[Bug 1043518] Re: live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot option enabled

[JOna]

I tried to be systematic and did over 100 boots with different nouveau-
settings both with and without xorg.conf, in varying configurations.
Nothing works. At best I got unusable 4-color(?) screen that was
mentioned in the first post of this thread. Text terminal in single-mode
works.

The chip I have is GeForce4 440 MX in Powerbook G4 17 inch (M8793LL/A -
PowerBook5,1 - A1013). I did the testing with kernels from
ubuntu/lubuntu 12.04 and 12.10.

My conclusion at this point is that with recent kernels it is not
possible to configure X in Powerbook G4 with Nvidia GeForce4 440 MX.

Maybe if I compile my own kernel I could get X back? What parts of the
kernel should be dropped and what parts should be included?

FYI: I did also try every possible framebuffer with and without
xorg.conf editing modprobe-blacklisting of framebuffers and yaboot
bootline parameters accordingly. None of those work either. Some have
dependancies with packages available only for i386, and the others were
just broken.

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Title:
  live cd is unusable due to video degradation with the splash boot
  option enabled

Status in The Linux Kernel:
  Unknown
Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid
Status in “linux” source package in Quantal:
  Fix Released
Status in “plymouth” source package in Quantal:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  All images after 08/15 have become unusable, either to install from or to use a live session.
  Images from 08/15 & earlier work fine as does the install itself.

  Attached are 2 possible screens which seem to vary depending on which
  partition grub is configured on in a multi-boot system (12.04 & 12.10

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-9.9-generic 3.5.0
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-9-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Wed Aug 29 16:21:08 2012
  InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120813.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.323
  DefaultPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-logo/ubuntu-logo.plymouth
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120912)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS M1330
  Package: plymouth 0.8.4-0ubuntu3
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz  --
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcFB: 0 nouveaufb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz  --
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3
  Tags:  quantal running-unity
  TextPlymouth: /lib/plymouth/themes/ubuntu-text/ubuntu-text.plymouth
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 12/26/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: A15
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.chassis.type: 8
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA15:bd12/26/2008:svnDellInc.:pnXPSM1330:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn:rvr:cvnDellInc.:ct8:cvr:
  dmi.product.name: XPS M1330
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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