[lucid] HD3200 intermittently does not start, resulting in low-graphics mode
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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linux (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Medium
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
I have been running Lucid for about three weeks. Roughly five days ago, on a reboot, X did not start properly, and I was presented with a recovery screen, which allowed me to use a low-graphics mode for that session only.
However, it turns out that X starts perfectly roughly three out of every four boots. I have no idea what might be causing this intermittent behavior. I doubt it is a hardware problem - I have been using this machine continuously with no problems for about a year.
The xorg log attached automatically by ubuntu-bug shows what happens when I am thrown into low-graphics mode. The 'old' xorg log attached by ubuntu-bug is from my previous boot - it shows a successful startup.
Please let me know what additional information I might supply to help troubleshoot this odd (at least to me!) problem. In case it is helpful, I have attached the section of my syslog from this startup.
Also starting about five days ago, I lose all video during the boot - for a length of time my monitor displays 'no signal'. So, for example, if a fsck is run during the boot, I have no idea what is happening, as there is no video output during that stage of boot.
(II) [drm] DRM interface version 1.0
(EE) [drm] Could not set DRM device bus ID.
(EE) RADEON(0): [dri] DRIGetVersion failed to open the DRM
[dri] Disabling DRI.
(EE) RADEON(0): Kernel modesetting setup failed
(II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Feb 12 22:15:25 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
InstallationMedia: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/
MachineType: ECS A780GM-A
Package: xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.utf8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
xserver-xorg 1:7.5+1ubuntu2
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.7-0ubuntu8
libdrm2 2.4.17-0ubuntu2
xserver-
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-13-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 05/20/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: 080014
dmi.board.name: A780GM-A
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: ECS
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: A780GM-A
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: ECS
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.32-13-generic
affects: | xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) |
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Confirmed |
tags: | removed: xorg-needs-kernel-fix |
tags: | added: kernel-handoff-graphics |
The situation has gotten worse.
About 80% of the time, the system will boot, and I just have a black screen.
The other 20% of the time, I get low-graphics mode.
If I revert to VESA drivers, the situation is NOT improved.
If I boot with the 2.6.32-10 kernel, I have no problems.