Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 63089
Only get black screen with Trident TGUI9680
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:41:47 EDT
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i586; en-US; rv:0.9.9) Gecko/20020401 Description of problem: With skipjack (betas 1 and 2), it is impossible to configure X to work with the Trident TGUI9680. X appears to run but it only produces a black screen. You can terminate the X server (using ctl-alt-bksp) but the console screen does not return. You must reboot to get the video restored. When you run anaconda, you do get a test screen. This card works with 7.2. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install skipjack beta 2 2.Select 16 bit color, 800x600 3.Confirm test screen 4.Reboot after install 5.startx Actual Results: Screen goes black and stays that way until you reboot. I have tried various modes (8/16 bits, 800x600/1024x768) and get same results, both with anaconda and Xconfigurator. Expected Results: X comes up normally. Additional info:
Created attachment 52984 [details] XF86Config-4
Created attachment 52985 [details] XFree86.0.log
Does the problem go away if you try using: Option "noaccel"
Can you pick up a new driver from http://www.xfree86.org/~alanh and copy it to /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers. Make sure you backup the old one. And try that. Let us know.
Please try Alan's driver above, or try the latest XFree86 build in rawhide, which contains a backport of the Trident driver from XFree86 CVS head. It is critically important that we get feedback on this as soon as possible, otherwise the driver may stay broken. Does the rawhide X or Alan's driver fix the problem for you?
I reinstalled skipjack beta 2 on to my test machine and confirmed the problem with the trident board. I then replaced the driver with Alan's new one. I can now configure the Trident to work in both the 1024x768 and 800x600 modes (16bpp). Thanks.
Using Alan's new driver also resolves the problem in 7.3.
XFree86-4.2.0-trident-driver-update-cvs-20020617.patch is now in rawhide XFree86, which updates the trident driver to June 17th's XFree86 CVS driver. I'm assuming alan's driver was in CVS at that date, and that rawhide XFree86 solves this problem now. If rawhide X does not solve the problem, please reopen this bug report, and provide updated details.