Bug#384600: via driver freezes X/black screen (KM400)

[Luc Verhaegen <libv@skynet.be>]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 01:30:09PM +0200, Felix Rommel wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-via
> Version: 1:0.1.33.2-3
> 
> When using via driver in xorg.conf screen is black. That's why I normally have to add the following option:
> 
> Option         "VBEModes" "true"
> 
> in device section of xorg.conf. This works in SUSE and Ubuntu. But if I start X in Debian Etch with that, it will freeze.
> 
> I use Debian Etch
> 
> Linux 2.6.16-2-k7 #1 Sat Jul 15 23:05:41 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux 
> 
> and libc-2.3.6.so. Output of lspci -v:
> 
> 
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8378 [S3 UniChrome] Integrated Video (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
>         Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI] Unknown device 0033
> 
Acer aspire 135x. VT7205 + CH7019B LVDS encoder.

Or still this, by now, 34 month old bug:

http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=813

Luc Verhaegen.