Goes BLACK after LinuxMint logo

[kaddy]

Hey All
I have seen a few people complain of the same problem I am having with the latest debian edition of mint but i havn't found a Forum post yet....


Basically what happens is, When you boot the Live Cd, and choose to start Mint, it goes through text as it normally does, but then goes black and stays that way. I have also tried
booting in compatibility mode and the same thing happens, although I have saved a log file with the following errors

"note. Linux Mint 10 ubuntu version works fine, so does all ubuntu versions on my hardware... so it must be a bug in the debian edition with certain hardware... strange"

But the following error says that Vesa kernel modesetting driver is in use and refuses to load. here is the full report



X.Org X Server 1.7.7
Release Date: 2010-05-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.32.25-dsa-ia32 i686 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux mint 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP Tue Jun 1 04:59:47 UTC 2010 i686
Kernel command line: boot=live xforcevesa initrd=/casper/initrd.lz live-media-path=/casper ramdisk_size=1048576 root=/dev/ram rw noapic noapci nosplash irqpoll -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
Build Date: 12 November 2010 12:21:56AM
xorg-server 2:1.7.7-9 (Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>)
Current version of pixman: 0.18.4
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Dec 26 16:43:57 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Configured Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Configured Video Device"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
(II) Loader magic: 0x81ecca0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
X.Org Video Driver: 6.0
X.Org XInput driver : 7.0
X.Org Server Extension : 2.0
(--) using VT number 8

(--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 10de:0091:1682:2180 nVidia Corporation G70 [GeForce 7800 GTX] rev 161, Mem @ 0xfd000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfc000000/16777216, I/O @ 0x0000dc00/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension SELinux
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dri2"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
(II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0
(II) Loading extension DRI2
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.7.7, module version = 2.3.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01@00:00:0
(EE) VESA: Kernel modesetting driver in use, refusing to load
(WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.



I have also tried running "Xorg -configure" and "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg"
with no luck
why is it even trying to load VESA for my graphics? I have an Nvidia 7800 GTX. It should be loading Nouveau surely??? I did modprobe it and saw
that nouveau was indeed loaded up..... this is weird

Any ideas on how to fix this?

[dawgdoc]

kaddy,

Kernel modesetting was an issue in Ubuntu 10.04 and LinuxMint9 for some hardware configurations. Ubuntu's solution for 10.10 was to disable it for all hardware, if I recall correctly. I also remember seeing it as an issue in non-Ubuntu/debian distributions. A solution would be to use the nomodeset boot parameter

In another thread I posted this

It sounds like you may have stumbled into the Kernel Modesetting (KMS) issue. It can manifest in several ways. Check this post. First try the nomodeset boot parameter outlined in the post and its links before trying the commands for specific hardware.

The link in the quote will take you to directions, if needed, on doing this, and also on how to make the setting permanent.

[dawgdoc]

kaddy,

at the time I originally replied to your post I had not tried the newest LMDE. Since then I have burnt two DVDs of it, both work fine on a Toshiba laptop at work. Both respond on my HP laptop in the same manner you experienced. I followed the instructions in this thread to get the liveCD to boot. It does happen to relate to the nomodeset boot parameter.

viewtopic.php?f=42&t=62471&p=358943#p358943

I have not re-installed LMDE, so I do not know what the performance would be if installed with nomodeset made permanent.