Bug 513735 - Modesetting does not init LCD panel properly on 830M
Summary: Modesetting does not init LCD panel properly on 830M
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11-drv-intel
Version: 11
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
low
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Jackson
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-07-25 01:50 UTC by Callum Lerwick
Modified: 2018-04-11 09:13 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2010-06-28 13:49:05 UTC
Type: ---
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
Screenshot of messed up screen (561.38 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-07-25 01:50 UTC, Callum Lerwick
no flags Details
Xorg log, no modesetting (51.36 KB, text/plain)
2009-08-14 17:58 UTC, Callum Lerwick
no flags Details
dmesg, no modesetting (29.39 KB, text/plain)
2009-08-14 18:01 UTC, Callum Lerwick
no flags Details

Description Callum Lerwick 2009-07-25 01:50:46 UTC
Created attachment 355123 [details]
Screenshot of messed up screen

Description of problem:

Trying to boot with modesetting enabled results in a static vertically striped screen with white horizontal lines at each quarter of the display that looks like an LCD initialization problem. The machine seems to continue booting, but the display is unusable.

Booting with a CRT attached works, however the LCD remains black, no backlight. Trying to enable it with xrandr doesn't work. Also there seems to be pixmap corruption issues.

LCD works just fine with modesetting disabled.

Toshiba Satellite 1100, Intel 830M chipset:

http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_cfc61f77-d39b-475c-ab3d-d5b8c566d8d3

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

kernel-2.6.29.5-191.fc11.i586
kernel-2.6.29.6-213.fc11.i586
xorg-x11-drv-intel-2.7.0-7.fc11.i586

How reproducible:

100%

Comment 1 Matěj Cepl 2009-08-07 13:04:49 UTC
Thanks for the bug report.  We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue.

Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf, if available), /var/log/dmesg, and X server log file (/var/log/Xorg.*.log) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachments using the bugzilla file attachment link below.

We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information.

Thanks in advance.

Comment 2 Callum Lerwick 2009-08-14 17:58:55 UTC
Created attachment 357485 [details]
Xorg log, no modesetting

Comment 3 Callum Lerwick 2009-08-14 18:01:41 UTC
Created attachment 357486 [details]
dmesg, no modesetting

Comment 4 Callum Lerwick 2009-08-14 18:03:08 UTC
Well, there they are without modesetting. Getting them with modesetting will be a bit harder. I suppose I could do it with an external monitor attached?

Comment 5 Matěj Cepl 2009-08-14 22:28:48 UTC
Yes, or boot into runlevel 3.
Create this /etc/X11/xorg.conf

  Section "ServerFlags"
      Option "DontZap" "false"
  EndSection

and then (as normal user) run

startx 2>&1|tee /tmp/Xorg.log

Wait couple of seconds and kill Xserver with Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (you can do even blindly). Then attach both /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /tmp/Xorg.log to this bug report as separated uncompressed attachments.

Thank you in advance

Comment 7 Matěj Cepl 2009-11-05 18:35:35 UTC
Since this bugzilla report was filed, there have been several major updates in various components of the Xorg system, which may have resolved this issue. Users who have experienced this problem are encouraged to upgrade their system to the latest version of their packages. For packages from updates-testing repository you can use command

yum upgrade --enablerepo='*-updates-testing'

Alternatively, you can also try to test whether this bug is reproducible with the upcoming Fedora 12 distribution by downloading LiveMedia of F12 Beta available at http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/ . By using that you get all the latest packages without need to install anything on your computer. For more information on using LiveMedia take a look at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraLiveCD .

Please, if you experience this problem on the up-to-date system, let us now in the comment for this bug, or whether the upgraded system works for you.

If you won't be able to reply in one month, I will have to close this bug as INSUFFICIENT_DATA. Thank you.

[This is a bulk message for all open Fedora Rawhide Xorg-related bugs. I'm adding myself to the CC list for each bug, so I'll see any comments you make after this and do my best to make sure every issue gets proper attention.]

Comment 8 Bug Zapper 2010-04-28 09:18:54 UTC
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Approximately 30 (thirty) days from now Fedora will stop maintaining
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Comment 9 Bug Zapper 2010-06-28 13:49:05 UTC
Fedora 11 changed to end-of-life (EOL) status on 2010-06-25. Fedora 11 is 
no longer maintained, which means that it will not receive any further 
security or bug fix updates. As a result we are closing this bug.

If you can reproduce this bug against a currently maintained version of 
Fedora please feel free to reopen this bug against that version.

Thank you for reporting this bug and we are sorry it could not be fixed.

Comment 10 Callum Lerwick 2014-07-01 01:15:52 UTC
For some reason I am getting auto-nagged about needinfo. The laptop in question was recycled years ago. So this bug is pretty moot.


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