Bug 530425
Description
Matthew Truch
2009-10-22 18:28:48 UTC
Created attachment 366170 [details]
Xorg log - normal boot - two screens attached
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with normal (modeset) boot and two screens.
Created attachment 366171 [details]
Xorg log - normal boot - one screens attached
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with normal boot (modeset) and just the laptop display attached.
Created attachment 366172 [details]
Xorg log - nomodeset boot - two screens attached
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with nomodeset option boot, two screens attached.
Created attachment 366173 [details]
Xorg log - nomodeset boot - one screen attached
/var/log/Xorg.0.log with nomodeset boot, just the laptop internal display attached.
And in case it wasn't clear, this bug makes the laptop display useless in all of the above cases (modeset or nomodeset; external display attached or no external display attached). In the best case (modeset, external display attached) the external display looks proper and the computer is useable as long as one opens (or moves) windows to the external display. Created attachment 366467 [details]
rawhide 2009-10-27 snapshot - nomodeset - 2 screens
Created attachment 366468 [details]
rawhide 2009-10-27 snapshot - modeset (default) - 2 screens
Now tested with rawhide 2009-10-27 snapshot. The situation hasn't changed with the nomodeset option (laptop screen is garbled, 2nd display only shows part of the image but that part is useable). The situation has changed significantly with the default (modeset), where all screens are garbled and X continuously restarts during the login phase. It took me about a long time to switch to a different virtual terminal (between X restarts) to log in and switch to runlevel 3 so I could copy the Xorg.log to a different machine.
modesetting isn't really making a difference here, the difference you're seeing is normal since without modesetting, dynamic framebuffer allocation doesn't work so the screens will get set to clone, not span mode. can you take a digital picture of the garbled laptop screen so we can see exactly what it looks like? is 1440x900 the correct resolution for your laptop screen? Can we get a look at /var/log/messages as well? Thanks. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers Created attachment 366715 [details]
/var/log/messages
Created attachment 366716 [details]
Digital Photo of computer (2 screens) during bootup
Created attachment 366717 [details]
Digital Photo of computer (2 screens) while running.
Note that the default setting has the external monitor to the right of the internal (laptop) monitor but this is not how I physically have my setup on my desk. I placed the Konsole window so it overlapped the transition between the monitors.
Yes, the laptop screen is 1440x900.
The image is with the beta KDE live CD.
Huh, interesting one. Thanks for all the info. Over to Ben. -- Fedora Bugzappers volunteer triage team https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers 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 (at least F12Beta, but even better if the very latest versions). 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.] This test was with the F12Beta; I'll be testing last night's rawhide compose shortly (or is there a way to actually try the F12RC that was scheduled to be done yesterday?). (In reply to comment #14) > This test was with the F12Beta; I'll be testing last night's rawhide compose > shortly (or is there a way to actually try the F12RC that was scheduled to be > done yesterday?). I see no noticeable change with the rawhide live cd from 2009-11-04. The screen is still garbled. For what it's worth, the problem still exists in F12RC4 as of today. This bug appears to have been reported against 'rawhide' during the Fedora 12 development cycle. Changing version to '12'. More information and reason for this action is here: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping Created attachment 374805 [details]
Smolt Profile
I've attached the smolt profile from the computer in question if it helps (as requested on the debugging Xorg Fedora wiki page).
kernel-2.6.32.10-92.fc12 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 12. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.32.10-92.fc12 Awesome. Is this fix also going to be ported to the rawhide (or is it F13 beta) tree (or some other place where a live-CD gets generated on a semi-regular basis? I'd like to test before I upgrade my laptop (which is currently running super-old F-10). It's a bit confusing now with two development trees (sigh), the fix is in the latest F12/F13 kernels in koji. For rawhide (F14) my stance is that I'll send fixes through airlied to the upstream kernel, and let the updates get into rawhide that way. The fix has been tested by someone from Ubuntu already, so should work for you if you were to update. kernel-2.6.32.10-92.fc12 has been pushed to the Fedora 12 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update kernel'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/kernel-2.6.32.10-92.fc12 Works. Should have closed this bug a long time ago. |