Intel driver selects 30 Hz [i855]

[Andreas Schildbach]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-intel

On a Fujitsu Lifebook E4010, a freshly installed Gutsy selects 30 Hz:

~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1400 x 1050, maximum 1400 x 1400
VGA disconnected (normal left inverted right)
LVDS connected 1400x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 0mm x 0mm
   1400x1050 29.7*+ 85.3 74.8 70.0 60.0
   [...]
TMDS disconnected (normal left inverted right)

I try to switch to 60 Hz, but nothing happens:

$ xrandr --output LVDS --rate 60

Switching with the Screen Resolution preferences does not do anything, either.

The result is that part of the display flickers, on certain colors (the standard desktop background, for example).

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Thanks for reporting this issue. It seems really bizarre that it's selecting 30 Hz and 320x200. It suggests your hardware is not getting detected properly.

Please attach your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and the output of lspci -vvnn. It would also be helpful if you could test this against a Hardy alpha livecd to see if the issue remains there.

[Iulian Udrea (iulian)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New".

Thank you.

[Andreas Schildbach (schildbach)]

Sorry for taking so long to report back. I don't have access to the notebook very often.

I've retested the problem on the latest intel package (2:2.1.1-0ubuntu9.1), there is no change.

[unggnu (unggnu)]

This bug seems to be a duplicate of bug #157213, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can add.
Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.