Bug#390739: blank screen (no output) with mga g400
reassign 390739 xserver-xorg-video-mga
thanks
On Mon, Oct 02, 2006 at 12:49:48PM -0700, Chris Waters wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.1.0-1
> Severity: important
>
> I'm using an MGA G400, and with the new update to xorg 7.1, my screen
> suddenly stopped working. I can switch to the console at vt1, and the
> screen comes back. And X appears to be running fine (all the processes
> look ok, and I can hear WMMail make noise when mail comes in), but
> when I'm on vt7, the monitor reports "no input signal" and nothing is
> visible. Keyboard and mouse input seem to be fine, although it's hard
> to tell when you can't see anything, but I can use ctrl-alt-bksp to
> kill the Xserver. It all worked fine with 7.0, and nothing (that I
> know of) has changed, other than the Xserver version.
>
> I've tried reconfiguring without success. I'm generally pretty good
> at figuring out odd X server problems, but this one has me stumped.
> At this point, I'm pretty sure this is a bug, and not misconfiguration
> -- though I'd be happy to be proved wrong. Anyway, I'm completely
> without a usable X at the moment. Help!
>
> One thing that might be relevant: I tried reconfiguring with
> autodetect, and it seemed to want to use the on-board SiS controller
> (piece of junk) on my motherboard rather than the G400. I'm wondering
> if it's still somewhat confused even with the manual configuration.
> But it used to work just fine!
>
> I'll happily provide any log files or other information that isn't
> automatically attached to this report, if it will help. Just let me
> know what you want.
>
> TIA
>
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-1-k7
> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
>
> Versions of packages xserver-xorg depends on:
> ii debconf 1.5.5 Debian configuration management sy
> ii x11-common 1:7.1.0-1 X Window System (X.Org) infrastruc
> ii xbase-clients 1:7.1.ds-3 miscellaneous X clients
> ii xkb-data 0.8-15 X Keyboard Extension (XKB) configu
> ii xserver-xorg-core 2:1.1.1-9 X.Org X server -- core server
> ii xserver-xorg-input-evde 1:1.1.2-3 X.Org X server -- evdev input driv
> ii xserver-xorg-input-kbd 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- keyboard input d
> ii xserver-xorg-input-mous 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- mouse input driv
> ii xserver-xorg-video-apm 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- APM display driv
> ii xserver-xorg-video-ark 1:0.6.0-3 X.Org X server -- ark display driv
> ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.2-2 X.Org X server -- ATI display driv
> ii xserver-xorg-video-chip 1:1.1.1-4 X.Org X server -- Chips display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-cirr 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- Cirrus display d
> ii xserver-xorg-video-cyri 1:1.1.0-4 X.Org X server -- Cyrix display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-dumm 1:0.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- dummy display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-fbde 1:0.3.0-3 X.Org X server -- fbdev display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-glin 1:1.1.1-3 X.Org X server -- Glint display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-i128 1:1.2.0-3 X.Org X server -- i128 display dri
> ii xserver-xorg-video-i740 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- i740 display dri
> ii xserver-xorg-video-i810 2:1.6.5-3 X.Org X server -- Intel i8xx, i9xx
> ii xserver-xorg-video-imst 1:1.1.0-3 X.Org X server -- IMSTT display dr
> ii xserver-xorg-video-mga 1:1.4.1.dfsg.1-4 X.Org X server -- MGA display driv
Could you please test the new mga driver we've uploaded to unstable, 1.4.2
and let us know if this fixes the bug? Thanks.
- David Nusinow
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