[BUG]: Display Issues with artix-cinnamon-openrc ISO on laptops
1. Summary:
When booting the artix-cinnamon-openrc-20240819-x86_64.iso on an HP ProBook 450 G2 laptop, the desktop environment fails to load correctly, displaying horizontal and vertical colored lines. Using the nomodeset kernel parameter in GRUB allows the GUI to load but with a significantly reduced display resolution.
2. Detailed Description:
I am encountering a display problem when attempting to boot the Artix Linux Cinnamon OpenRC live ISO (artix-cinnamon-openrc-20240819-x86_64.iso) on my HP ProBook 450 G2 laptop. Instead of the desktop environment loading as expected, the screen shows a series of horizontal and vertical colored lines, making the interface unusable.
Applying the nomodeset kernel parameter in GRUB allows the GUI to load correctly; however, this results in a very low display resolution, which severely hampers usability. Secure Boot has been disabled in the UEFI settings to rule out related issues.
I attached four images demonstrating the display problem.
3. Steps to Reproduce:
- Download the artix-cinnamon-openrc-20240819-x86_64.iso from the official Artix Linux website.
- Create a bootable USB drive using Rufus version 4.5.2180 in DD mode.
- Observe the display during the boot process without nomodeset: Desktop environment fails to load correctly, displaying colored lines.
- Observe the display during the boot process with nomodeset: GUI loads but with reduced display resolution.
4. Expected Behavior:
The system should boot into the Artix Linux live environment without display artifacts, and the desktop environment should load correctly with proper display resolution.
5. Actual Behavior:
Without nomodeset: The desktop environment does not load correctly; instead, the screen shows horizontal and vertical colored lines.
With nomodeset: The GUI loads properly, but the display resolution is significantly lower than expected.
6. System Information:
Laptop Model: HP ProBook 450 G2
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz, 2201 MHz, 2 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
RAM: 16 GB DDR3
Graphics:
- GPU1: Intel(R) HD Graphics 5500
- GPU2: AMD Radeon R5 M255
BIOS Version: Hewlett-Packard M73 Ver. 01.54, 03/03/2020
ISO Version: artix-cinnamon-openrc-20240819-x86_64.iso
Boot Mode: UEFI
USB Creation Tool: Rufus 4.5.2180 (DD mode was used)
7. Additional Information:
Secure Boot: Disabled in UEFI settings.
Graphics Configuration: This laptop utilizes dual graphics (Intel integrated and AMD Radeon discrete GPU).
Other Distributions that work on this laptop: Linux Mint and Manjaro live environments work fine on this laptop.
Kernel Parameters Tried: nomodeset
Attempts to Resolve:
Created the USB using Rufus in DD mode.
Disabled Secure Boot.
Applied the nomodeset kernel parameter.
8. Attachments:
Image 1: An image showing horizontal and vertical colored lines during boot without nomodeset.
Image 2: Screenshot showing the GUI with low resolution when using nomodeset.
Image 3: fastfetch output.
Image4: lspci output.