Bug 850053

Summary:	Nouveau problems during installation
Product:	[openSUSE] openSUSE 13.1	Reporter:	Alberto Planas Dominguez <aplanas>
Component:	Release Notes	Assignee:	Karl Eichwalder <ke>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:	Stephan Kulow <coolo>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P3 - Medium
Version:	Final
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	Other
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Bug Blocks:	850258

Description Alberto Planas Dominguez 2013-11-12 13:18:47 UTC

This text is a proposal for inclusion in the release notes, and is related with: BNC#848816

Garbage in the screen during installation
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On some systems with nvidia cards, the installer may show garbage on the top part of the screen due to some problems with the default nouveau driver. If you are affected by this problem, you can disable the nouveau
kernel module to run the installer and then enable it again once the system is installed/upgraded.

To disable the kernel module, once you boot from the installation media, select the 'Installation' entry in grub and press 'e' to edit the parameters. Then go to the line starting with 'linux' (or 'linuxefi') and add 'brokenmodules=nouveau' at the end. Now you can press F10 to continue booting with the new parameter. After the system is installed, you can enable the nouveau module again by editing the file /etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf and removing the entry that blacklists nouveau.

Comment 1 Karl Eichwalder 2013-11-13 10:28:47 UTC

My version:

   <title>Garbage on the Screen During Installation with the Nouveau
   Driver</title>

   <para>
On some systems with NVIDIA cards, the installer may show garbage on the
top part of the screen due to problems with the default nouveau
driver. If you are affected by this problem, you can disable the nouveau
kernel module to run the installer and then enable it again once the
system is installed or upgraded.
   </para>
   <para>
To disable the kernel module, once you boot from the installation media,
select the 'Installation' entry in grub and press 'e' to edit the
parameters. Then go to the line starting with 'linux' (or 'linuxefi')
and add <literal>brokenmodules=nouveau</literal> at the end. Now press
F10 to continue booting with the new parameter.  After the system is
installed, you can re-enable the nouveau module by editing
<filename>/etc/modprobe.d/50-blacklist.conf</filename> and removing the
entry that blacklists nouveau.
   </para>

Comment 2 Karl Eichwalder 2013-11-13 14:18:35 UTC

done.

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2013-11-19 15:05:32 UTC

openSUSE-RU-2013:1731-1: An update that has 9 recommended fixes can now be installed.

Category: recommended (low)
Bug References: 847801,849112,850052,850053,850054,850056,850057,850058,850258
CVE References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE 13.1 (src):    release-notes-openSUSE-13.1.7-10.1