[i945gm] xorg-driver-fglrx is causing Xorg freeze with an Intel card

[Xavier Poinsard]

Binary package hint: xorg-driver-fglrx

I was upgrading for 8.10 to 9.04.
I have an Intel 945M video card.
After upgrade, Xorg was freezing during its launch.
I discovered that removing xorg-driver-fglrx packages solved this freeze.
I found this thanks to bug #295018.
The xorg-driver-fglrx should not prevent Xorg from starting even if the expected hardware is not found.
At least users should be warned.

[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS, 943/940GML and 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub [8086:27a0] (rev 03)
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01cc]
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:27a2] (rev 03)
     Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:01cc]

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi xpoinsard,

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

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[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I've posted a new version of the -fglrx driver to our xorg-edgers PPA,
would you mind testing it either on Jaunty or Karmic and see if it
resolves this bug?

Get fglrx 8.620 here:

  https://edge.launchpad.net/~xorg-edgers/+archive/ppa

[Xavier Poinsard (xpoinsard)]

Problem is still present.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package fglrx-installer - 2:8.632-0ubuntu1~bwh~1

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fglrx-installer (2:8.632-0ubuntu1~bwh~1) karmic; urgency=low

  * New upstream release.
    - X segmentation fault no longer occurs after applying reflections or
      rotations on some systems that support Xrandr 1.2 or higher
    - Catalyst Control Center hot plugging a secondary display no longer
      causes screen corruption in clone mode
      (LP: #388601)
    - Monitor are now disabled after removing the secondary display when
      system is in standby
    - Some systems now report CrossFire adapters available during driver
      re-install
    - On some multi-monitor configurations disabling one display no longer
      causes both displays to become disabled
    - X Server does not intermittently fail to start on some multi adapter
      configurations
      (LP: #367045, #360790, #370051)
    - Executing xrandr --prop no longer causes Ubuntu 9.04 X Server to stop
      responding
    - Segmentation fault no longer occurs with X server Xinerama is
      enabled
      (LP: #364497, #355841, #359880)
  * xorg-driver-fglrx.preinst: Switch obsolete
    --print-installation-architecture to --print-architecture.
    (LP: #403316)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:38:39 -0700