[jaunty][PM800] Can't switch to text mode.

[dlamer]

Hi,

I have fully updated Ubuntu 9.04. When I press ctrl+alt+F1 (F2 etc...) I got screen crash with flashing artefacts.

Video card (after lspci)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN400/PM800/PM880/PN800/PN880 [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev
02)

[Jon Charge (seropith)]

Thank you for the report. Are you using an ATI card, or the ATI (-fglrx) driver?

[dlamer (l-wojtus)]

It's laptop with integrated video card. As we can see in square braces in lspci output it's S3 Unichrome Pro.

[dlamer (l-wojtus)]

I have installed package named : xserver-xorg-video-openchrome

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Please attach your Xorg.0.log file.
It is located at /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[dlamer (l-wojtus)]

PLeas take a look

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Please build/install the latest openchrome driver.
The detail instruction is available at:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChrome

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Does this problem exists in previous Ubuntu releases (Intrepid, Hardy)?

[dlamer (l-wojtus)]

OK, I did this build/install but my issue still exist. I also tried few things from "Problems and solution" section ( Disable DRI and Option "XaaNoImageWriteRect" in Device section of xorg.conf), nothing helped. I still can't use text mode and my system still freeze randomly (my another bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/356882 ).

I don't remember if this problem was in previous releases but i'm sure that the other issue (355882) was...

[Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65)]

Could you please check if this error exist in the Ubuntu Hardy (by running Live CD)?

Please attach Xorg.0.log file