tag 259434 + moreinfo upstream retitle 259434 xserver-xfree86: [mga] blanks screen and locks console on MGA 1064SG [Mystique] rev 3 thanks On Wed, Jul 14, 2004 at 02:38:25PM -0300, Rafael Avila de Espindola wrote: > Package: xserver-xfree86 > Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6 > Severity: important > > The card is > 0000:00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA 1064SG [Mystique] (rev 03) > and it is installed in a b50 (powerpc). > If I use the mga driver the video gets black and the console halts. Can you ssh into the machine (if you have a way of doing so)? Does the box respond to pings when it is in this state? > Its is necessary to reboot the machine to get it back. X works with the > fbdev driver. What do you have to do to provoke this lockup? Does simply starting the X server suffice, or do you have to run some X clients or switch VTs? If the lockup happens when the X server starts, do you see an image displayed to the screen even for the briefest moment? -- G. Branden Robinson | Never attribute to malice that Debian GNU/Linux | which can be adequately explained branden@debian.org | by stupidity. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Hanlon's Razor
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