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muhsim
November 1st, 2009, 06:26 AM
I am unable to boot after fresh install of Karmic Koala 64bit on ASUS UX50V.
The screen goes all blank. If recovery mode is used, the following error appears:


[3.790262] [drm] LVDS-8: set mode 1366x768 e
[3.855973] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48And then, after about 5 min the following error shows:


/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
(many times with numbers appended to the end)

Begin: Loading essential drivers...
Done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ...
Done.
Begin: Mounting root file system...


Waiting for root file system...
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
(many times with numbers appended to the end)
wilee-nilee
November 1st, 2009, 06:34 AM
Did you try a update from the command line.
muhsim
November 1st, 2009, 03:21 PM
How do I get into command line if even recovery option does not boot?
Do I have to pass some additional arguments during boot-up?
BTW, Live CD stops booting into demo mode after karmic is installed, it only does if I remove all partitions and create a blank partition.
muhsim
November 1st, 2009, 04:27 PM
Fixed by passing the following arguments at boot. Press "E" while on boot menu and then for boot options, add "i915.modeset=0" (comes after "ro")

This is a critical issue with KMS and needs to be addressed immediately!
muhsim
November 1st, 2009, 04:33 PM
To permanently disable KMS edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg and add the "i915.modeset=0" option to boot parameters. Should be on the line where it says

linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.... ro quiet splash.
So, it becomes:

linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.. ro quiet splash i915.modeset=0 .
lyc1
November 3rd, 2009, 05:44 PM
Did you report this as a bug in launchpad ?

I have the same problem on the same laptop (UX50V), but your fix doesn't work for me.
Even if I add i915.modeset=1, startup hangs after 3 or 4 seconds...
muhsim
November 3rd, 2009, 09:10 PM
Did you report this as a bug in launchpad ?

I have the same problem on the same laptop (UX50V), but your fix doesn't work for me.
Even if I add i915.modeset=1, startup hangs after 3 or 4 seconds...

It should be "i915.modeset=0". Or just "nomodeset".
lyc1
November 5th, 2009, 09:56 AM
It should be "i915.modeset=0". Or just "nomodeset".
:confused:
Why have I read =1 instead of =0 ???

I'm affected by early alzheimer :)

Thanks a lot, I will try again.