Problems with Vga,Ati...

Dallitec · 2010-06-28 15:28:49

Hello,

Last day,i downloaded and burned ArchLinux with kernel 2.6.34...(2010) and when i want to install it from CD (Core offline install) it do this...

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...and i tried another linux distro with kernel 2.6.3x and it do the same thing...but with kernel 2.6.2x it not does this....maybe its problem with Ati drivers...so is there any solution to change ati drivers at boot form CD (trough the TAB key)

I have Asus L84F With 128MB Ram,20GB HDD,ATi Mobility Radeon M6 (ID 4c59,8MB)

Why it do this??...please help me i love ArchLinux...and sorry for my bad english :-)

Last edited by Dallitec (2010-06-28 16:59:24)

miau · 2010-06-30 17:21:11

I can't read the error messages, The picture is to bright. But it doesn't use an ati driver at the installation. You only need the ati drivers for the X-Server. So the problem must be caused by something other. Have you checked if the image was downloaded and burned without errors?

Last edited by miau (2010-06-30 17:22:04)

sparchy · 2010-06-30 17:52:50

I think 128MB was the bare mimimum when I did my laptop install but if your graphics card reserves any memory it may go below what it can work with in your case(I only have 192MB in my ancient toshiba laptop, I think I installed when I only had 128MB in it but I used an older Arch boot cd to install with). I can't read your screen because of the glare/washout on the bottom, what is the install boot screen telling you. Does your laptop have a vga out that you can hook up an external monitor to? You might have to tell your bios to switch to the external vga out if the laptop doesn't automatically detect and switch.
I haven't used a recent boot cd but I know that the current Arch kernels activate kms for radeons now on bootup, not sure if that boot cd is compiled with kms activated or not. You can try adding radeon.modeset=0 to the end of the boot command line of the install boot entry on the cd. That will not force kms to start and should leave you with vesa/vga screenmode to start the install with.

hongy19 · 2010-07-07 12:51:09

Hi

I have a same problem. My graphic card is X1600 which works well under ubuntu.
But when I switch to Archlinux, the screen start to flash and is very hard to read the text on screen under both text console and X windows.
If I switch to xorg vesa driver, everything works well.

Still don't know why?

miau · 2010-07-07 15:50:36

Which ati driver do you use and which Xorg Server?

hongy19 · 2010-07-07 15:57:51

I use lastest version Xorg and xf86-ati. It seems a KMS problem.
If adding radeon.modeset=0, everything works well.

Dallitec · 2010-07-12 19:30:42

hongy19 wrote:

I use lastest version Xorg and xf86-ati. It seems a KMS problem.
If adding radeon.modeset=0, everything works well.

Yes it works thanks!...and one more question is any desktop environment package like Kde,Xfce,Lxde,Gnome or something in core install?...when i install it it goes to init mode 3..

Lone_Wolf · 2010-07-13 11:34:38

Dallitec wrote:

and one more question is any desktop environment package like Kde,Xfce,Lxde,Gnome or something in core install?...when i install it it goes to init mode 3..

Nope, all official arch install CD's gives you a basic system with console only.

Check the Beginner's Guide , especially Part II and further.

Arch Linux

#1 2010-06-28 15:28:49

Problems with Vga,Ati...

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