Screen randomly turns black with Ati Xpress 1100 graphics card

[kenan]

Regardless if I install my graphics card driver from restricted drivers, envy, or ati website, I get a problem where I am working and randomly the screen will turn black. There is no way to get the screen back to normal, I always have to restart the computer for it to work. The black screen can come at any time, I can just be on Opera and itll come up suddenly and I have no choice but to restart the computer

[Sebastian Bergmann (sb-sebastian-bergmann)]

As of a couple of days ago, I am experiencing a similar issue with Hardy Heron on my IBM ThinkPad X60s (Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller).

[Jonathan Carter (jonathan)]

I experienced the same problem on a Mac mini using an Intel driver on Hardy. I've been using the Intrepid beta on that machine and it doesn't happen anymore. When you're ready to test on Intrepid, please do and report back here.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi kenan09-,

Please attach the output of `lspci -vvnn`, and attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from after reproducing this issue. If you've made any customizations to your /etc/X11/xorg.conf please attach that as well.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

[Li Yu (raise-sail)]

I also encounter this bug, in fact, it exists at both 8.04 and 9.10 at least. The kernel may hang up randomly forever (I can not switch the caplock/Numlock light, and Ctrl-Alt-Delete has not effect at all), I tried to use vesa driver, ubuntu packaged fglrx driver, and downloaded driver from ATI site,all these are "buggy", so I think that this problem may not be exist in disaplay driver.

In Ubuntu 8.04/9.04, if I entered system by recover mode, then run "telinit 5", then X11 can work well at most time. but this hack does not work in Ubuntu 9.10 :(

The attachment contains /var/log/messages, /etc/X11/xorg.conf, the result of "lspci -vvv"

The attached /etc/X11/xorg.conf is generated by the utility in ati-driver-installer-9-10-x86.x86_64.run, in this way:

aticonfig --initial -f

That is all! thanks!

[Li Yu (raise-sail)]

And, before hangup, the screen may be tiled with some random colored rectangle (but all rectangles keep same pattern in each time), or LCD lost any signals ....