The thread "Problems with kernel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64? reminded me
that I have a similar problem but on the latest CentOS 6 kernel I?ve been
meaning to report. Here is the relevant system information:
Linux ssg003.bose.com 2.6.32-696.13.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 20:42:25 UTC
2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5912 (rev 04)
(prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 07a2
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [100] #1b
Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS)
Capabilities: [300] #13
I have about 100 Dell desktops deployed with CentOS 6 all using the built-in
motherboard graphics. But on a Dell Optiplex 5050 with an Intel(R) Core(TM)
i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz CPU and the above graphics card, the X11 login screen is
all distorted and unusable. There is a simple solution: if I remove the
"vga=0x31b? parameter from the kernel boot command it works just fine.
However, I would prefer to have a usable alternate console on our 1900x1200
monitors, but any value I tried for the vga parameter results in a distorted
login screen.
Any ideas what may be causing this? This is only an issue on the very latest
chipset. On the next most recent Dell desktops we have (Intel(R) Core(TM)
i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz) I do not have this issue. Here is the VGA controller
info:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen
Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA
controller])
Subsystem: Dell Device 05a4
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28
Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M]
Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
I/O ports at f000 [size=64]
Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features
Kernel driver in use: i915
Kernel modules: i915
Does anyone else have a similar issue and found a better solution?
Alfred
Am I the only one seeing this issue? Or is it that so few people are still running CentOS 6.x? Quick summary, on a very recent Dell motherboard using the on-board vide and booting the latest CentOS 6 kernel with the ?vga=xxx? parameter set to any non-default value results in unusable X11 graphics. Alfred> On Oct 29, 2017, at 15:29, Alfred von Campe <alfred at von-campe.com> wrote: > > The thread "Problems with kernel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64? reminded me that I have a similar problem but on the latest CentOS 6 kernel I?ve been meaning to report. Here is the relevant system information: > > Linux ssg003.bose.com 2.6.32-696.13.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 20:42:25 UTC 2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5912 (rev 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device 07a2 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 > Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] > Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > I/O ports at f000 [size=64] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?> > Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00 > Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [100] #1b > Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS) > Capabilities: [300] #13 > > I have about 100 Dell desktops deployed with CentOS 6 all using the built-in motherboard graphics. But on a Dell Optiplex 5050 with an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz CPU and the above graphics card, the X11 login screen is all distorted and unusable. There is a simple solution: if I remove the "vga=0x31b? parameter from the kernel boot command it works just fine. However, I would prefer to have a usable alternate console on our 1900x1200 monitors, but any value I tried for the vga parameter results in a distorted login screen. > > Any ideas what may be causing this? This is only an issue on the very latest chipset. On the next most recent Dell desktops we have (Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz) I do not have this issue. Here is the VGA controller info: > > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) > Subsystem: Dell Device 05a4 > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28 > Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] > Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] > I/O ports at f000 [size=64] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] > Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 > Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features > Kernel driver in use: i915 > Kernel modules: i915 > > Does anyone else have a similar issue and found a better solution? > > Alfred
On Mon, October 30, 2017 2:38 pm, Alfred von Campe wrote:> Am I the only one seeing this issue? Or is it that so few people are > still running CentOS 6.x?About 2/3 of workstations in our Department are CentS 6 (latest). Neither of them has any video problems. All of them have decent video cards, neither of them uses on system board (aka "motherboard") of on CPU die video. I know this will not help to solve your trouble... Valeri> Quick summary, on a very recent Dell > motherboard using the on-board vide and booting the latest CentOS 6 kernel > with the ???vga=xxx??? parameter set to any non-default value results in > unusable X11 graphics. > > Alfred > >> On Oct 29, 2017, at 15:29, Alfred von Campe <alfred at von-campe.com> >> wrote: >> >> The thread "Problems with kernel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64??? reminded >> me that I have a similar problem but on the latest CentOS 6 kernel >> I???ve been meaning to report. Here is the relevant system information: >> >> Linux ssg003.bose.com 2.6.32-696.13.