[Intel 828xx] No usplash on boot/shutdown

[Henrik Sjökvist]

Dell Dimension 2400 with Intel integrated graphics (82845G/GL) using i810_smbus linux driver.
No splash displays, just a blinking cursor.

Also reproduced on 82815, 82865G, 82845G and 82830 CGC cards

Update: It seems to be caused by usplash and consoles not working with 1Mb Vram (bug 106769)

Workaround for some Dell computers :
In the BIOS setup in the menu "Intergrated Devices (LegacySelect Options)" increase "Onboard Video Buffer" from 1 MB to 8 MB.

[Paul Sladen (sladen)]

Hi Henrik, is this i386, or amd64, dapper, or edgy?

You mention the 'i810_smbus' driver, how did you configure this, did you select it manually? What happens if you don't use the 'i810_smbus' but leave things to the auto-detection?

[Henrik Sjökvist (henrrrik)]

Hi,

This is edgy i386 (upgraded from dapper) with everything autodetected.

Regards,

Henrik

24 okt 2006 kl. 19.25 skrev Paul Sladen:

> Hi Henrik, is this i386, or amd64, dapper, or edgy?
>
> You mention the 'i810_smbus' driver, how did you configure this,
> did you
> select it manually? What happens if you don't use the 'i810_smbus'
> but
> leave things to the auto-detection?
>
> ** Changed in: usplash (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> No usplash on boot/shutdown
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/68012

[Phil Cook (phil-inexorable)]

I can confirm this problem. Same hardware, same behaviour. I've attached the output of lspci.

[Doug Farrington (dfarrington)]

I can confirm this behavior as well. On boot/shutdown I get a black screen with a few vertical white lines. GDM loads OK, though. This is on a Dell Inspiron 2500 with i810 on Edgy.

[Andrew McCarthy (andrewmccarthy)]

Henrik, it's not quite clear from your description if the PC continues to boot normally or not - can you take a look at bug #61711 and see if it's the same thing? Thanks!

[Phil Cook (phil-inexorable)]

Andrew,

I can't speak for Henrik, but the bug I'm experiencing is only superficially similar to #61711. The only problem I'm experiencing is the blank screen, with a blinking cursor, during boot. GDM starts fine, and there doesn't seem to be any appreciable slowdown. Moreover, #61711 seems to be related to x86-64. I'm running i386.

HTH,
Phil.

[Henrik Sjökvist (henrrrik)]

It boots normally as far as I can tell. Unlike bug #61711 there is no
apparent slowdown.

3 nov 2006 kl. 14.40 skrev Andrew McCarthy:

> Henrik, it's not quite clear from your description if the PC continues
> to boot normally or not - can you take a look at bug #61711 and see if
> it's the same thing? Thanks!

[Jitendra Aditya (jittul)]

I can confirm this behavior as well,
I have a Celeron 2GHz+Intel 82845 motherboard on my desktop
During bootup/shutdown, all I can see is a blinking cursor on top left corner on my screen.
if I wait for some time (5 minutes typically), GDM comes up fine.
On Kubuntu, KDM never comes up and the PC freezes at blinking cursor.
Same scenario is observed even if I boot from the (K)Ubuntu Edgy CD.
by the way dapper works fine.
Thanks!

[Rich Johnson (nixternal)]

Confirming - multiple confirms in this report alone, and I have experienced this as well.

cat /etc/usplash.conf

try setting that to 1024x768 - this fixes it for me every time

[Henrik Sjökvist (henrrrik)]

This is my unaltered /etc/usplash.conf:

# Usplash configuration file
xres=1024
yres=768

Seems it is set to 1024x768 already.

[Timo van Roermund (timo-van-roermund)]

A solution on my PC is to add vga=773 to the kernel command line (in /etc/grub/menu.lst). Do not forget to run this command after editing the file menu.lst:

update-initramfs -u -k `uname -r`

Hardware: Dell Optiplex gx270, Intel i865 integrated graphics adapter.

[eidex (n9600112)]

thanks timo,

that solved the problem on my hp omnibook 510 with i830 integrated graphics too!

[Timo van Roermund (timo-van-roermund)]

My previous comment was not completely right: I mentioned the wrong path (/etc/grub/menu.lst instead of /boot/grub/menu.lst) and also the changes were removed when a new kernel was installed (more precisely, when update-grub is run). So here a new howto:

Edit the file /boot/grub/menu.lst and find the line that starts with "# kopt". In my case:

# kopt=root=UUID=73014da7-ff55-487e-bdbc-4ad6d47e5d68 ro

Add "vga=773" to the end of the line. So in my case:

# kopt=root=UUID=73014da7-ff55-487e-bdbc-4ad6d47e5d68 ro vga=773

Save the file. Now run "update-grub". The next time you boot, you should see the splash screen!

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

Confirmed here too with :

Linux Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10
usplash 0.5.7
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.1.1-0ubuntu9

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
using intel driver

The vga=773 trick doesn't work with this Intel graphic card

[Saivann Carignan (oxmosys)]

In order to get relevant information and help fixing that bug, I suggest that people who have this bug :

1. post the output of this on a terminal : cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -A 2 'Section "Device"'
2. post the output of this on a terminal : lspci
3. tell which ubuntu version you use.

Thanks to everybody who worked on this so far.

[eidex (n9600112)]

ok, i hope that helps;

1.)

~$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf | grep -A 2 'Section "Device"'
Section "Device"
        Identifier "Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]"
        Driver "intel"

2.)

~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82830 830 Chipset Host Bridge (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller]
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1988 Allegro-1 (rev 12)
01:04.0 Communication controller: ESS Technology ES2838/2839 SuperLink Modem (rev 01)
01:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VM (KM) Ethernet Controller (rev 42)
02:00.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:00.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)

3.) Gutsy Gibbon 2.6.22-14-generic

[eidex (n9600112)]

PS: The workaround mentioned by Timo van Roermund worked till feisty fawn

[Makario Lewis (makk753)]

Changing my BIOS options as instructed in the updated Bug Description resolved my problem.

"Workaround for some Dell computers :
In the BIOS setup in the menu "Intergrated Devices (LegacySelect Options)" increase "Onboard Video Buffer" from 1 MB to 8 MB."

[Bill Smith (bsmith1051)]

none of the suggested config-file changes worked on my Dell Optiplex GX270 (running Ubuntu 7.10 with generic Intel video driver). Only the BIOS change from 1MB to 8MB worked.

Is it possible for the Intel driver to detect the potential problem and then either warn the user or automatically downgrade the video to a usable mode?

[Phillip Susi (psusi)]

The usplash package has been superseded by plymouth and has been removed from the Ubuntu archive. Closing all related bugs.