Bug 627097 - Different behaviors of nouveau driver using vga= in text mode
Summary: Different behaviors of nouveau driver using vga= in text mode
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 609607
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Product: openSUSE 11.3
Classification: openSUSE
Component: X.Org (show other bugs)
Version: Final
Hardware: HP openSUSE 11.3
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
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Assignee: Forgotten User Wum0mkMcd8
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Reported: 2010-07-30 16:27 UTC by Fabrizio Fabbrizzi
Modified: 2010-07-30 21:41 UTC (History)
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2010-07-30 16:27 UTC, Fabrizio Fabbrizzi
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Description Fabrizio Fabbrizzi 2010-07-30 16:27:25 UTC
Created attachment 379616 [details]
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Hello,
I noticed a strange behaviour of nouveau driver, using OpenSuse LiveCD 11.3,  as follow:
If I start Linux in text mode(from F3 menu), with the vga=0x31B option in the boot line, the system correctly start at 1280x1024@60 (the preferred resolution of my 17" monitor according to EDID and User Manual). Then, after login, if I do Init 5 the X window correctly start at the same resolution.
Instead, if I start Linux in text mode, without any VGA option, and then after login I do Init 5, the X window uncorrectly start at 1280x1024@62, and the screen tends to flicker.
My computer is an HP equipped with an NVidia GeForce G210.
I've attached the dmesg logs and the X logs written in /var/log folder.
dmesg_1.log and Xorg.0_1.log refers to the wrong case, while dmesg_2.log and Xorg.0_2.log to the correct case(with vga=0x31B).

Best Regards

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
Correct start
1.select text mode from F3 menu at boot
2.insert vga=0x31B at the boot line
3.run Enter
4.after login,do Init 5

Wrong start
1.select text mode from F3 menu at boot
2.run Enter
4.after login,do Init 5
Actual Results:  
In the correct case, the Hor and Vert freqs of the monitor are those indicated by EDID, in the wrong case the freqs are different and the screen tends to flicker

Expected Results:  
The beahviour should be the same in the two case, i.e. the X System should start correctly also from a purely text console
Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2010-07-30 21:41:01 UTC
Obviously on the LiveCD it does help to let set the 1280x1024 mode by the kernel framebuffer. You need to know that on the LiveCD radeon KMS is not enabled and apparently it's not set correctly by nouveau driver without KMS.

This is a dup.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 609607 ***