10de:03d0 [Compaq Presario SR5333WM Desktop PC] "Input Signal Out Of Range" in textmode

[KD5NRH]

X works fine but during boot, shutdown, and any other time the machine is in text mode, the monitor displays "input signal out of range, change settings to 1440x900."
Monitor is a Compaq WF 1907.

Workaround:
Add the line GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 to /etc/default/grub and run sudo update-grub. Reboot.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: linux-image-2.6.38-8-generic 2.6.38-8.42
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.23.
AplayDevices:
 **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices ****
 card 0: NVidia [HDA NVidia], device 0: ALC888 Analog [ALC888 Analog]
   Subdevices: 1/1
   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: kd5nrh 1728 F.... xfce4-volumed
                      kd5nrh 1753 F.... pulseaudio
CRDA: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory
Card0.Amixer.info:
 Card hw:0 'NVidia'/'HDA NVidia at 0xfe028000 irq 21'
   Mixer name : 'Realtek ALC888'
   Components : 'HDA:10ec0888,103c2a5c,00100001'
   Controls : 21
   Simple ctrls : 13
Date: Sun May 22 09:36:25 2011
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=f5d4b23f-2985-4df6-b266-e418fc7071d3
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427)
IwConfig:
 lo no wireless extensions.

 eth0 no wireless extensions.
MachineType: Compaq-Presario GX632AA-ABA SR5333WM
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.38-8-generic root=UUID=efccbcb9-3abc-4cad-ace3-d15b17e31593 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-2.6.38-8-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.52
RfKill:

SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 10/03/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD
dmi.bios.version: 5.20
dmi.board.name: Iris8
dmi.board.vendor: ECS
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvr5.20:bd10/03/2007:svnCompaq-Presario:pnGX632AA-ABASR5333WM:pvr:rvnECS:rnIris8:rvr1.0:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct3:cvr:
dmi.product.name: GX632AA-ABA SR5333WM
dmi.sys.vendor: Compaq-Presario

[Elias Schwerdtfeger (nachtwaechter)]

I found a possible reason of the problem.

Installed Ubuntu 11.04 with an other monitor, installation w/o problems. Text mode okay, X okay.

Changed monitor (moved the computer to my normal workplace), booted and saw an error message of my monitor saying "Frequency out of range". Heard hard disc activity and waited until X starts. No problem in X, but whenever I changed to text mode with Alt-F1 to Alt-F6, "frequency out of range".

Sounds rather similar to this bug.

After digging two hours in the log files, I realized that grub caused the problem. So I added a line GRUB_GFXMODE=800x600 to /etc/default/grub and ran sudo upgrade-grub. Rebooted and the problem was fixed for me.

In my problem, grub was the culprit.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

KD5NRH, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

Also, could you please test the latest upstream kernel available (not the daily folder) following https://wiki.ubuntu.com/KernelMainlineBuilds ? It will allow additional upstream developers to examine the issue. Once you've tested the upstream kernel, please comment on which kernel version specifically you tested. If this bug is fixed in the mainline kernel, please add the following tags:
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This can be done by clicking on the yellow circle with a black pencil icon next to the word Tags located at the bottom of the bug description. As well, please remove the tag:
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If the mainline kernel does not fix this bug, please add the following tags:
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Once testing of the upstream kernel is complete, please mark this bug's Status as Confirmed. Please let us know your results. Thank you for your understanding.