Bug 208712

Summary: video out of range on graphical install from rescue CD on PowerPC
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: John Reiser <jreiser>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-atiAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Flags
/tmp/ramfs/X.log upon failure
none
Xorg.0.log from good boot of previous FC5 system
none
lspci output
none
/tmp/Xconfig.test
none
/tmp/ramfs/X.log
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/tmp/ramfs/X.log
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XConfig.text none

Description John Reiser 2006-09-30 17:04:33 UTC
Description of problem: Using today's rescue CD to install via "boot: linux" on
a PowerPC Apple Macintosh mini, the external LCD monitor hardware detects "Out
of range" and/or displays "staircase" rasters (pitch is wrong by 32 pixels).


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-11.1.0.102-1
7fc0e7c8edeb5b20b75f571565276bf862c9ff8a  FC-development-ppc-rescuecd.iso

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot: linux
2. language, keyboard, HTTP, DHCP, IPv4 only, mirror, directory
3.
  
Actual results:
Monitor hardware detects "Out of range" and/or displays staircase rasters (pitch
is wrong by 32 pixels) when displaying the first graphics screen


Expected results:
Correct graphics.

Additional info:

Comment 1 John Reiser 2006-09-30 17:04:33 UTC
Created attachment 137482 [details]
/tmp/ramfs/X.log upon failure

Comment 2 John Reiser 2006-09-30 17:06:36 UTC
Created attachment 137483 [details]
Xorg.0.log from good boot of previous FC5 system

1024x768 @ 75Hz

Comment 3 John Reiser 2006-09-30 17:07:31 UTC
Created attachment 137484 [details]
lspci output

lspci; lspci -n; lspci -v -v

Comment 4 John Reiser 2006-09-30 17:24:58 UTC
Created attachment 137485 [details]
/tmp/Xconfig.test

Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2006-10-03 16:23:53 UTC
Should be fixed in xorg-x11-drv-ati 6.6.2-4 and later.  Please test, and reopen
this bug if it's still a problem for you.  Thanks!

Comment 6 John Reiser 2006-10-03 19:20:22 UTC
Created attachment 137688 [details]
/tmp/ramfs/X.log

Note that the hsync of
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(II) RADEON(0): <default monitor>: Using default hsync range of 31.50-37.90 kHz

(II) RADEON(0): <default monitor>: Using default vrefresh range of 50.00-70.00
Hz
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looks narrow to me, but the default mode lines
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(**) RADEON(0): *Default mode "800x600": 40.0 MHz, 37.9 kHz, 60.3 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628
+hsync +vsync
(**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "800x600": 36.0 MHz, 35.2 kHz, 56.2 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600"   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625
+hsync +vsync
(**) RADEON(0):  Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
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seem to be OK.

Comment 7 John Reiser 2006-10-03 19:21:10 UTC
The problem persists in today's Rescue CD.  About 8 seconds after starting X
server, the LCD monitor hardware says "Out of range".  I wait for 3 minutes to
be sure everything is quiescent [the CD has not made the usual seeking noise for
over 2 minutes, and there is no other inidication of business].  Then, switching
among VT1, VT2, VT3, VT4, and VT6 using <ctrl><alt><Fn> shows that the text
consoles VT1-4 work, and the graphics console VT6 works (displays the Welcome
graphics screen, and never in staircase mode) about 15% to 20% of the time; but
mostly the graphics console displays the hardware-detected "Out of range".
The Rescue CD is:
8734c546b422b27eea3c89182f69aa76335dda46  FC-development-ppc-rescuecd.iso

rawhide report: 20061003 changes says:
=====
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.6.2-4.fc6
----------------------------
* Mon Oct 02 2006 Adam Jackson <ajackson> 6.6.2-4
    . . .
- radeon-6.6.2-usefbdev-patch.patch: Use the framebuffer stride from fbdev,
  instead of making up numbers.  (#208694)
=====
so apparently it has the version named in Comment #5.

I will attach /tmp/ramfs/X.log.

Comment 8 John Reiser 2006-12-14 17:22:34 UTC
The problem persists with the final release DVD for Fedora Core 6.  I will
attach XConfig.test and X.log.

Comment 9 John Reiser 2006-12-14 17:24:31 UTC
Created attachment 143665 [details]
/tmp/ramfs/X.log

X.log from FC6 DVD for PowerPC (32-bit Apple Macintosh mini).

Comment 10 John Reiser 2006-12-14 17:25:47 UTC
Created attachment 143666 [details]
XConfig.text

XConfig.test from FC6 DVD for PowerPC (32-bit Apple Macintosh mini)

Comment 12 Adam Jackson 2007-04-02 22:03:47 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 231359 ***