpi: WARNING: This firmware may be missing critical bug fixes and/or important features thinkpad_acpi: Console audio control enabled, mode: monitor (read only) input: ThinkPad Extra Buttons as /devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input7 I am going to the IBM site to see if i can get a BIOS update, but in the meantime, here is all i think i can give with my problem. Fixed console black screen, no X. Here is the end of the Xorg.0.log file: (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev" (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00@00:02:0 (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa (EE) intel(0): No kernel modesetting driver detected. (II) UnloadModule: "intel" (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. Well, i see i AM using the intel driver (i915). So perhaps doing something with the device driver or the kernel would work. What would be quickest? Have to get back to "real work". |
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