Created attachment 336322 [details] screen-noise-investigation_file.tar.bz2 This is *Regression* issue related to Xorg mga driver. I belive combination of G200e and mga driver on xorg is very problematic. **** General Escalation Information **** State the problem 1. Provide time and date of the problem N/A 2. Indicate the platform(s) (architectures) the problem is being reported against. RHEL4.8 *Beta*, x86_64, xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.62 3. Provide clear and concise problem description as it is understood at the time of escalation * Observed behavior Bottom part of the screen is garbled * Desired behavior The screen is displayed without the noise. 4. State specific action requested of SEG ---- I belive there is several combination of issues/bugs on X with G200e @ 24bpp. IMO, this is problem how to detect/treat G200e series (Chipset: "mgag200 SE A PCI") on Xorg. For RHEL5.4/4.8 and RFEs (Backgrounds, I believe) Basically, Xorg mga driver had no capability for 24bpp on X with MGA G200e, if video memory would be recognized properly, because of hard coding 16bpp on X (please see BZ#479919 for RHEL5.3). So there's already RFE request for RHEL4.8 (by Fujitsu-Siemens) and RHEL5.4 (by NEC). Besides, it seemed there's much complicated that MGA200e has 2 versions (Kronos-1 has 1.7MB Video Ram, Kronos-2 has 8MB) and MGA200 has 2 version (Pilot 1 and Pilot 2). About this, please see BZ#469651. For this issue NEC have Great concern about that many server already shipped use MGA200e (Pilot1, Kronos-1, pci-id 102b:0522) affected by this problem and they think this as very important (prioritized) one. In this time, they reported display corruption problem on RHEL4.8 Beta on this ticket, and memory detection problem on other ticket (IT#278328). I believe that both of issues should be fixed on RHEL4.8, (and/or on z-stream?) through BZ#469651, on which Fujitsu-Siemens also repoted similar problem. ---- 5. State whether or not a defect in the product is suspected * Provide Bugzilla if one already exists RHEL4 for BZ#469651, RHEL5 for BZ#479919 (maybe related). 6. If there is a proposed patch, make sure it is in unified diff format (diff -pruN) 7. Refrain from using the word "hang", as it can mean different things to different people in different contexts. Use a better and more specific description of your problem. ---- Bottom part of display is garbled in X-windows on servers using MGA G200e. This problem occurred on Pilot small VideoRAM if 24bpp is specified in RHEL4.8 Beta x86_64. This problem did not occur on Pilot large VideoRAM (Pilot 2nd gen) even if 24bpp is specified in RHEL4.8 Beta x86_64. VideoRAM size Pilot small VideoRAM : 1696 kByte Pilot 2nd gen : 8128 kByte - This problem does not occur on RHEL4.8 Beta X86_64(select 16bpp). - This problem does not occur on RHEL4.8 Beta i386. + RHEL4.8 Beta i386 cannot select 800x600 24bpp with the GUI tool. [detail] +----------------------+--------------+---------+ | config | RHEL4.7 | RHEL4.8 | | arch(Modes Depth) | GA | Beta | +----------------------+--------------+---------+ |x86_64(800x600 24bpp) | OK | NG | |x86_64(800x600 16bpp) | OK | OK | |i386(800x600 24bpp) | Can't select | NG(*1) | |i386(800x600 16bpp) | OK | OK | +----------------------+--------------+---------+ *1 Adding 800x600 to the line of Modes of xorg.conf ---- 8. This is especially important for severity one and two issues. What is the impact to the customer when they experience this problem? * For example: "This system houses our accounts payable database. When the system crashes we are unable to process payroll, and other payable functions. This is especially critical as we approach end of our quarter." ---- This is a regression issue which affects servers already shipped. ---- **** Provide supporting info **** 1. State other actions already taken in working the problem: * tech-list, google searches, fulltext, consulting with another engineer * Provide any relevant data found 2. Attach sosreport Attached screen-noise-investigation_file.tar.bz2 including sosreport-Suruga3B-248113-e3e7e9.tar.bz2. 3. Attach other supporting data Also rhel4.8beta_x86_64_screen.png (screen shot which show garbled screen) is included in screen-noise-investigation_file.tar.bz2. 4. Provide issue repro information: * List steps or... * ...reference the specific ticket update which contains the steps. * Provide location and access information for repro machine, if available ---- How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install RHEL4.8 Beta on x86_64. 2. After the installation is completed, reboot the system. 