X11 fails on VIA UniChrome Pro IGP

[Gertjan]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome

Heron alpha-6 fails to install on a Intel PC with VIA chip set. lspci partial outputs below, lsmod and dmesg (attached).

This is similar to bug #178575 but unlike that bug I have no problems installing 7.10.

With Hardy Heron Alpha 6, the Live CD (Desktop) boots fine and installation proceeds with out issues. On reboot into the new system, no driver is loaded, X11 complains about not finding any screen. /proc/interrupts doesnt even show the graphics card.

I went back to 7.10, which seems to use the via_agp driver. I could re-install alpha-6 on a different drive if some one requires more information or testing. We want to use 8.04 in our production environment so its a problem I would like to see fixed.

Thanks

Gertjan

26/03/2008:

ps 8.04 beta fails with same problem

lspci:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: VIA Technologies, Inc. UniChrome Pro IGP [1106:3344] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. UniChrome Pro IGP [1106:3344]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16
        Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Memory at fb000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at fc000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [70] AGP version 3.0

/proc/interrupts:
          CPU0
  0: 156292 IO-APIC-edge timer
  1: 1008 IO-APIC-edge i8042
  2: 0 XT-PIC-XT cascade
  3: 1 IO-APIC-edge
  4: 3 IO-APIC-edge
  7: 0 IO-APIC-edge parport0
  8: 3 IO-APIC-edge rtc
 16: 39792 IO-APIC-fasteoi via@pci:0000:01:00.0
 18: 11722 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth0
 20: 725 IO-APIC-fasteoi sata_via
 21: 39361 IO-APIC-fasteoi uhci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb2, uhci_hcd:usb3, uhci_hcd:usb4, ehci_hcd:usb5
 22: 3411 IO-APIC-fasteoi VIA8237
 23: 0 IO-APIC-fasteoi eth1
NMI: 0 Non-maskable interrupts
LOC: 156138 Local timer interrupts
RES: 0 Rescheduling interrupts
CAL: 0 function call interrupts
TLB: 0 TLB shootdowns
TRM: 0 Thermal event interrupts
SPU: 0 Spurious interrupts
ERR: 0
MIS: 0

[Romário Rios (luizromario)]

Here X11 does not fail, but, when I open an OpenGL application, it does not work well, as showed in the attached screenshot. OpenGL works fine in Gutsy.

[Romário Rios (luizromario)]

Here X11 does not fail, but, when I open an OpenGL application, it does not work well, as showed in the attached screenshot. OpenGL works fine in Gutsy.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Hi gertjan-hofman,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.