[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
** Tags added: valid-xorg-conf -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59618 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I confirm that Safe graphics mode works for me in Kubuntu 7.04 Heard 3 (amd64). Thanks for fixing the bug. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I've uploaded robepisc's patch, although it'll probably be for Herd 4 rather than Herd 3 at this point. ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu X SWAT = Colin Watson Status: Confirmed = Fix Committed -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Tollef decided to accept this for Herd 3. xorg (1:7.1.1ubuntu7) feisty; urgency=low [ robepisc ] * Skip video card autodetection if xforcevesa is set (LP: #59618). -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed, 31 Jan 2007 10:38:30 + ** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed = Fix Released -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Still broken in Herd 2 of Feisty Fawn. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided = High -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
This is how you can test the previous patch with QEMU: 1. create an empty floppy image (dd if=/dev/zero of=fd.img bs=1k count=1440) 2. format it with mkfs.vfat 3. loop mount it somewhere 4. put xserver-xorg.config.patch there 5. umount it 6. boot a Feisty Herd1 desktop CD image with qemu: $ qemu -fda fd.img -cdrom feisty-desktop-i386.iso -boot d 7. boot with: xforcevesa break=casper-bottom single and without quiet splash 8. at the console, do: $ insmod /root/lib/modules/2.6.19-7-generic/kernel/drivers/block/floppy.ko $ mkdir /tmp/floppy $ mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /tmp/floppy $ patch /root/var/lib/dpkg/info/xserver-xorg.config /tmp/floppy/xserver-xorg.config.patch $ umount /tmp/floppy $ rm -r /tmp/floppy $ rmmod floppy $ ^D 9. wait... 10. check how your just autogenerated /etc/X11/xorg.conf uses vesa instead of cirrus (which is the virtual video card emulated by qemu) 11. enjoy :-) -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I don't understand how it is undecided. It probably affects 15% of everyone who tries to install Ubuntu. The 15% includes people with NVIDIA cards that cause garbling with the nv driver, and other cards that do not work properly by default. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I linked to what I hope is clear instructions for a workaround to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyKnownIssues ps. If someone knows of some screenshots that would explain things better, please add them to the wiki page. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Just took some screeshots with QEMU and added them to the wiki as you asked. I hope they are ok. Thank you Tormod for your nice work on EdgyKnownIssues! I think it is very useful for both users and developers. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Same problem as above, impossible to start the Edgy 6.10 live CD in safe mode. !!! I find that a very Crittical bug and I don't understand why the importance is this undecide!!! Don't forget that run the safe mode is vey important as it is the only way, for a lot of people, to suceed to install ubuntu if their cards doesn't work well with ati/nvidia driver. For example I have a fujitsu Siemens A7600 labtop with ATI Radeon IGP320m memory card, and I know by experience that there is only 2 config which works : vesa and radeon with dri disabled. For Dapper, the safe mode was working nice for me and was the only way to succed to install ubuntu as the normal/install mode was using wrong driver. So could you please escalate it. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
On Tue, 2006-11-07 at 10:32 +, TLE wrote: and hopefully that it'll be fixed on the 6.10.1 cd. AFAIK, point releases will only happen for LTS releases, such as 6.06 LTS. 6.10 isn't a LTS, so it won't have a point release (6.10.1). This was the case with all the releases before 6.06. -- Bruce Cowan https://launchpad.net/people/bruce89 -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I agree that this it is very important that this bug gets fixed very soon, and hopefully that it'll be fixed on the 6.10.1 cd. I the mean time there is a workaround here: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/67487 See the post from Tormod from 2006-11-05 16:31:36 CET -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Wow I just attempted to install 6.10 on a box with a Voodoo 3 3000 in it just to play around and try Kubuntu out. Not fixing this before release wasn't cool, it affects a lot of people. I don't understand how the severity of this bug is undecided...it's pretty severe! Affecting multiple cards from Nvidia, ATI, and other vendors to the point of being difficult/impossible to even run the installer is badand the bug is months old. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
I concur with DominikBodi; a href=https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/linux- meta/+bug/67487Bug #67487/a is another example where being able to force X to use vesa could very well solve the issue of not being able to boot the LiveCD bat all/b. Including more advanced solutions (such as ati and nv drivers) is great for a LiveCD, but there must also be the option of using a much more basic, sure to work method in the event the first method fails. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
The bug persists in 6.10 final. I've attached my Xorg.0.log to https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+bug/67405 -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Please escalate the importance of this bug. More duplicate reports keep coming in. Safe graphics mode is a workaround for many gfx problems troubling x.org with certain chipsets. Bug #22985 is just one example of what can go wrong. All the other popular gfx chipsets have problems that bite users, as well. Using the vesa driver for X has always been a good workaround to get the system to a working state. Now this doesn't work any more and many new users will not be able to get X running at all. Judging the number of bug duplicate bug reports that have been trickling in so, you will lose a big number of new users because of this bug unless you act quickly and escalate this problem. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu X SWAT -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
In fact. The debconf script of xserver-xorg, when executed, sees that xforcevesa flag is in use and sets vesa as the default driver. So far so good. But then it makes a probe of the video chipset, and if it finds a known one, overrides the default (vesa) with that one (in my case, sis)! The solution would simply be to modify the debconf script so that, if xforcevesa is set, the probe is completely skipped. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
xorg has configuration for this which doesn't seem to work correctly. ** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: casper = xorg -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
** Changed in: casper (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed = Confirmed -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
** Summary changed: - [Knot2] The hint to use Safe graphics mode is ignored + Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 59618] Re: Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA
Still present in Edgy Beta! Since Safe graphics mode is prominent in the LiveCD boot screen and it's the only hope for people with a buggy graphics card, I think it's very important that it does what it's supposed to do in the stable release. -- Safe graphics mode doesn't use VESA https://launchpad.net/bugs/59618 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
