Activity log for bug #272877

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2008-09-21 19:28:19 Rune K. Svendsen bug added bug
2008-09-21 19:28:19 Rune K. Svendsen bug added attachment 'Xorg.0.log' (Xorg.0.log)
2008-09-21 19:28:40 Rune K. Svendsen bug added attachment 'xorg.conf' (xorg.conf)
2008-09-27 13:33:42 Rune K. Svendsen marked as duplicate 272463
2008-12-21 18:44:30 Rune K. Svendsen removed duplicate marker 272463
2009-01-08 09:38:31 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status New Incomplete
2009-01-10 16:19:56 Rune K. Svendsen bug added attachment 'lspci-vvnn.log' (lspci-vvnn.log)
2009-01-15 10:03:52 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Incomplete Confirmed
2009-01-15 10:03:52 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation
2009-01-15 10:04:03 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Confirmed Incomplete
2009-01-17 10:04:51 Bryce Harrington description Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati When running the Inpretid Alpha 6 Live CD I just get a blank/black screen when GDM starts. I am able to get to a console by pressing Alt+F1, and if I change the driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf and restart GDM, it starts fine and I can log in. Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati When running the Inpretid Alpha 6 Live CD I just get a blank/black screen when GDM starts. I am able to get to a console by pressing Alt+F1, and if I change the driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf and restart GDM, it starts fine and I can log in. [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1083] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 [1002:9501] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e620]
2009-01-23 15:52:59 Rune K. Svendsen bug added attachment 'regdump_good.txt' (Output of "radeontool regmatch '*'" with working "vesa" driver)
2009-01-23 15:53:58 Rune K. Svendsen bug added attachment 'regdump_broke.txt' (Output of "radeontool regmatch '*'" with non-working default driver ("ati"))
2009-01-29 10:11:47 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Incomplete Triaged
2009-01-29 10:11:47 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: importance Undecided High
2009-01-29 10:21:38 Bryce Harrington bug assigned to xserver-xorg-driver-ati
2009-01-29 10:21:45 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: status Unknown Confirmed
2009-02-17 01:24:11 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status Triaged In Progress
2009-02-17 01:24:11 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation Reportedly no longer happening, in the upstream bug report. If anyone can point to the patch that fixed the issue, we can certainly consider cherrypicking it for inclusion in Jaunty right now.
2009-02-17 16:53:41 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: status Confirmed Fix Released
2009-02-18 20:30:00 Bryce Harrington title Blank screen when GDM starts [HD 3870] Blank screen when GDM starts
2009-02-18 21:24:59 Bryce Harrington description Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati When running the Inpretid Alpha 6 Live CD I just get a blank/black screen when GDM starts. I am able to get to a console by pressing Alt+F1, and if I change the driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf and restart GDM, it starts fine and I can log in. [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1083] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 [1002:9501] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e620] Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati When running the Inpretid Alpha 6 Live CD I just get a blank/black screen when GDM starts. I am able to get to a console by pressing Alt+F1, and if I change the driver to "vesa" in xorg.conf and restart GDM, it starts fine and I can log in. [lspci] 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller [8086:29c0] (rev 02) Subsystem: ABIT Computer Corp. Device [147b:1083] 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon HD 3870 [1002:9501] Subsystem: PC Partner Limited Device [174b:e620] [update] This is fixed in the current -ati git tree, but not yet available in Ubuntu. Hopefully it should be resolved next time we update -ati for jaunty.
2009-02-19 03:02:54 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: status In Progress Fix Released
2009-02-19 03:02:54 Bryce Harrington xserver-xorg-video-ati: statusexplanation Reportedly no longer happening, in the upstream bug report. If anyone can point to the patch that fixed the issue, we can certainly consider cherrypicking it for inclusion in Jaunty right now. I've just uploaded 6.11.0 to Jaunty which I believe should have this fix. Please re-test and if the issue occurs still, reopen this bug.
2010-09-13 18:56:11 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Unknown Medium
2011-01-25 15:14:20 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Medium Unknown
2011-02-03 17:02:57 Bug Watch Updater xserver-xorg-driver-ati: importance Unknown Medium