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Bug 583976

Summary: Video display for console usage if too far left - can't use in console mode.
Product: Gentoo Linux Reporter: John Stein <aksornsri1>
Component: Current packagesAssignee: Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO    
Severity: normal    
Priority: Normal    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: AMD64   
OS: Linux   
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Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---
Attachments: This is the portage make.conf that I used.

Description John Stein 2016-05-24 13:27:31 UTC
Created attachment 435230 [details]
This is the portage make.conf that I used.

Gentoo source: 4.4.6
Intel processor: Q6700, Amd64bit
Graphics card: Nvidia GeForce 7100
Graphics driver/module: 'nouveau' as reported by lspci -nnk
Symptoms: screen is at least 10 to 15 characters too far to the left making console unusable. 

Have done the "Gentoo Linux amd64 Handbook: Installing Gentoo" many/many times over many/many days using both the "Default: Manual configuration" (METHOD 1) and the "Alternative: Using genkernel" (METHOD 2).

Have also tried "Quick Installation Checklist" (METHOD 3) hoping that "# make localyesconfig" would work since the LiveDVD works fine.

The first two methods produce the same video problem/symptom. 
The third method halts its kernel compile at "DEPMOD" line and fails to system prompt.

No modules are listed in /etc/conf.d/modules. I've tried making nouveau compiled into kernel but same symptoms.


Thank you,
Ken Busse
Comment 1 Alex Xu (Hello71) 2016-05-30 14:53:20 UTC
please attach dmesg.
Comment 2 John Stein 2016-06-02 14:44:14 UTC
How do I run dmesg when I can't use the screen?
Comment 3 Thomas Deutschmann (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2016-06-30 23:59:23 UTC
Can you use another system and ssh into the box with the video problem (don't forget to enable ssh before!)?