[regression] 7.2 broke vesa: "No matching modes found"
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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X.Org X server |
Fix Released
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Medium
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
xserver-xorg-video-vesa (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: xorg
Downloaded Feisty Herd 5 desktop x86 image, checked hash, burned and verified a cd.
The testing machine is a laptop: Dell Inspiron 6400, an Intel Core 2 Duo with a Radeon Mobility X1400 and 1280x800 widescreen display.
Launching the Live CD, at the end of the boot process a dialog box says that gdm cannot start, and the boot ends with console login.
The error message after a startx is:
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
The solution is editing xorg.conf and adding "HorizSync 36-52" and "VertRefresh 36-60" in "Section Monitor". Giving a startx, the desktop appears with normal resolution for the vesa driver (cannot use radeon driver on this machine).
Also, a sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, even accepting all default choices, solves the problem.
This appears a minor bug, but a non-geek user would have troubles debugging it. Also, Feisty Herd 3 and 4 went straight to the desktop, so this is a regression from older releases
description: | updated |
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Unknown → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Fix Released → Confirmed |
Changed in xorg: | |
status: | Confirmed → Needs Info |
importance: | Medium → High |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Incomplete → Fix Committed |
Changed in dell: | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in dell: | |
status: | Fix Committed → Fix Released |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Medium → Unknown |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
importance: | Unknown → Medium |
Changed in somerville: | |
status: | New → Fix Released |
no longer affects: | dell |
Changed in xorg-server: | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Released |
could you try booting it without usplash: remove 'splash' from the kernel boot commands and see if that helps.