Fails to write out sync ranges for ati rage 128
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Please find patch attached.
Using a Thinkpad A22p, this problem occurs on Flight-4 to Flight-6 Live CDs. The problem still occurs when I update the xserver-xorg package to xserver-
The HorizSync and VertRefresh values are not written out to the xorg.conf file. This causes X to start in 640x480 with a broken, unusable display.
The problem appears to be the same as Bug #29540. However, that is for the powerpc case. I have made several notes in that bug. I have been told to start a new bug for Intel based systems. Several bugs have been marked as duplicates of that bug. However, none seem to be for "straight" Ubuntu (not Kubuntu) on Intel.
Basically, the problem is that xserver-
I have tested this using
dpkg -i <debfile>
dpkg-reconfigure -fnontinteractive xserver-xorg
"dpkg-reconfigure -fnontinteractive xserver-xorg" is invoked by the live CD setup.
This patch has been tested on the A22p with the rage 128 and correctly turns on xserver-
To see if this breaks other X server configurations I tested on a desktop box with Intel i915 Integrated Graphics Controller xserver-
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
In xserver- xorg/config/ monitor/ use_sync_ ranges there is a conditional
statement for various laptop chipsets that fail when the sync ranges aren't written out. I have added "ati" to that conditional statement.