[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-10 Thread linas
The bug I report her appears to be old and well-known to xorg/freedesktop See https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24966 Will attempt to download and debug source code... ** Bug watch added: freedesktop.org Bugzilla #24966 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24966 -- You

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-08 Thread Bug Watch Updater
** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-mga (Debian) Status: Unknown = New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900111 Title: X server on Matrox g550 is all black

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-07 Thread Vadim Rutkovsky
** Also affects: xserver-xorg-video-mga (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546836 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread Tormod Volden
Please run apport-collect 900111 to attach more information. It would be nice to also have the xrandr --verbose output from the blind session. BTW, I saw this in the log. Do you have the proprietary nvidia OpenGL libraries installed? [ 81272.142] (EE) Failed to initialize GLX extension

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread Tormod Volden
Please file a separate bug for the memory size detection. The driver does all kinds of trickery to figure out the VRAM size, and this should be possible to get to work also in your case. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
apport-collect fails: I get all the way through a web session, where I loig into launchpad openid via lynx, authorize apport to collect the data, and then get this: No REFERER Header Launchpad requires a REFERER header to perform this action. There is no REFERER header present. This can

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
attachment has xrandr output. First few lines are these: linas@blackspot: ~ $ xrandr --verbose xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Screen 0: minimum 400 x 300, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1080 default connected 1920x1080+0+0 (0x4c) normal (normal) 0mm x 0mm

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread linas
p.s. as a kernel/toolchain/glibc developer who once used to do X11 devel long long ago, I'm willing to build from source, in order to test. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread Tormod Volden
Here is your chance to get back into X development! :) Seriously, having the hardware at hand is a huge advantage. Meanwhile I have found a similar bug report here: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi- bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=546836 where it appears to be a regression since the old XFree86 server. I have a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-05 Thread Tormod Volden
Oh, just saw Forcing xorg.conf to use a lower resolution does not solve problem now. Still, please cycle through all the xrandr modes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
xorg.conf file ** Attachment added: xorg.conf https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-mga/+bug/900111/+attachment/2619941/+files/xorg.conf -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
Log file from a failed session. Several notes about this file: -- you will see some vague evidence for another graphics adapter in the log; its an nvidia at pci 4:0:0 Please note the mga problem occurs even when the nvidia card is removed from the system ... I checked! -- Note that the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
BTW, If I use a DVI-to-VGA adapter, and run a vga cable to the monitor, then one output port shows fine pink black vertical bars; the other port shows all black (and the monitor thinks the all-black screen does have valid video out, at 1600x1200) (the pink-bars vga out is also 1600x1200). By

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 900111] Re: X server on Matrox g550 is all black (no output)

2011-12-04 Thread linas
BTW, this is on an amd64 system (i.e. 64-bit binaries) perhaps there's some 32-64-bit bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-mga in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/900111 Title: X server on Matrox