Thomas Schneider
2014-Apr-10 13:50 UTC
[Nouveau] System fails to boot w/o boot option "nomodeset"
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Ilia Mirkin
2014-Apr-10 13:55 UTC
[Nouveau] System fails to boot w/o boot option "nomodeset"
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Thomas Schneider <c.monty at web.de> wrote:> Well, with the setting/option "nomodeset" I don't use any xorg.conf at all. > > I'm just not sure if the system would boot w/o xorg.conf and w/o > "nomodeset". > > Anyway, I will give it a try and use the recommended options > "nouveau.noaccel=1" and "nouveau.agpmode=0" (also in combination). > > Question: > Could someone give a statement about the potential root cause?Not without you providing some more info. You have "quiet" in your kernel command line (twice, it seems) -- I would assume that logs printed to the console would provide some indication of where things go wrong, so try removing quiet. You can also try setting up netconsole.> Could it be true that there's no working driver for this graphic card on > Linux?NV15 should be supported by nouveau. Of course, it's an older card that's harder to come by nowadays, so it's quite believable that support for it would have regressed somehow. I do know that the PCI versions of NV05 and NV18 work fine.> > Regards, > Thomas > > > On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 4:08 AM, Thomas Schneider <c.monty at web.de> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I assume I could use "nouveau.noaccel=1" in the command line of grub menu? > Yes, that's the idea. >> >> If that is true, do I need a xorg.conf file? > You need one as much or as little as you needed one before. >> >> With regards to your question, if the system worked before... >> Yes, the system worked well with Win XP. > OK, good to know. > -ilia > > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 10. April 2014 um 06:24 Uhr > Von: "Ilia Mirkin" <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> > An: "Thomas Schneider" <c.monty at web.de> > Cc: "nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org" <nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org> > Betreff: Re: [Nouveau] System fails to boot w/o boot option "nomodeset" > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Thomas Schneider <c.monty at web.de> wrote: >> Hello! >> >> I'm using rather old hardware: >> Mainboard (Asus A7N8X) >> AGP (Asus V7700) >> >> manfred at pc1:~$ lspci -v | grep VGA >> 03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation NV15 [GeForce2 >> GTS/Pro] (rev a3) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> >> My operating system is SolydX based on Debian Testing. >> >> The issue is that I cannot start the system w/o boot option "nomodeset". > > Using nomodeset disables nouveau entirely, so you won't be able to use > the 'nouveau' ddx either. It'd probably work with vesa or something. > > Things to try: > > nouveau.noaccel=1 > nouveau.agpmode=0 > > (also in combination) > > Did this system ever work? Any indication that the hardware isn't > terminally busted? > >> I get this information after displaying Grub menu: >> >> Linux 3.11-2-486 wird geladen ... >> Initiale Ramdisk wird geladen ... >> >> Loading, please wait ... >> >> >> Then the system is freezing and I need to hard reset. > > If you boot without the quiet option it should make it much more > apparent where things are going wrong. > > -ilia