Bug 30651

Summary:

ATI rage mobility (mach64) laptop cannot run X when connected to a external monitor

Product:

[Retired] Red Hat Linux

Reporter:

Chris Runge <crunge>

Component:

XFree86

Assignee:

Mike A. Harris <mharris>

Status:

CLOSED DUPLICATE

QA Contact:

David Lawrence <dkl>

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high

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high

Version:

7.1

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pbrown

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i386

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Last Closed:

2001-03-17 20:37:46 UTC

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Description	Flags
log using anaconda-generated config file	none
log generated from Xconfigurator-generated config file	none
log generated during Xconfigurator test	none
anaconda-generated config file	none
config file generated by Xconfigurator	none

Description Chris Runge 2001-03-05 15:56:24 UTC

7.1 RC2

hardware:
- Dell Latitude CPx (8MB Rage Mobility)
- externel Dell 19in monitor

problem:
X works great when the PC is not connected to an external monitor; when
connected to the monitor it refuses to start and complains about a lack of
valid screens. This problem did not exist under RHL7. X works when the
external monitor is not attached.

background:
install was done using pcmcia.img and NFS. The machine was connected to the
external monitor at the time via a docking station. The graphical
installation (default) was chosen and worked well. I noticed, however,
during the X configuration phase that it detected the flat panel instead of
the attached Dell monitor. The X test failed (or more properly the screen
blanked and then returned to the X configuration screen).

Post-install "startx" failed with an error about a lack of valid screens.

I then ran Xconfigurator. Xconfigurator detected the attached Dell monitor.
I selected for possible resolutions 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, all at
8bpp, 16bpp, and 24bpp. The test failed.

Exiting Xconfigurator "startx" failed again with a similar error.

Attachments (to be included):
- XFree86.0.log-orig [the log from the original "startx" attempt post-install]
- XFree86.9.log-Xconfigurator [the log generated during the Xconfigurator
attempt post-install]
- XFree86.0.log-postXconfigurator [the log from the "startx" attempt
post-Xconfigurator]
- XF86Config-4.orig [the original XF86Config-4 file generated by anaconda]
- XF86Config-4.xconfigurator-monitor [the XF86Config-4 file generated by
Xconfigurator]

Notes:
- the XF86Config-4 file generated by Xconfigurator has some problems with
it (it added 1600x1200 as a possible resolution for 24 and 16bpp, but not
8bpp--this resolution was not chosen)

Comment 1 Chris Runge 2001-03-05 15:57:31 UTC

Created attachment 11802 [details]
log using anaconda-generated config file

Comment 2 Chris Runge 2001-03-05 15:58:36 UTC

Created attachment 11803 [details]
log generated from Xconfigurator-generated config file

Comment 3 Chris Runge 2001-03-05 16:01:28 UTC

Created attachment 11804 [details]
log generated during Xconfigurator test

Comment 4 Chris Runge 2001-03-05 16:03:45 UTC

Created attachment 11805 [details]
anaconda-generated config file

Comment 5 Chris Runge 2001-03-05 16:04:37 UTC

Created attachment 11806 [details]
config file generated by Xconfigurator

Comment 6 Mike A. Harris 2001-03-13 04:03:57 UTC

What release of XFree86 are you using for all of this? If you aren't allready,
please try XFree86-4.0.2-11.4.0, Mesa-3.4-11 and the latest rawhide kernel.
Does this fix it for you?

Comment 7 Mike A. Harris 2001-03-17 20:37:42 UTC

Ok, we are looking into this and corelating it with other similar bug reports.

Comment 8 Mike A. Harris 2001-03-17 20:42:02 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 27148 ***