Jan, 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 Please note, given that the information from the prior release is already available, doing this on a release prior to the development one would not be helpful. 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: New => 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/880882 Title: X starts with garbled screen, restarting X from cli fixes Status in “xorg-server” package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: I am running an Asus eeePC 1101HA with a (dreaded) Poulsbo video card. I upgraded from Natty to Oneric, and X wouldn't start anymore. Under Natty I ran X with fbdev driver since the default driver would break suspend/resume. I had applied the fix from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsboAlternatives to get 1366x768 resolution. After upgrading and trying all kinds of things to fix this, the situation is as follows: - Apparently, under kernel 3.0.0.12, the 'correct' way to run X is with fbdev, which is accellerated by a kernel module of either 'poulsbo' or 'psb_gfx'. I have re-enabled the fix from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsVideoCardsPoulsboAlternatives to get native resulution, under either vesa or fbdev. (If there is some other driver comination I should try, please tell me.) Without this workaround I can only get 640x480 resolution. - I can start and run under the VESA driver, everything works fine but screen updates in video are sloooooow. - I can run the system with the fbdev driver enabled. If I do this X starts up with a garbled screen. How it is garbled depends on the exact settings I'm using, but one common way is that each row of pixels is shifted a dozen pixels or so compared to the row above it. I have tried this last fbdev setup with several settings: - I have tried blacklisting 'poulsbo' and/or 'psb_gfx' in all four combinations in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf. If poulsbo gets loaded, X starts up with a garbled screen, but if I log into a console and kill X it restarts correctly. If poulsbo is blacklisted, X is garbled and stays garbled if I kill it. Disabling psb_gfx did not have any visible results. - I have played a bit with the GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX variable in /etc/default/grub. Different settings result in different ways the screen gets garbled, but otherwise there's no difference. Some settings of this variable cause even the text console to be garbled. I have also tried starting the system with the 2.6.38 kernel, which was the default before the upgrade, but to no avail. I suspect the problem is with the video mode transition from GRUB to X which somehow fails, while the transition to/from textmode works. (note: after startup, switching to a text console and back to X without restarting X does not fix the problem) I tried running a fresh Oneric from live usb, but it resulted in bug #880580. For completeness, after upgrade I also had a problem with sound, but that appears to be unrelated and has a workaround available (#825709). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: None Date: Mon Oct 24 15:52:13 2011 DistUpgraded: Log time: 2011-10-20 20:12:53.828169 DistroCodename: oneiric DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: psb, 0.2.36~snapshot3, 3.0.0-12-generic, i686: installed ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, whatever it takes to get this fixed in Ubuntu GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation System Controller Hub (SCH Poulsbo) Graphics Controller [8086:8108] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:83ce] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110427.1) Lsusb: Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13d3:5071 IMC Networks MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer INC. 1101HA ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic root=UUID=9fb48e72-ce5e-4724-a3be-afc517fb52d9 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg UnitySupportTest: Error: command ['/usr/lib/nux/unity_support_test', '-p', '-f'] failed with exit code -11: UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-10-20 (3 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 06/17/2009 dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc. dmi.bios.version: 0205 dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M. dmi.board.name: 1101HA dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: x.xx dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0x00000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTek Computer INC. dmi.chassis.version: x.x dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr0205:bd06/17/2009:svnASUSTeKComputerINC.:pn1101HA:pvrx.x:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rn1101HA:rvrx.xx:cvnASUSTekComputerINC.:ct10:cvrx.x: dmi.product.name: 1101HA dmi.product.version: x.x dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.6+bzr20110929-0ubuntu5 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.26-1ubuntu1 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.11-0ubuntu3 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+7ubuntu7 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 2:2.9down2.5.99.901.2+git20101204.31ba99e9-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 2:8.9down6.14.99+git20110307.6319a33c-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 3:2.9down2.14.0+git20110220.9599fde6-0ubuntu0sarvatt~natty version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 2:0.9down0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7~natty To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/880882/+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
