Bug 156954

Created attachment 72180 [details]
The output of hwinfo

The last words printed on the console before it started the X server were:

Found a Linux console terminal on /dev/console (80 columns x 25 lines).
Please supply a config file
*** Starting YaST2 ***

The installation does not continue even after sttoping the X server via Ctrl+Alt+Backspace; it restarts and gets to the same state again :-(

The only way to circumvent this seems to be specifying 'textmode=1' on the kernel commandline.

Raising severity to Critical, sorry...

Are you using the correct resolution and color depth for the installation. Does booting with `hwprobe=-gfx' help?

I will try.

Maybe it could be a duplicate of Bug 155018?

Please try the `hwprobe=-gfxcard' or `hwprobe=-monitor' workaround. Is the information for your screen printed out by `hwinfo' correct? Maby it just uses an incompatible mode or resolution, as it tends to use the higher modes.

Unfortunately, neither 'hwprobe=-gfxcard' nor 'hwprobe=-monitor' do not affect the bug; I have tried changing the initial VGA mode, but it also does not seem to have any effect. The only workaround that worked for me so far is 'textmode=1'.

The result of hwinfo seems correct to me; here is just the result of 'hwinfo --gfxcard':

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20: PCI(AGP) 100.0: 0300 VGA compatible controller (VGA)
  [Created at pci.277]
  UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_10de_181
  Unique ID: VCu0.XmjeW2QsClA
  Parent ID: vSkL.G5TSYaRmfUB
  SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0
  SysFS BusID: 0000:01:00.0
  Hardware Class: graphics card
  Model: "nVidia GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
  Vendor: pci 0x10de "nVidia Corporation"
  Device: pci 0x0181 "GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X"
  Revision: 0xa4
  Memory Range: 0xf6000000-0xf6ffffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff (rw,prefetchable)
  Memory Range: 0xf7fe0000-0xf7ffffff (ro,prefetchable,disabled)
  IRQ: 10 (469 events)
  I/O Ports: 0x3c0-0x3df (rw)
  Module Alias: "pci:v000010DEd00000181sv00000000sd00000000bc03sc00i00"
  Driver Info #0:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: nv
  Driver Info #1:
    XFree86 v4 Server Module: nvidia
    3D Support: yes
    Color Depths: 16
    Extensions:
    Options:
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
  Attached to: #11 (PCI bridge)

Primary display adapter: #20

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And this is what 'hwinfo --monitor' says:

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21: None 00.0: 10000 Monitor
  [Created at monitor.85]
  Unique ID: rdCR.+VXe_JYsJQ3
  Hardware Class: monitor
  Model: "SAMSUNG SyncMaster"
  Vendor: SAM "SAMSUNG"
  Device: eisa 0x010e "SyncMaster"
  Serial ID: "HMDY400884"
  Resolution: 720x400@70Hz
  Resolution: 640x480@60Hz
  Resolution: 640x480@67Hz
  Resolution: 640x480@72Hz
  Resolution: 640x480@75Hz
  Resolution: 800x600@56Hz
  Resolution: 800x600@60Hz
  Resolution: 800x600@72Hz
  Resolution: 800x600@75Hz
  Resolution: 832x624@75Hz
  Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
  Resolution: 1024x768@70Hz
  Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz
  Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz
  Resolution: 1280x1024@60Hz
  Resolution: 1152x864@75Hz
  Size: 376x301 mm
  Driver Info #0:
    Max. Resolution: 1280x1024
    Vert. Sync Range: 56-75 Hz
    Hor. Sync Range: 30-81 kHz
  Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown

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If all these modelines are correct, I assume it's a problem with X11. Asking Stefan for help. This is a Geforce 440MX, Stefan, old card but probably still widely used.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 155018 ***