[FireGL V5000] can't change resolution on compaq nw8240

[fangorious]

Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-ati

I'm using an HP Compaq NW8240 notebook with an ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 PCIE chipset. Under 6.10, I could use either the ati driver or the fglrx driver to have both widescreen and normal resolutions from 1920x1200 down to 640x480. In 7.04 the OSS ati driver seems to suffer from an inability to use any resolution other than 1920x1200. It seems to autodetect all the resolutions my notebook supports, but setting any resolution other than 1920x1200 results the screenshot I'm about to attach, along with my xorg.conf.

The fglrx driver enabled by Restricted Drivers Manager works just fine (although no AIGLX support with that). With the ATI driver I do get both hardware accel and AIGLX, I'm just stuck with that one resolution

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Here's a picture of my screen after trying to change the resolution.

Here's my xorg.conf. I've tried with and without the custom modelines for 1680x1050@60 and 1440x900@60 and also using the default refresh rates vs the correct ones below obtained from manufacturer documentation. All configurations have the same result.

Section "Files"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
        FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
        # path to defoma fonts
        FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "bitmap"
        Load "ddc"
        Load "dri"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "freetype"
        Load "glx"
        Load "int10"
        Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver "kbd"
        Option "CoreKeyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Configured Mouse"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "CorePointer"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
        Driver "synaptics"
        Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
        Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
        Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Generic Video Card"
        Driver "ati"
        BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Generic Monitor"
        Option "DPMS"
        HorizSync 31.5-91.1
        VertRefresh 60-100
        Modeline "1680x1050@60" 162.00 1680 1704 1792 2136 1050 1201 1204 1249 +hsync +vsync
        Modeline "1440x900@60" 162.00 1440 1464 1552 2136 900 1201 1204 1249 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Device "Generic Video Card"
        Monitor "Generic Monitor"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 1
                Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050@60" "1440x900@60" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 4
                Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050@60" "1440x900@60" "1400x1050" "1280x1024" "1280x800" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
        SubSection "Dis...

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Is this going to be triaged at all?

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Ubuntu Feisty has v6.6.3 of the ati driver, and I can't change resolution when using it. For details, including a screenshot and my xorg.conf, see the bug report at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/111674

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

since this doesn't seem to be receiving any attention here, I've filed an upstream bug report at https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11595

[agd5f (agd5f)]

Can you try the latest code from ati git or the ati 6.7.192 release?

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

I just tried the latest Ubuntu 7.10 beta (Tribe5) livecd and that worked fine. I don't think it has the 6.7.192 driver though. There are 6.7.192 packages for 7.04, so I'll try to test them this weekend, too.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

In the Ubuntu 7.10 LiveDVD beta image, the 6.7.193 driver is present. I can change resolutions with that. However, none of the non-native widescreen resolutions are listed anymore. Even with custom modelines in my xorg.conf.

[agd5f (agd5f)]

This should work, more or less, with ati git master.

[agd5f (agd5f)]

Can you also attach your xorg config and log?

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Sorry it unanswered for so long time. Thanks for filing the bug upstream.

However, you are not using the most recent version of this package. Please upgrade to the most recent version (6.7.194) and let us know if you are still having this issue.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

In the Ubuntu 7.10 LiveDVD beta image, the 6.7.193 driver is present. I can change resolutions with that. However, none of the non-native widescreen resolutions are listed anymore. Even with custom modelines in my xorg.conf.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

The -tv3 package from http://ppa.launchpad.net/tormodvolden/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-ati/ (i386 still in build queue) will have all the relevant changes from current git upstream.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Created an attachment (id=11842)
xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

The guy handling the Ubuntu bug I have for this, Tormod Volden, built pacakges
with "all the relevant changes from git upstream" so I tried those in the 7.10
beta livedvd.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/111674

I'm attaching a tar file with my xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log here too.

[Bugzi09-fdo-tormod (bugzi09-fdo-tormod)]

Created an attachment (id=11849)
changelog for my 6.7.194 package

Just for the record, here's the changelog that lists which post-194 commits I included.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Created an attachment (id=11850)
Xorg.0.log

it was requested to attach individual files instead of a tar file

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

Created an attachment (id=11851)
xorg.conf

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

I downloaded the tv3 package, booted the livedvd image into single user mode, installed the .deb, and started X. Still doesn't recognize any of the non-native widescreen resolutions, even with custom modelines for the two I care about. I've attached a tar file with my modified xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Please no tar files.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

You'll save us others for much time if you reattach the files. Also in the upstream bug. Stressed developers would not like to start downloading and extracting archives only to have a quick look.

