Bug#614507: xserver-common: Upgrade breaks X

Mon, 21 Feb 2011 17:30:19 -0800 

Thanks again for your quick answer.

Nigel Horne<n...@bandsman.co.uk>  (21/02/2011):

upgrading from which version?

I've no idea.  But if you can give me a pointer on how to find out I
will let you know.  Is it in a log file somewhere?

/var/log/dpkg.log will probably tell you. But if you could tell me
whether you upgraded from a squeeze system to a sid system, that would
be OK for me.
Neither, I just did apt-get upgrade and dist-upgrade. That may have upgraded my release, I don't know. 

I have this in my dpkg.log, is it what you're after?


2011-02-21 19:10:53 upgrade xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5 1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:10:53 status half-configured xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5
2011-02-21 19:10:53 status unpacked xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5
2011-02-21 19:10:53 status half-installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5
2011-02-21 19:10:54 status half-installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5
2011-02-21 19:10:54 status half-installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5
2011-02-21 19:10:54 status unpacked xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:10:54 status unpacked xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:18:55 configure xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2 1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status unpacked xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status half-configured xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status installed xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 
1:0.0.16+git20101210+8bb8231-2


2011-02-21 19:12:17 upgrade xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:12:17 status half-configured xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11
2011-02-21 19:12:17 status unpacked xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11
2011-02-21 19:12:17 status half-installed xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11
2011-02-21 19:12:17 status half-installed xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11
2011-02-21 19:12:17 status half-installed xserver-xorg-core 2:1.7.7-11
2011-02-21 19:12:18 status unpacked xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:12:18 status unpacked xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:18:55 configure xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status unpacked xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status half-configured xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3
2011-02-21 19:18:55 status installed xserver-xorg-core 2:1.9.4-3

2011-02-21 19:15:34 install linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 <none> 2.6.37-1

2011-02-21 19:15:34 status half-installed linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 
2.6.37-1
2011-02-21 19:15:35 status half-installed linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 
2.6.37-1

2011-02-21 19:15:38 status unpacked linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 2.6.37-1
2011-02-21 19:15:38 status unpacked linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 2.6.37-1
2011-02-21 19:17:17 upgrade linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+29 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:17:17 status half-configured linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+29
2011-02-21 19:17:18 status unpacked linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+29
2011-02-21 19:17:18 status half-installed linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+29
2011-02-21 19:17:18 status half-installed linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.32+29
2011-02-21 19:17:18 status unpacked linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:17:18 status unpacked linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:19:25 configure linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 2.6.37-1 2.6.37-1
2011-02-21 19:19:25 status unpacked linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 2.6.37-1

2011-02-21 19:19:25 status half-configured linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 
2.6.37-1

2011-02-21 19:20:10 status installed linux-image-2.6.37-1-amd64 2.6.37-1
2011-02-21 19:20:56 configure linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:20:56 status unpacked linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:20:57 status half-configured linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30
2011-02-21 19:20:57 status installed linux-image-2.6-amd64 2.6.37+30


If you don't know, look for the following package in that log file:
   linux-image-* (packages starting with “linux-image-”)
   xserver-xorg-core
   xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

Until we triage it further (probably a bug in the kernel or in the
nouveau driver), you may want to try and use the fbdev driver
instead. Make sure xserver-xorg-video-fbdev is installed and specify
the fbdev driver in xorg.conf as described in:
   http://pkg-xorg.alioth.debian.org/faq/general.html

That mentions the file xorg.conf, but not which directory said file is 
in. Is it still in /etc/X11?

Do you mean X starts but the screen is garbled?

Yes

Could you please explain a bit more details how it's garbled?

It's difficult to explain that. I mean you get horizontal lines and part 
of the screen is reproduced all over the place. I can't find the words 
to describe it.

In the meanwhile, I'm reassigning this bug report to the nouveau video
driver, Sven will probably take you from here.

Thank you.

KiBi.






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