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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #258584
  2. Comment #13

Comment 13 for bug 258584

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kushykush (kushykush) wrote : Re: [Bug 258584] Re: [82G33/G31] Changing screen resolution results in a black screen

Too late for me. I already uninstalled intrepid.

On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Traumflug <email address hidden> wrote:
> Today Update Manager gifted a lot of Xorg stuff. Of course, I
> immediately tried changing screen resolution and *drums* - *fanfare* -
> changing screen resolution works again. Still a black screen, but it
> recovers after few seconds. :-)
>
> $ X -version
>
> X.Org X Server 1.5.0
> [...]
> Build Date: 11 September 2008 06:25:01PM
>
>
> I vote for closing the bug,
> thanks a lot to developers and triagers.
>
> MarKus
>
>
> P.S.: sort of a follow-up: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/269595
>
> --
> [82G33/G31] Changing screen resolution results in a black screen
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/258584
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> Status in "xserver-xorg-video-intel" source package in Ubuntu: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> In Intrepid Ibex 8.10 AMD64 as of today, a few days after alpha4 and upgraded from Hardy, I can't change the screen resolution. Every attempt to do so with Gnome's Monitor Resolution Settings panel results in a black screen which never recovers (I've waited something like 20 minutes).
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> Currently I'm running 1280x1024 pixels at 60 Hz. The graphics driver is set to "intel". Gnome's panel appears to detect the CRT monitor fine and the list of resolutions offered is plausible. Even if I switch to a resolution which I know to work fine in Hardy on the same hardware, the monitor goes black and turns off after some time. I always had to hard reboot the machine, a Dell Vostro 200 using onboard graphics (Intel GMA X3100). The failure survives a reboot, resulting in an unusable computer.
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> Recovering isn't simple and reconfiguring xserver-xorg didn't help. So I digged around and found some graphics settings in $HOME/.config/monitors.xml. The values there are changed to what I've choosen in the panel, and re-setting them to what I had before opening the monitor resolution panel gives me back at least a useable machine.
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> As I don't know what Gnome's panel does or how to change resolution from the command line (there's no "fbset" installed after the upgrade), I'm stuck with hunting down the culprit.
>