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dabbler

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 2

archiso-live-2009-12-08 live CD not usable

I have recently downloaded the archiso-live-2009-12-08 live CD but I am unable to use it.  I did a md5 check of the iso, and that is ok.  It boots into something that remotely resembles a desktop.  I have a Nvidia 9600GT graphics card for which X installs/configures the 'nv' driver, but the desktop is not configured correctly. I have a Logitech wireless mouse which I thought might be the cause, so I rebooted with a ps2 mouse, but that was even worse.  Safe graphics mode (vesa) works fine.

PC specs:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 10)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 10)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G94 [GeForce 9600 GT] (rev a1)
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)

pretty standard, I would say   CPU is a E7400 (2.8GHz Core2Duo).  Memory (RAM) is 3GB.

I have a Kubuntu 9.10 install and the mouse/graphics works flawlessly on that, so the problem is not hardware related.

BTW ctrl-alt-F1 gives me a usable command prompt, so the problem seems to be X.

Last edited by dabbler (2009-12-16 16:54:53)

MadTux

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Registered: 2009-09-20

Posts: 553

Re: archiso-live-2009-12-08 live CD not usable

Are you sure about the nv driver, since in the blog entry about archiso live it reads as if xf86-video-nouveau has been removed (you have to look into the comments to find this information). So my guess would be that you are at the moment left with the vesa driver, except you installed nvidia drivers yourself.

dabbler

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Registered: 2009-12-16

Posts: 2

Re: archiso-live-2009-12-08 live CD not usable

Are you sure about the nv driver, since in the blog entry about archiso live it reads as if xf86-video-nouveau has been removed (you have to look into the comments to find this information). So my guess would be that you are at the moment left with the vesa driver, except you installed nvidia drivers yourself.

It's definitely the 'nv' driver, and installed by default, just checked.  The only way I can use the CD is to select 'safe graphics mode' on startup which gives me the 'vesa' driver, which is better than nothing.  I also removed the 9600GT graphics card and tried the onboard graphics (Intel 82G33/G31 Express), with no problems.
Rather strange.