Need Support For Hardware & Live Usb Issue + Bugs version 0.1

[James McKenzie]

On 7/8/11 3:19 PM, Navdeep Singh Sidhu wrote:
>
> I have Dell Xps 15 with config:-
> 8 Gb RAM
> 2nd generation i7 processor 2.2 GHz Boost 2.0 upto 3.30 GHz
> Dual Graphics Card Intel HD 3000 & nvidia geforce GT 540M with Optimus 
> Techonology
> 720 GB hardisk
> Motherboard Dell XPS system L502X
> Intel centrino 6230 Network Card with BT 3.0
>
> I have installed 2 linux distro on my External USB portable seagate 
> 500 GB hardisk fedora 15 & Ubuntu 11.04. i have installed these distro 
> by using HP pavilion dv 2762 tx with config:-
>
> Core2duo 1.83Ghz
> 2Gb ram
> nvidia geforce 9600m graphics card
>
> Both these distro works with all other older laptops Like HP, Dell 
> studio  1 yr old config , Compaq 5 yr old, but not on my Dell XPS 15.
> To check my laptops hardware compatibility i used a Ubuntu 10.10 live 
> Cd. it works fine . i use this cd as a live media but when i tried 
> same Ubuntu 10.10 on live usb it gives blank screen or error which i 
> mentioned below.
> To check that my iso file damaged or my download has been corrupted or 
> not, i tried different distros with different desktop enviornment like 
> Gnome,KDE,Xcfe & Lxde. i tried fedora 15, ubuntu 10.10, ubuntu 10.04, 
> ubuntu 11.04. slackware,eduboss each with avail flavors.
> But all i have tried gives almost same error with each distro. i don't 
> know what is this some kind of bug or lack of support with dell 
> chipset (hardware). if live cd boots well then i think there is 
> nohardware compatibility issue with linux. I think this is lack of usb 
> support because may be Linux has no support until now for latest 
> motherboards or hardware architects.
>
> These are the errors i got with different distros. i am not able to 
> figure out what's going on bcz i'm rookie in Linux programming. But if 
> anyone can do it, plz help me i haven't run my linux from previous 1 
> and half month and i'm a linux addicted.
> starting from Fedora 15 gnome(almost same for kde except starting numbers)
>
> error:-
> [   2.571729] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
> [   2.571847] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
>
> Dropping to debug shell.
> sh.can't acess tty:job control off
> dracut:/#
>
>
> Fedora 15 LXDE
>
> [   2.514402] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:invalid ROM contents
> [   2.614971] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:POINTER to BIT load vol table 
> invalid
> [   2.639331] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:0xd518:12cwr fail: -6
> [   2.75332] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unsupported 
> chipset,please report!
> [   2.753646] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0:PGRAPH:unknown config:2/0/0/0,1
> [   2.755342] [drm] nonveau 0000:01:00.0: failed to load fuc 409 d
>
>
> [   2.919340] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
> [   2.919447] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
>
> Dropping to debug shell.
> sh.can't acess tty:job control off
> dracut:/#
>
>
> Fedora 15 XCFE
>
> [   2.563563] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
> [   2.563680] [drm:intel_drm_platform_mux_info] *ERROR* MUX INFO CALL 
> FAILED
What kind and model of video card is installed in the system you are 
creating the boot USB from and what is in the Dell?  Looks like a video 
mismatch AND a video card NOT supported by the open source ATI video driver.

James McKenzie