16:9 aspect ratios have corrupt display [Dapper Beta]

[Johnny Jelinek IV]

Standard resolutions work fine: 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768
Widescreen resolutions look corrupt onscreen: 1280x768, 1280x800, 1152x768

Steps for verification of problem:
System>Preferences>Screen Resolution

Change to any widescreen resolution and view corrupt desktop.

*Worked fine in Flight 6*

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

This is how the desktop looks in any widescreen resolution with Dapper Beta.

[MyLeftFoot (mylefty)]

I had flight 6 live cd. i download the dapper beta amd64 live cd and the system loaded fine on my laptop and the default resolution was 1280x800

my system info
HP Compaq Presario R4000 model R4025US
AMD 64 3200+
ATI XPRESS 200M

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

odd, I've got:
emachines M6805
AMD64 Athlon 3000+ (1.8 Ghz)
ATI Radeon 9600 Mobility

Worked fine on Flight 6 -- It *could* be due to new X.org 7 perhaps?

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

I just installed Dapper Final on my laptop ... everything has gone downhill for my laptop since Breezy :( -- 'tis a shame. Anyway, I'm still having the graphic problems doing 16:9 resolutions. Take a look at the screenshot.

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

Grabbing the graphic drivers from the Repos fixed the Resolution problem, but didn't give me any graphic acceleration :/ weird.

[Rodrigo Novo (rodarvus)]

Johnny, thanks for the bug report!

Unfortunately it is a little too vague to be helpful, right now. Please take a look at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration, and follow the steps provided there, if at all possible. We would also appreciate immensely if you could attach the relevant logs/outputs mentioned in the wiki page, into this bug report.

I'm also marking the bug as 'needs info', for now.

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

would you like me to follow the steps with Dapper 6.06.1 or with Edgy Knot
1?

On 8/23/06, Rodrigo Novo <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> Johnny, thanks for the bug report!
>
> Unfortunately it is a little too vague to be helpful, right now. Please
> take a look at
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingXAutoconfiguration, and
> follow the steps provided there, if at all possible. We would also
> appreciate immensely if you could attach the relevant logs/outputs
> mentioned in the wiki page, into this bug report.
>
> I'm also marking the bug as 'needs info', for now.
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> 16:9 aspect ratios not working Dapper Beta
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/40700
>

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

I am once again plagued by this curse -- out of box.

I'll follow the steps you've requested momentarily, have a look at the current view though :( Screenshot provided!

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

DebuggingXAutoconfiguration

leetcharmer@lappyx64:~$ lspci -n
00:00.0 0600: 1106:3188 (rev 01)
00:01.0 0604: 1106:b188
00:0a.0 0607: 1524:1410
00:0c.0 0280: 14e4:4320 (rev 03)
00:10.0 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.1 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 80)
00:10.3 0c03: 1106:3104 (rev 82)
00:11.0 0601: 1106:3177
00:11.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
00:11.5 0401: 1106:3059 (rev 50)
00:11.6 0780: 1106:3068 (rev 80)
00:12.0 0200: 1106:3065 (rev 74)
00:13.0 0c00: 1106:3044 (rev 80)
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1100
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1101
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1102
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1103
01:00.0 0300: 1002:4e50

leetcharmer@lappyx64:~$ sudo discover --disable=parallel,serial,usb,ide,scsi,pcmcia --format="%S\t%D\n" video
discover: Bus not found.

leetcharmer@lappyx64:~$ sudo xresprobe ati
id:
res: 1280x800
freq:
disptype: lcd/lvds

What went wrong:

In Breezy, my resolution was nicely 1280x800. Ever since the autoconfiguration option was implemented for which resolutions should be available, it automatically chooses 1024x768 by default and when choosing 1280x800, the entire screen looks messed up and garbled. I don't understand why this has changed.

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

I've included my xorg.conf file after the xserver-xorg reconfigure (this caused my laptop's scroll wheel to work!! :D!

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

This is my original xorg.conf that comes right after a fresh install of Edgy Knot 3.

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

Also, a sidenote: after rebooting post xorg-reconfigure, the screen began flashing a whole bunch and freakin' out. When I did CTRL+ALT+1 to go to terminal, I lost full visibility because text was moving and going crazy. When I would go back to GNOME, the whole screen was glitchy and colorful. Constantly moving, gave me motion sickness :O *barf*

Anyway, let me know if you need anymore information! I'd love to be more assistance (I hope it'll benefit me in the future!)

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Bumping priority up. Sounds pretty annoying.

[ETSlinux (startrekeddy888)]

I have a laptop that has an mobility ATI Radeon 9600 and a nice screen that can go 1280*800 MAX.
I also used to get those really annoying black-messed-up-screen. But now everything works alright.

[CODE]
Section "Device"
 Identifier "Generic Video Card"
 Driver "ati"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 60
 VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Generic Video Card"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection
[/CODE]
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WITH
----

[CODE]
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 NP [Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 M10/M11]"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 60
 VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV350 NP [Mobility Radeon 9600/9700 M10/M11]"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16Section "Device"
 Identifier "Generic Video Card"
 Driver "ati"
 BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
 Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Generic Monitor"
 Option "DPMS"
 HorizSync 60
 VertRefresh 60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Device "Generic Video Card"
 Monitor "Generic Monitor"
 DefaultDepth 24
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 1
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 4
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 8
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 15
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 16
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
 EndSubSection
EndSection
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection
 SubSection "Display"
  Depth 24
  Modes "1280x800"
 EndSubSection

EndSection[/CODE]

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Can those who are experiencing this bug please test against gutsy-beta or newer and report here if they still see the issue or not? We've made a number of improvements/fixes to X that I suspect may have addressed this issue.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

It's been a few weeks without response. I think this is likely fixed in Gutsy, but if someone could please test Gutsy final, please reopen if the issue still exists.

[Johnny Jelinek IV (johnnyjiv)]

It works out of the box for me :D, but -- The splash screen didn't work
after the liveCD install. I had to manually edit entries to get usplash to
work properly (basically, it automatically configured for 1280x1024, when my
laptop can only do 1280x800). This also adds time to booting up, I don't
know why.

On 10/19/07, Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> It's been a few weeks without response. I think this is likely fixed in
> Gutsy, but if someone could please test Gutsy final, please reopen if
> the issue still exists.
>
> ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
> Status: Incomplete => Fix Released
>
> --
> 16:9 aspect ratios have corrupt display [Dapper Beta]
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/40700
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