[agd5f (agd5f)]

If you add the modes you want to the modes line in the display subsection of your config, it should add the modes, e.g.,
Modes "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

You can also add modelines on the fly with:
xrandr --newmode <modeline>
xrandr --addmode <output> <new mode name>

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

I just tried changing the ModeLine specs in the Monitor section to take the refresh rate out of the name string, and made the corresponding changes in the Modes spec of the Display subsection of the Screen section. Those resolutions are still not listed in gnome-display-properties. Using the two xrandr commands (I guessed LVDS for the output in the --addmode command) succeeded in getting those resolutions listed in gnome-display-properties, and I can change to those resolutions once they are listed. The xrandr commands also work on the Ubuntu 7.10 LiveDVD without Tormod's 6.7.194 package.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

The 'xrandr --newmode' and 'xrandr --addmode' commands in the upstream bug work. They even work to enable higher refresh rates. The only problem is they don't survive past a single X login session.

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Does it work to add "Modes" lines to the Display subsection of xorg.conf?

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

No. After adding that subsection I tried also adding the relevant ModeLines to the monitor section, that didn't help either. I currently have a shell script that runs the xrandr commands set to un on login in System -> Preferences -> Sessions but I still need to manually switch to my preferred resolution

[Benjamin-close (benjamin-close)]

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  - benjsc
    fd.o Wrangler

[Tormod Volden (tormodvolden)]

Can you please try Hardy Alpha 3? And upgrade to the newest -ati driver from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XorgOnTheEdge (it has both Gutsy and Hardy packages).

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

I'll try it out this weekend.

[pfrancav (pfrancav)]

Hi, I've a Compaq nw8440, similar to fangorious, with a ATI FireGL card. Also I've a similar problem, I've only one wide screen resolution available (1600 x 1050), too small for me.
I changed the xorg.xml a few times, adding new resolutions but neither appears in "screen resolution" menu.
I've Ubuntu 7.10, with the ATI restricted driver.

Another strange behavior, the combo gives me this options:
1680 x 1050
1280 x 1024
1152 x 864
1024 x 768
600 x 600
640 x 480

And the first three are not present in the xorg.xml

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
 Identifier "Default Layout"
 Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
 InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
 InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
 InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection

Section "Files"

 # path to defoma fonts
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
 FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
 FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
 Load "i2c"
 Load "bitmap"
 Load "ddc"
 Load "dri"
 Load "extmod"
 Load "freetype"
 Load "glx"
 Load "int10"
 Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
 Driver "kbd"
 Option "CoreKeyboard"
 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
 Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
 Option "XkbLayout" "latam"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Configured Mouse"
 Driver "mouse"
 Option "CorePointer"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
 Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
 Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
 Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
 Driver "synaptics"
 Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
 Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
 Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
 Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "stylus"
 Driver "wacom"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "stylus"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Identifier "eraser"
 Driver "wacom"
 Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
 Option "Type" "eraser"
 Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4"# Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
 Id...

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

I booted the livecd, and installed the ati deb, then restarted X, still no widescreen resolutions listed. So then I added the modelines in xorg.conf and restarted X, still no luck. The xrandr commands still work with hardy, but I still have to wait for the desktop to load and then manually change res.

pfrancav, there's an issue with Ati's fglrx driver that displays with a native 1680x1050 resolution might be limited to 1280x1024. See the release notes

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/catalyst_712_linux.html

[pfrancav (pfrancav)]

Hi fangorious, 1680 x 1050 works in my computer, the problem is that I have not a smaller resolution for widescreen.

Thanks

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

The 8.01 catalyst driver from ati.com detects the non-native widescreen resolutions, and supports custom modelines, so I'm using that now.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

AH HA! Probably doesn't really help solve this bug, but the 8.01 catalyst driver from ati.com detects all the non-native widescreen resolutions and supports custom modelines!

[Nemes Ioan Sorin (nemes-sorin)]

I can confirm this bug with ATI 9600 XT and fglrx 8.02, Hardy up to date.

After last upgrades - I can not set 1152x864x75.
Nor from gconf, and xorg.conf is useless too.

it start every time at 1280x1024x60. I need to use resapplet after each boot to set the correct resolution.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. In the development cycle for Intrepid there have been some vast improvements in the open source ati video driver and we could use your help testing them. Could you please download the latest Alpha CD image of Intrepid and test this particular bug just using the Live CD? You can find the latest image at http://www.ubuntu.com/testing . Your testing can help make Ubuntu and the open source ati driver even better! Thanks in advance.

[fangorious (fangorious-deactivatedaccount)]

This still seems to be a problem with an up-to-date 8.04 install.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

I suspect this is fixed now in the 6.11.0 version of the driver in Jaunty. It sounds like the interest is in having this fix for Hardy though, so I'll also open a task for that in case someone would like to backport the fix (but probably too hard to find what the fix was.)

If by chance this issue is still happening with 6.11.0, please feel free to reopen, but also please attach a fresh Xorg.0.log from after reproducing the issue.

[Rolf Leggewie (r0lf)]

Hardy has seen the end of its life and is no longer receiving any updates. Marking the Hardy task for this ticket as "Won't Fix".