Re: knoppix64 8.2 on Sandy Bridge produces no X
Eric Kudzin composed on 2018-08-14 06:59 (UTC):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> https://www.cnet.com/products/dell-optiplex-790/specs/
>> This is from 8.1 DVD:
>> # cat /proc/cmdline
>> lang=de video=vga16fb:off apm=power-off
>> nomce hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1 loglevel=1
>> BOOT_IMAGE=linux64 lang=en
>> apm=power-off initrd=minirt.gz nomce
>> hpsa.hpsa_allow_any=1 loglevel=1
>> hpet=off desktop=lxde no3d nocomposite nomce noagp
>> # inxi -Gxx -c0
>> Graphics: Card: Intel 2nd
>> Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
>> Controller
>> bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102
>> Display Server: X.Org 1.19.3 drivers: modesetting (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1920x1200@59.95hz
>> OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Sandybridge Desktop x86/MMX/SSE2
>> version: 3.3 Mesa 17.2.0 (compat-v: 3.0) Direct Render: Yes
>> No other combination of typed in cmdline parameters I've tried gets to a KDE or
>> LXDE session (including "" and failsafe). (Gnome as a matter of principle I
>> don't touch)
>> Booting with 2 on cmdline works as expected.
>> Using the exact same cmdline appendages as shown above for 8.1 in attempting with 8.2:
>> INIT: Id "x1"
>> respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes.
>> Some other combinations got as far as painting the big Knoppix/Tux graphic, but
>> no more. Dmesg provides no recognizable clues. Journalctl finds no entries.
>> Same two DVDs work in various newer and older Intel gfx PCs here.
> The no3d and nocomposite cheatcodes are the problem, for some reason Knoppix 8.2 gives the symptoms you described when you use the no3d and/or nocomosite cheatcodes.
> I have tried this on nearly every machine I own, with varying processors and video cards. Always the same results. I am not a fan of Compiz and I almost always use the no3d cheatcode.
> If someone can suggest a fix for this, I would be grateful. I would like something that can be put into an update.tar.gz or a knoppix.sh so I can put it on my USB key and have it fixed on bootup. (if someone knows a fix, I can figure out the auto-update part, and post it for the community)
> Does anybody know if 8.3 has this problem? I am in the U.S. and have not found a way to get a copy as of yet.
I confirmed problem on Eagle Lake, Kaby Lake and Radeon R5/HD 8570. I think
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=104993
likely to be the problem. I have Buster and Stretch installations still using
same xserver-common 1.19.6 as 8.2 and they all suffer the (fixed in April)
upstream bug.
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