From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020508 Netscape6/6.2.3 Description of problem: I installed a new nVidia GeForce 3 based video board and after selecting a kernel from the GRUB menu, my display goes completely black when it boots the kernel (2.4.18-5 i686); however, my monitor's signal LED stays green and does not switch to amber, which would otherwise indicate video signal loss. The video board is sending a blank signal to the monitor once Linux starts. I was using the nVidia driver for X --previous video card was an older GeForce 256 DDR - no need to change drivers-- and after a while, X/KDM would start and I had a functional system; just no video between POST/GRUB menu and X. Seems like once the nVidia compiled module NVdriver was loaded, the display initialized. Changed XFree86 driver from nVidia release 1.0.2960 to generic "nv" driver - X does not start -- machine is set to start in run level 5. Hard drive keeps loading the OS, however no console is available. Tried switching through vttys - no display. Tried modifying/forcing IRQs for AGP/PCI in BIOS to assign an IRQ to the GeForce 3 that isn't being shared by ACPI--still fails. Machine boots /video initializes with older GeForce 256. Also booted with an ATI Radeon 64 DDR--no problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.18-5 i686 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Power down system 2.Install GeForce 3 video board 3.Power up, watch display disappear as Linux boots Expected Results: I'm supposed to be able to see the display Additional info: Motherboard: ASUS CUSL2 BIOS rev 1009 CPU: Pentium III 933 MHz Memory: 512 MB Video Board: VisionTek Xtasy 6964 GeForce 3 Ti 500 64 MB DDR AGP
Using ASUS A7V266, Duron 750MHZ, GeForce2 MX -- Have experienced same problem... Tried different kernels from Rawhide, including .i386, .i586, and .athlon packages. Using Lilo, not Grub. System boots when using custom kernel compiled from kernel.org.
Does this work better with rawhide grub?
No, tried Grub from Rawhide.. same problems.
2/19/03 Here's some info for a work around -- I passed the 'nofb' argument to the kernel in grub.conf to disable the framebuffer at boot time and it fixed the disappearing display. Apparently the framebuffer modes in RH kernels don't support this particular GeForce 3 board (?). Please respond to let me know if you guys have any success with this fix. Thanks! Tom tomdean example line from grub.conf: kernel /vmlinuz hdd=ide-scsi nofb
Added the nofb option to Grub.. same results.
Have NOT experienced the problem in Red Hat BETA 8.0.94 (Phoebe) Everything seems to be working fine. Using ABIT KT7A BIOS A9 CPU: AMD Athlon T-Bird 1.4 GHz 512 MB RAM VisionTek Xtasy 6964 GeForce 3 Ti 500 64 MB DDR AGP 4X Will test on the ASUS CUSL2 w/ Pentium III 933
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