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 20:42:25 >> UTC 2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5912 (rev >> 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Dell Device 07a2 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 >> Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] >> Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> I/O ports at f000 [size=64] >> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?> >> Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI >> 00 >> Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- >> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [100] #1b >> Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS) >> Capabilities: [300] #13 >> >> I have about 100 Dell desktops deployed with CentOS 6 all using the >> built-in motherboard graphics. But on a Dell Optiplex 5050 with an >> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz CPU and the above graphics card, >> the X11 login screen is all distorted and unusable. There is a simple >> solution: if I remove the "vga=0x31b??? parameter from the kernel boot >> command it works just fine. However, I would prefer to have a usable >> alternate console on our 1900x1200 monitors, but any value I tried for >> the vga parameter results in a distorted login screen. >> >> Any ideas what may be causing this? This is only an issue on the very >> latest chipset. On the next most recent Dell desktops we have (Intel(R) >> Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz) I do not have this issue. Here is the >> VGA controller info: >> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th >> Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 >> [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Dell Device 05a4 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28 >> Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] >> Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> I/O ports at f000 [size=64] >> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- >> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features >> Kernel driver in use: i915 >> Kernel modules: i915 >> >> Does anyone else have a similar issue and found a better solution? >> >> Alfred > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Valeri Galtsev Sr System Administrator Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics University of Chicago Phone: 773-702-4247 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
m.roth at 5-cent.us
2017-Oct-30 21:27 UTC
[CentOS] Problem with graphics on latest CentOS 6
Alfred von Campe wrote:> Am I the only one seeing this issue? Or is it that so few people are > still running CentOS 6.x? Quick summary, on a very recent Dell > motherboard using the on-board vide and booting the latest CentOS 6 kernel > with the ?vga=xxx? parameter set to any non-default value results in > unusable X11 graphics. >Sorry. I run CentOS 6 at home, may be just the previous kernel, but no issues. mark> Alfred > >> On Oct 29, 2017, at 15:29, Alfred von Campe <alfred at von-campe.com> >> wrote: >> >> The thread "Problems with kernel-3.10.0-693.5.2.el7.x86_64? reminded me >> that I have a similar problem but on the latest CentOS 6 kernel I?ve >> been meaning to report. Here is the relevant system information: >> >> Linux ssg003.bose.com 2.6.32-696.13.2.el6.i686 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 20:42:25 >> UTC 2017 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux >> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 5912 (rev >> 04) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Dell Device 07a2 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11 >> Memory at f6000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] >> Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> I/O ports at f000 [size=64] >> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> Capabilities: [40] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?> >> Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI >> 00 >> Capabilities: [ac] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- >> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [100] #1b >> Capabilities: [200] Address Translation Service (ATS) >> Capabilities: [300] #13 >> >> I have about 100 Dell desktops deployed with CentOS 6 all using the >> built-in motherboard graphics. But on a Dell Optiplex 5050 with an >> Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700 CPU @ 3.60GHz CPU and the above graphics card, >> the X11 login screen is all distorted and unusable. There is a simple >> solution: if I remove the "vga=0x31b? parameter from the kernel boot >> command it works just fine. However, I would prefer to have a usable >> alternate console on our 1900x1200 monitors, but any value I tried for >> the vga parameter results in a distorted login screen. >> >> Any ideas what may be causing this? This is only an issue on the very >> latest chipset. On the next most recent Dell desktops we have (Intel(R) >> Core(TM) i5-4590 CPU @ 3.30GHz) I do not have this issue. Here is the >> VGA controller info: >> >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th >> Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 00 >> [VGA controller]) >> Subsystem: Dell Device 05a4 >> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 28 >> Memory at f7800000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4M] >> Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M] >> I/O ports at f000 [size=64] >> Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] >> Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- >> Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2 >> Capabilities: [a4] PCI Advanced Features >> Kernel driver in use: i915 >> Kernel modules: i915 >> >> Does anyone else have a similar issue and found a better solution? >> >> Alfred > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >