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Bug 19241

Summary:	Graphical installer doesn't work with Trident CyberBlade/i7 video
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Mikkel Lauritsen <ml>
Component:	XFree86	Assignee:	Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status:	CLOSED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.0	CC:	jbesad
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OS:	Linux
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Description Mikkel Lauritsen 2000-10-17 09:46:30 UTC

When installing 7.0 on a PC which has a FIC PAG-2130 motherboard with VIA
MVP4 and thus built-in Trident CyberBlade and a ViewSonic GT775 monitor the
graphical installer starts up in a video mode that the monitor can't grok
at all.

After installing in text mode X seems to semi-work - 640x480 is okay but
all other resolutions don't work like with the installer.

In the installer the messages from the X server contain

(--) SVGA: PCI: Trident CyberBlade/i7 rev 91, Memory @ 0xe5800000, 0xe6000000
(--) Trident chipset version: 0xf3 (CyberBlade/i7)
(--) SVGA: Detected an STN  1280x1024 Display
(--) SVGA: Revision 91.
(--) SVGA: Using Trident programmable clocks
(--) SVGA: chipset:  cyberblade
(**) SVGA: videoram: 8192k
(**) SVGA: Using 8 bpp, Depth 8, Color weight: 666
(--) SVGA: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 230.000 MHz
(--) SVGA: Chipset supports a max. heightof 1024, Adjust Modes in XF86Config.
(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock = 45.800
(--) SVGA: Virtual resolution set to 640x480
(--) SVGA: SpeedUp code selection modified because virtualX != 1024
(--) SVGA: Using Linear Frame Buffer at 0x05e800000, Size 8MB

The working 640x480 mode says the same except for

(**) SVGA: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  36.000


Without being an expert on the X server I'd say that the bit about having
detected an STN display sounds a bit fishy. Bug # 19097 seems a lot like
this one, only not on the exact same video card.

Comment 1 Mikkel Lauritsen 2000-10-18 09:11:16 UTC

Just tried the 4.0 X server which seems to be semi-working in other exciting
ways. Some other resolutions almost work, but the mouse pointer is missing, and
swithcing between them caused the PC to lock up hard - power off required.

Among a lot of other stuff the 4.0 X server goes

(--) TRIDENT(0): Revision is 91
(--) TRIDENT(0): Found CyberBlade/i7 chip
(--) TRIDENT(0): RAM type is SDRAM
(--) TRIDENT(0): Found 8MB board, using 4MB
(--) TRIDENT(0): VideoRAM: 4096 kByte
(--) TRIDENT(0): TFT Panel 1280x1024 found

so it seems like the display misdetection is common for the two.

Comment 2 Mike A. Harris 2001-03-14 03:39:03 UTC

Please try my latest XFree86 packages and see if they solve the problem:

ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris/xfree86

Make sure you also get Mesa-3.4-11 or else you may have problems.

Does this fix it for you?

Comment 3 Mike A. Harris 2001-04-02 17:20:38 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 18773 ***