Intrepid daily, X Server hangs on ATI Radeon 9200 SE RV280
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xserver-xorg-driver-ati |
Fix Released
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High
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xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Bryce Harrington |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg
The current daily build with 2.6.27-3-generic fails to load X - the screen remains black/empty. /etc/X11/xorg.conf is empty.
A running hardy xorg.conf is attached - hth.
lspci: on a running hardy says:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8377 [KT400/KT600 AGP] Host Bridge (rev 80)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
00:0a.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! Game Port (rev 0a)
00:0d.0 Network controller: AVM Audiovisuelles MKTG & Computer System GmbH A1 ISDN [Fritz] (rev 02)
00:0e.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0e.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
00:0e.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
00:13.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Video Capture (rev 02)
00:13.1 Multimedia controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt878 Audio Capture (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (rev 01)
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE] (Secondary) (rev 01)
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2600+
If I start the live cd in "simple graphics mode" X starts after a while, but goes blank as soon as I touch my mouse.
System is a 2 hdd raid1, current hardy kernel is
Linux 2.6.24-19-generic #1 SMP Wed Aug 20 22:56:21 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati: | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | High → Unknown |
Changed in xserver-xorg-driver-ati: | |
importance: | Unknown → High |
You shouldn't need to run vesa on it. If you comment out the "vesa" and Busid lines from xorg.conf, does it work in hardy then? It should use the ati driver automatically. If not, attach /var/log/ Xorg.0. log.