Bug#428711: xserver-xorg: xorg suddenly locks up Thinkpad i1300/Silicon Motion
reassign 428711 xserver-xorg-core
found 428711 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-6
retitle 428711 black screen and no keyboard on Silicon Motion with
Xserver 1.3
thank you
clayton wrote:
> I track testing with this machine. It was working just fine with xorg/siliconmotion module until I upgraded to the
> current testing version. Now starting X results in a blank screen, and a locked up keyboard (Ctl-Alt-F1,
> Ctl-Alt-Backspace seem to have no effect). I can still log in through the network.
>
Probably related to the upgrade of xserver-xorg-core to 1.3.
> (EE) AIGLX: Screen 0 is not DRI capable
>
This is harmless and I think it has been changed to a warning for the
next releases.
> I also tried the vesa module, and had exactly the same result: blank screen, unresponsive keyboard.
>
I wonder whether it could be related to
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424684 (vesa driver
broken) which has a candidate patch pending.
> Post upgrade, this machine is now dead in the water.
>
Try downgrading with
http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/08/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.1.1-20_i386.deb
Brice
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