Bug 837255

Summary: Siliconmotion hardware gives Not enough video memory for the configured screen size (1024x1024) and color depth.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Peter H. Jones <jones.peter.busi>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotionAssignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List <xgl-maint>
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: awilliam, xgl-maint
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Xorg.0.log shows screen size set too large
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Xorg file after trying Xorg -configure in single-user mode
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xorg.conf.new form Xorg -configure
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console output from Xorg -configure
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/var/log/messages
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Xorg.log file
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lxdm.log, just in case none

Description Peter H. Jones 2012-07-03 10:13:25 UTC
Created attachment 595927 [details]
Xorg.0.log shows screen size set too large

Description of problem:
With xorg-x11-drv-siliconmotion-1.7.6-1.fc17.i686.rpm installed,
I see the Fedora lightbulb display. Then, the screen goes dark,
with disk activity every few seconds.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fairy fresh FC17 with additional driver as above.

How reproducible:
Every time, on a Panasonic CF28. Searching the Internet shows this to be a common problem in different distros
 
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot system
  
Actual results:
Dark screen

Expected results:
Normal operation

Additional info:
Slacko 5.3.3, a version of Puppy Linux, has an xorgwizard that allows trying various display configurations. However, it did not detect the hardware.
Rosa LXDE shows its logo, but also goes to a dark screen.

Attaching Xorg.0.log . My /etc/xorg.conf seems to have only a Keyboard section.

Comment 1 Peter H. Jones 2012-07-26 14:24:38 UTC
Created attachment 600522 [details]
Xorg file after trying Xorg -configure in single-user mode

Tried Xorg -configure in single-user. Will attach Xorg.0.log, conf.new, and console output

Comment 2 Peter H. Jones 2012-07-26 14:25:52 UTC
Created attachment 600524 [details]
xorg.conf.new form Xorg -configure

Comment 3 Peter H. Jones 2012-07-26 14:26:52 UTC
Created attachment 600525 [details]
console output from Xorg -configure

Comment 4 Peter H. Jones 2012-11-22 16:09:37 UTC
Created attachment 649907 [details]
/var/log/messages

After applying latest updates, recovered /var/log/messages as follows:
Booted with PAE kernel. Saw lightbulb and blue f, then dark screen, with occasional disk activity. After trying CTRL-ALT-Fn, CTRL-ALT-BKSP CTRL-ALT-DEL with no visible effect, flicked power switch and got a power down.
Booted with nonn-PAE kernel, same results.
Also tried setting nomodeset in GRUB, with same results.
Booted to single-user mode, and was able to recover /var/log/messages and log files, which I am posting.

Comment 5 Peter H. Jones 2012-11-22 16:10:29 UTC
Created attachment 649908 [details]
Xorg.log file

Comment 6 Peter H. Jones 2012-11-22 16:11:47 UTC
Created attachment 649909 [details]
lxdm.log, just in case

Comment 7 Adam Williamson 2013-05-14 19:35:56 UTC
Re-assigning to correct component.

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