Xorg Out of Range with VGA native resolution

[Pasi Grönqvist]

This bug is related to Bug 1777621 with 17.10

pg@pg-desktop:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2304 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-1 connected primary 1024x768+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768 60.00*
   800x600 60.32 56.25
   848x480 60.00
   640x480 59.94
HDMI-1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
   1280x1024 60.02*+ 76.00 75.02 72.05
   1152x864 75.00
   1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
   832x624 74.55
   800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32
   640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 59.94
   720x400 70.08
   640x350 70.07
HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
  1280x1024_60.00 (0x120) 109.000MHz -HSync +VSync
        h: width 1280 start 1368 end 1496 total 1712 skew 0 clock 63.67KHz
        v: height 1024 start 1027 end 1034 total 1063 clock 59.89Hz
pg@pg-desktop:~$ xrandr --newmode 1280x1024_40.00 69.75 1280 1336 1472 1664 1024 1025 1028 1048 -HSync +Vsync
pg@pg-desktop:~$ xrandr --verbose --addmode VGA-1 1280x1024_40.00
pg@pg-desktop:~$ xrandr --verbose --output VGA-1 --mode 1280x1024_40.00
screen 0: 2560x1024 677x271 mm 95.98dpi
crtc 0: 1280x1024_40.00 40.00 +1280+0 "VGA-1"
pg@pg-desktop:~$
=>
VGA-1 Out of Range!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-23.25-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-23-generic x86_64
.tmp.unity_support_test.0:

ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Tue Jun 19 14:37:03 2018
DistUpgraded: 2018-06-19 13:58:44,011 ERROR got error from PostInstallScript ./xorg_fix_proprietary.py (g-exec-error-quark: Failed to execute child process “./xorg_fix_proprietary.py” (No such file or directory) (8))
DistroCodename: bionic
DistroVariant: ubuntu
ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, including running git bisection searches
GraphicsCard:
 Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0402] (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: ASRock Incorporation Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics Controller [1849:0402]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2017-09-28 (264 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170801)
MachineType: To Be Filled By O.E.M. To Be Filled By O.E.M.
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.15.0-23-generic root=UUID=32b56d21-8cb0-4fcd-8f39-bdee0a192558 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=1
SourcePackage: xorg
Symptom: display
Title: Xorg freeze
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-06-19 (0 days ago)
dmi.bios.date: 12/06/2013
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: P2.10
dmi.board.name: B85M
dmi.board.vendor: ASRock
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrP2.10:bd12/06/2013:svnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:pvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:rvnASRock:rnB85M:rvr:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.family: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.name: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.product.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.sys.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.13.1+18.04.20180302-0ubuntu1
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.91-2
version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 18.0.0~rc5-1ubuntu1
version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.19.6-1ubuntu4
version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:18.0.1-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.917+git20171229-1
version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.15-2
xserver.bootTime: Sun Jun 17 11:33:00 2018
xserver.configfile: default
xserver.errors:

xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
xserver.version: 2:1.19.5-0ubuntu2~16.04.1
xserver.video_driver: radeon

[Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt)]

"out of range" doesn't mean it's the wrong resolution. It means that you've specified some frequencies/values that the monitor can't support, or isn't meant to support in case they cause damage.

It's unclear to me if this is a bug in Xorg, a faulty monitor, or just a misunderstanding.