[i810] Broken Intel Video i810, upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 Beta unless Option "NoDRI" used
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Bryce Harrington |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg
Hi!, after upgrading from Ubuntu 8.04 to (today) Ubuntu 8.10 Beta, via update_manager I got an useless Desktop, because GDM stops from appear, instead the screen just flickers when it has too appear (GDM).
The culprit, I think, is xserver-xorg. I had configured my driver in xorg.conf as "i810" but new 7.4 Xorg rejects it, it will give a lot of errors complaining about it.
Problem is partially solved doing a dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, but I lose my Monitor modelines, needed to get 1024x768 (otherwise, from Xorg autodetection, I only get 800x600).
If I use displayconfig-gtk, I can choose my monitor (AOC Spectrum 4V), my video chipset (i180), and my desired resolution (1024x768). Problem is that xorg.conf generated by it (displayconfig-gtk) is not accepted by Xorg 7.4, because the keyboad, mouse and even the i810 driver specified...
To sort my problem I have to copy the modelines generated by displayconfig-gtk, then run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, copy the modelines in the new xorg.conf and I got a useful Desktop again.
I mean, this is a big incompatibility problem between old xorg.conf and new 7.4 Xorg. Because that, GDM didn't load in my case (just after the upgrade) because it was using a 1024x768 that Xorg did not accepted at the moment, instead of GDM it showed garbage and freezes.
I had to change to TTY1, stop GDM, kill X, and run "startx" to get my Gnome Desktop (at 800x600), thing which was not so easy to figure it out at first time...
Please, if you can improve Xorg support for i810 (which was extra fine in Hardy), it would be greatly appreciated :)
Thank you!
:~$ apt-cache policy xserver-xorg
xserver-xorg:
Instalados: 1:7.4~2ubuntu5
Candidato: 1:7.4~2ubuntu5
Tabla de versión:
*** 1:7.4~2ubuntu5 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
:~$ apt-cache policy gdm
gdm:
Instalados: 2.20.8-0ubuntu1
Candidato: 2.20.8-0ubuntu1
Tabla de versión:
*** 2.20.8-0ubuntu1 0
500 http://
100 /var/lib/
i810 was dropped from the archive because the driver is not supported anymore. Please attach your /var/log/Xorg.0.log with the new xorg.conf.