Bug 467678

Created attachment 320850 [details]
Picture of LVDS display

Created attachment 320851 [details]
Xorg log

Let me just add that the Samsung TV does not need to be physically attached for the corruption to appear. Just setting the resolution to 1360x768 is enough

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 10 development cycle.
Changing version to '10'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

It seems the behaviour has changed with F11 beta with latest updates

kernel-2.6.29.1-100.fc11.i586
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.12.2-4.fc11.i586

When booting with KMS and my minimal xorg.conf file which only adds a single 1360x768 mode, I end up with a black display when GDM starts, but I can switch to a VT.

When booting without KMS (nomodeset), I get video at GDM but at 1024x768. So the mode I set in xorg.conf is ignored and the closest available mode is selected.

I will try to add a mode with xrandr to see if that works.

But using gdp to enable a dual display (extended desktop) with a VGA attached monitor resulted in complete screen corruption on both displays.

This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 11 development cycle.
Changing version to '11'.

More information and reason for this action is here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping

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.]

I can still trigger this easily with F12 with latest updates+updates-testing, no external display needed.

$ gtf 1360 768 60

  # 1360x768 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 47.70 kHz; pclk: 84.72 MHz
  Modeline "1360x768_60.00"  84.72  1360 1424 1568 1776  768 769 772 795  -HSync +Vsync

$ xrandr --newmode "1360x768_60.00"  84.72  1360 1424 1568 1776  768 769 772 795  -HSync +Vsync
$ xrandr --addmode LVDS 1360x768_60.00

Then selecting this newly added mode, will give the corruption as seen in the attached picture

kernel-2.6.32.7-37.fc12.i686
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.13.0-0.20.20091221git4b05c47ac.fc12.i686
xorg-x11-server-Xorg-1.7.4.902-1.fc12.i686

Don't use non native mode on laptop panel, they are a lot less flexible than standard screen and the corruption you see is a side effect of not using standard resolution. I am closing this bug as we can't fix somethings for which the hw is not designed to work with.