Bug #17155
nvidia geforce 2070
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Description
In version 3.1* this card can only load Tails in low resolution (640 × 480).
In version 4.0 rc1, users reported that Tails freezes after the Boot Loader Menu screen.
Reported cards: Nvidia Geforce 2070 super, Nvidia Geforce 2070m RTX
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#1 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-18 12:00:20
FTR, I’ve asked Tom Watson <watsonalges@gmail.com> on our testers mailing list to provide more (useful/actionable) info about this problem.
#2 Updated by intrigeri 2019-10-20 16:00:39
> FTR, I’ve asked Tom Watson <watsonalges@gmail.com> on our testers mailing list to provide more (useful/actionable) info about this problem.
The last message displayed on the screen, with debug nosplash boot options, is: fb0: switching to nouveaufb from EFI VGA.
I see lots of folks on the web with similar problems. Some have workaround’ed it with nomodeset.
#3 Updated by numbat 2020-01-02 15:31:46
Boot option “nomodeset” works with “Nvidia RTX 2070 Super”!
#4 Updated by numbat 2020-03-14 15:33:36
A user has done further testing with an Nvidia RTX 2070 Super:
- `nomodeset` boot option gives the same error message (GDM error)
- Debian Live works perfectly
#5 Updated by intrigeri 2020-03-15 17:28:19
Hi numbat,
numbat wrote (2020-01-02):
> Boot option “nomodeset” works with “Nvidia RTX 2070 Super”!
Could you please ask this person to retry with Tails 4.4?
numbat wrote (2020-03-14):
> A user has done further testing with an Nvidia RTX 2070 Super:
>
> # `nomodeset` boot option gives the same error message (GDM error)
This appears to contradict the report from January. I guess that’s because something changed in Tails, that caused this regression.
In the future, it would be really helpful if you told us which version of Tails you’re reporting about: without this info, it’s hard to look for changes that may cause the problem.
> Debian Live works perfectly
Do you know which version of Debian Live?