[Salix64 Xfce 13.37] Graphics problems while booting

[Outlaw]

Hi All,

need some help.

I installed Salix64 Xfce 13.37 on the following system:

AMD Athlon X2 5000+
4 GB RAM
ASRock ALiveNF7G
Ati Radeon 2600 HD Pro (PCIe)

when booting the system I see some boot process information and then it switches to "high-res 1920x1280 Snow", even tty consoles are not accessible.

Tried to boot [pressing TAB bootscreen] with option "vga=795' to force vesa / safe graphics, but it wasn't accepted ...

How can I get in safe graphics mode ? I thought Radeon RV630 is supported by kernel ?

So long

Outlaw

[Akuna]

You could try adding nomodeset to your boot parameters.
http://www.salixos.org/forum/viewtopic. ... 954#p14954

[Outlaw]

Hi,

I tried another Distro - aptosid XFCE 64 Bit (Debian based) - and got the same problem ! Booting the system with the built in nvdia GPU worked without errors. After adding there the non-free firmware linux repositories (http://manual.aptosid.com/en/nf-firm-en ... e-firmware) the system ran without errors (didn't install the ATI Catalyst drivers for linux, it's still the "kernel"-driver).

Booting the system with a Salix XFCE 32 Bit LiveCD 13.1 didn't provoke errors too.

I'm not that deep into linux - don't understand, why the system/kernel seems to recognize and activate the right driver but with errors, that could be solved with non-free firmware "add ons". 'Cause it seems to work with 32 Bit dists, may be it's a deeper problem with the 64 bit versions ?

Are there any (to aptosid) comparable steps in Salix in view of non-free linux firmware ?!

So long

Outlaw

[Shador]

Are there any (to aptosid) comparable steps in Salix in view of non-free linux firmware ?!

All firmware is installed by default with the kernel-firmware package. I specifically checked the radeon firmware and it contains everything the aptosid linux-firmware-nonfree package contains. So you don't need to explicitly install non-free firmware.

The fact that 13.1 works and 13.37 fails indicates that the problem is Kernel-Mode-Setting, which is a feature introduced with 13.37. As Akuna already wrote you can disable this feature, which may be required for certain hardware.

[Outlaw]

Hi,

The fact that 13.1 works and 13.37 fails indicates that the problem is Kernel-Mode-Setting, which is a feature introduced with 13.37. As Akuna already wrote you can disable this feature, which may be required for certain hardware.

hm .. the result of nomodeset would lead to this:

Yes, radeon.modeset=0 (or nomodeset) works and eliminates the spam but instead makes 3D and composite flaky

Rather less a solution than more a problem shift ..

When will there be a Salix 13.37 XFCE LiveCD ? 'Cause at this moment aptosid is installed and runs well on my main computer (Salix OS is still on my notebook ). So I'll give it than a new try ..

So long

Outlaw

[Shador]

hm .. the result of nomodeset would lead to this:

Yes, radeon.modeset=0 (or nomodeset) works and eliminates the spam but instead makes 3D and composite flaky

Not necessarily. Especially not with a DE like XFCE which doesn't make much use of 3D acceleration.