Description of problem:I am unable to get X to display output on my monitor since upgrading to F8. I have X working on another F8 instance with a different video card. The 9200 was usable under f7, though I needed to use an xorg.conf file since my monitor type wasn't detected. I have tried a number of variations on the xorg.conf file but haven't gotten anything to display yet. In some cases X seems to start, but the monitor doesn't appear to get a video signal. I suspect that the issue is related to the card having two output ports and that it is putting out the signal on the VGA port instead of the DVI port. I will be attaching a sample xorg.conf and correspond Xorg.0.log file. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.195-3.fc8 How reproducible:I haven't gotten X to work since upgrading to F8 (after restarting it, X did stay up during the upgrade process). Steps to Reproduce:I have been using telinit 5/3 to test xorg.conf files. 1. 2. 3. Actual results:No X output on my monitor. Expected results:A normal X display. Additional info:
Created attachment 259291 [details] Xorg.0.log If you also need lspci output I can provide that, but it looks like what you need is probably here.
Created attachment 259311 [details] xorg.conf This is the xorg.conf file I was using when the previously added Xorg.0.log file was created. In this case the X server seemed to start, but no video seemed to get sent to the monitor. I didn't get the error message displays as I did when the was an error detected in the xorg.conf file. I used ctrl+alt+f1 to get back to a VT for more testing.
Created attachment 259321 [details] xorg.conf This is the xorg.conf file I was using when the previously added Xorg.0.log file was created. In this case the X server seemed to start, but no video seemed to get sent to the monitor. I didn't get the error message displays as I did when the was an error detected in the xorg.conf file. I used ctrl+alt+f1 to get back to a VT for more testing.
I made a typo on my first try at attaching xorg.conf, so skip comment 2. (Hey, I'm using lynx since I can't use firefox without X and I haven't used it much lately.)
you have a DVI monitor attached? which doesn't do EDID? what make/model please as that seems wrong and is totally against DVI specifications..
The monitor is that described by the monitor0 entry in xorg.conf (i.e. NEC MultiSync LCD2010X). I am not sure whether or not it does EDID. It is a relatively old model LCD, so maybe it doesn't.
Created attachment 261691 [details] Xorg.0.log from another xorg.conf I am attaching another log file where I used a config that referred to both controllers on the card by busid.
Created attachment 261711 [details] An xorg.conf that refers to both controllers on the card by BusID I tried some more xorg.conf configurations today. I was trying to see if I could combined both outputs in a way that would leave what I wanted on the DVI output. It didn't work, but I thought the configuration was different enough that its output might be useful.
I got the vesa driver working so I lowered the severity to medium. The display is a lot slower with that driver, but I can get most stuff I want to do done easier now. I had tried the vesa driver before, but for some reason it didn't work for me that time. For comparison I'll include the vesa xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files.
Created attachment 262751 [details] xorg.conf using vesa driver
Created attachment 262761 [details] Xorg.0.log from vesa driver
xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.196-1.fc8 from updates testing fixes this issue for me. I'll leave this open for now, but will close it if I see it pushed out to the regular updates repository. I'll also include updated xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files for completeness.
Created attachment 265751 [details] xorg.conf that works with xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.196-1.fc8
Created attachment 265761 [details] Xorg.0.log from successful use after install xorg-x11-drv-ati-6.7.196-1.fc8
6.7.196-1.fc8 is now in updates, so I am closing this.