Bug 1024049

Summary: Video distortion on wide screen displays, Matrox adapter MGA G200EV
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Raul Cheleguini <rcheleguini>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-mgaAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Desktop QE <desktop-qa-list>
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Version: 6.4CC: ajax, desktop-qa-list, jmunilla, pveiga, rcheleguini, tpelka
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Last Closed: 2015-02-11 21:13:31 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Raul Cheleguini 2013-10-28 16:45:42 UTC
Created attachment 816854 [details]
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Description of problem:

Video distortion on wide screen monitors with RHEL and Matrox G200EV adaptors and resolutions greater than 800x600.

Models potentially being affected:

IBM x3200 7328
DELL T410
DELL R610
DELL R710

Please, see the screenshot in the attachments section.

The RHEL installation works well only in 6.1.
The last driver release which is working without issues is xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-3.el6.


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

RHEL release 6.2, 6.3 and 6.4.
Driver greater than xorg-x11-drv-mga-1.4.13-3.el6.


How reproducible:

Install the RHEL 6.1 and update the system to RHEL 6.4.


Actual results:

Video distortion on wide screen monitors.
It is only possible to work on 800x600 screen resolution and via vesa driver.

Expected results:

Video working by default, no issues when wide screen monitors are used.

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2013-11-01 08:25:28 UTC
This request was not resolved in time for the current release.
Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to
propose this request, if still desired, for consideration in
the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Comment 7 Priscila 2014-02-05 18:27:41 UTC
ping

Comment 9 Priscila 2014-03-07 14:29:38 UTC
Hello.

I would like to know if there

Comment 10 Priscila 2014-03-07 14:31:38 UTC
Hello 

I would like to know if there is any news. Customer are unhappy with this situation and lack of informatin from Red Hat.

Comment 18 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:52:45 UTC
The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days