MarcRandolph, this bug was reported a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering if this is still an issue? If so, could you please test for this with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .
If it remains an issue, could you please run the following command in the development release from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report: apport-collect -p xorg-server REPLACE-WITH-BUG-NUMBER Thank you for your understanding. Helpful bug reporting tips: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReportingBugs ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low ** Changed in: xorg-server (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/584590 Title: LiveCD should not set color depth + resolution combination so aggressive Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: Binary package hint: xorg Trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 with standard LiveCD. Splash screen shows up properly, but when the window manager fires up, it sets the color depth to 24 bits, which is too high for some video devices when they are running in high resolution (including the admittedly old Dell Latitude C800 I'm on right now that runs 1400 x 1050). Changing xorg.conf to force 16 bit color looks great, and should be the default as it is a MUCH more universally supported setting than 24 bit. $ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB Controller #1 (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M4 AGP 02:03.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10) 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556 Hurricane CardBus [Cyclone] (rev 10) 02:06.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem (rev 10) 02:0f.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 02:0f.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller 02:0f.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet 10/100 (rev 03) 03:00.1 Serial controller: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + 56k Modem (rev 03) ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04 Package: xorg 1:7.5+5ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-19.28-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1 Uname: Linux 2.6.32-19-generic i686 Architecture: i386 CheckboxSubmission: 7c13f7165c52c88c4d0209ab8f72213f CheckboxSystem: efd05939b08abfe86caa44c3820f8e56 Date: Sun May 23 15:03:47 2010 DkmsStatus: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory GdmLog2: Error: command ['gksu', '-D', 'Apport', '--', 'cat', '/var/log/gdm/:0.log.2'] failed with exit code 1: cat: /var/log/gdm/:0.log.2: No such file or directory LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha i386 (20100410.1) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub MachineType: Dell Computer Corporation Latitude C800 PccardctlIdent: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: no product info available PccardctlStatus: Socket 0: 3.3V 32-bit PC Card Socket 1: no card ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/hostname.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity ProcEnviron: LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xorg dmi.bios.date: 03/21/2001 dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.bios.version: A08 dmi.board.name: Latitude C800 dmi.board.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.chassis.type: 8 dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellComputerCorporation:bvrA08:bd03/21/2001:svnDellComputerCorporation:pnLatitudeC800:pvr:rvnDellComputerCorporation:rnLatitudeC800:rvr:cvnDellComputerCorporation:ct8:cvr: dmi.product.name: Latitude C800 dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Computer Corporation glxinfo: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory system: distro: Ubuntu codename: lucid architecture: i686 kernel: 2.6.32-19-generic To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/584590/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
