tag 260440 + moreinfo upstream
retitle 260440 xserver-xfree86: [ati/radeon] screen flickers and text mode changes upon switches to X VT on Radeon Mobility M6 LY rev 0
thanks
On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 06:46:12PM +0200, Stefan wrote:
> Package: xserver-xfree86
> Version: 4.3.0.dfsg.1-6
> Severity: important
Hi,
May I ask why you set this bug's severity to "important"?
important
a bug which has a major effect on the usability of a package, without
rendering it completely unusable to everyone.[1]
> Sometimes, when the machine boots, the screen flickers. Resetting the
> XServer with ctrl-alt-backspace several times most often solve the
> issues. I file this bug in because the previous version of the X server,
> this wasn't happening. I also had this bug sometimes ago with another
> distribution so I think there's some kind of "randomness" in the way this
> bug appears. On that other distribution, I tried hard to solve the issue,
> but without any success. I thought it was related to the hsync/vsync
> configuration but since my Debian used to work flawlessly, without any
> help of me, I came to the conclusion that it was more of a bug than a
> misconfiguration.
>
> Also, for some reason, when the XServer starts, the text mode which is
> usually 80x25 on my machine now switches to 80x43 before going to
> graphics mode. I don't know if it's realted in anyway to this bug, I just
> mention it.
We recently backported an updated version of the ATI Radeon driver to our
packages of XFree86 4.3.0; perhaps this causing your problem.
If you could downgrade xserver-xfree86 to 4.3.0.dfsg.1-1 or earlier,
perhaps you could confirm whether this driver update is what has caused the
problem.
Older versions of Debian packages are available at <URL:
http://snapshot.debian.net/ >.
[1] http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Developer
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