3. Display the X graphical login screen. ---- 5. List any known hot-fix packages on the system N/A 6. List any customer applied changes from the last 30 days N/A **** Regressions **** 1. What is the last known working version (specific name-version-release) of the package? xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.52 2. What is the specific name-version-release of the package where the customer discovered the regression? xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.62 3. Please paste the contents of the change log between these two versions. Not the entire changelog contents. (rpm -qp [package] --changelog ---- 2009-03-06 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.62: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-mga-g200se-dont-force-16bpp.patch: Fix option parsing to work (and not be quite so crashy). (#485156) 2009-02-12 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.60: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-mga-g200se-dont-force-16bpp.patch: Do vram probe earlier, and fix inverted test sense. (#485156) 2009-02-12 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.61: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-dev-input-mice.patch: Try /dev/input/mice when searching for automatic mouse device. (#485305) 2009-01-28 22:00:00 Dave Airlie <airlied> 6.8.2-1.EL.59: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-fix-powerpc-fonts.patch (#300911) 2009-01-27 22:00:00 Kristian Høgsberg <krh> 6.8.2-1.EL.58: - Fix segfault on xfs drone server exit path. - Update Sun6 keyboard patch to not drop the \| key. 2009-01-23 22:00:00 Dave Airlie <airlied> 6.8.2-1.EL.57: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-xkbcomp-add-ibm_spacesaver.patch (#454831) - xorg-x11-6.8.2-mga-g200se-dont-force-16bpp.patch (#469651) 2009-01-12 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.56: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-g200-ev-wb.patch: Add support for Maxim and Winbond variants. (#445498, #454780) 2009-01-08 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.55: - Fix libGLU.a build on x86_64. (#432087) 2008-12-08 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.53: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-drm-device-permissions.patch: Fix initial DRI device permissions. (#462106) 2008-12-08 22:00:00 Adam Jackson <ajax> 6.8.2-1.EL.54: - xorg-x11-6.8.2-fb-traps-crash.patch: Fix crash in trapezoid rendering triggered by Firefox, among other things. (#463137) ---- 4. Have you been able to narrow the regression down to a specific version? * If so, which one? 5. Have you been able to narrow the regression down to a specific patch committed? If so, which one? 6. Provide the exact steps to reproduce the regression so SEG/engineering can narrow down where the regression was introduced if not already known and/or analyse how the regression is occurring. Please see above **** Provide supporting info ****, section 4. Thanks in advance. Regards, Masaki Furuta
This bugzilla has Keywords: Regression. Since no regressions are allowed between releases, it is also being proposed as a blocker for this release. Please resolve ASAP.
Please test: http://people.redhat.com/~ajackson/xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.62.jx1/
Oops, incomplete fix. Please test: http://people.redhat.com/~ajackson/xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.62.jx2/
This should be fixed in xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63. Please retest. Thanks.
Closing. Fixed in xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63
This issue was never accepted into the release and was confirmed to be fixed as of xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63. If you encounter any issues, please let me know asap.
Ueda-san, This will go including RHEL4.8 and I'll keep it open till RHEL4.8 released. If you encounter any issues, please let me know asap. Regards, Masaki Furuta This event sent from IssueTracker by mfuruta issue 277451
Furuta-san, xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63 should fix this issue. If it does, it will remain fixed in the GA, without this bugzilla. If it is not fixed, please let me know ASAP. Grab those packages here, in case you aren't able to access them. http://people.redhat.com/cward/4.8/xorg-x11/
Hi Ueda-san, As we know BZ had already closed, but here's inputs from our engineering and the fix will be included in RHEL4.8GA as you tested on RHEL4.8 Snapshot3(xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63) on 04-13-2009 08:59am JST. So please be no worried about it. --- xorg-x11-6.8.2-1.EL.63 should fix this issue. If it does, it will remain fixed in the GA, without this bugzilla. If it is not fixed, --- Thanks in advance. Regards, Masaki Furuta Category set to: Hardware::Video This event sent from IssueTracker by mfuruta issue 277451