Re: [Tails-testers] Testing Tails 3.0 Unable to boot into ta…

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A: Brian Hamilton, Tails list for early testers
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Assumpte: Re: [Tails-testers] Testing Tails 3.0 Unable to boot into tails
Hi Brian,

intrigeri:
> Brian Hamilton:
>> My name is Brian and I have been testing your current beta of Tails 3.0 and
>> I have found some issues


> Thank you!


>> The computer I have been testing this on is a HP DC7800 Small Form Factor
>> Desktop PC.


>> I am also loading tails from a DVD-R instead of a USB Disk.


>> Some of the error messages are happening before the bootloader menu appears.


>> After selecting the options in the bootloader menu I am unable to get into
>> the tails operating system as the system will simply hang on these
>> information messages. In both Tails mode and Troubleshooting mode. I waited
>> for about 10-15 minutes but no further progress happens.


> If I got it right, this computer has a Intel GMA 3100 video adapter.
> Is this correct?


> On Tails 2.x it should use the Intel X.Org video driver, that is not
> included in Tails 3.0~beta1 so far, because for most hardware it's not
> the best choice anymore. But it seems that the new set of drivers (kernel
> + modesetting X.Org video driver) doesn't support your
> hardware correctly.


> Can you please test another experimental ISO, that should land there
> within 24 hours:


> https://nightly.tails.boum.org/build_Tails_ISO_feature-stretch-intel-video/lastSuccessful/archive/build-artifacts/


Ping? Please pass @xorg-driver=intel@ on the kernel command line.

If that fixes the problem for you, I'll need the output of "lspci -v"
so I can have this fix applied automatically when this graphics card
is detected.

Cheers,
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intrigeri