Bug#412449: X will only run at 640x480 with Radeon Mobility M6
Package: xserver-xorg
Version: 7.1.0-12
Since aptitude upgrading recently the Xorg server will only run at
640x480 mode.
Here are some snippets from Xorg.0.log:
X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
(II) ATI: ATI driver (version 6.6.3) for chipsets: ati, ativga
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon
Mobility M6 LY".
(--) Chipset ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP) found
(II) Loading sub module "radeon"
(II) LoadModule: "radeon"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
(II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 4.2.0
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.0
(II) RADEON(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
(--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP)" (ChipID =
0x4c59)
(--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xe0000000
(II) RADEON(0): Primary:
Monitor -- LVDS
Connector -- DVI-D
DAC Type -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
TMDS Type -- Internal
DDC Type -- MONID
(II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
Monitor -- CRT
Connector -- VGA
DAC Type -- Primary
TMDS Type -- NONE
DDC Type -- VGA_DDC
(II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=60 min=12000 max=35000;
xclk=16600
(WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor DDC, default HSync
and VRefresh used
(==) RADEON(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(II) RADEON(0): Validating modes on Primary head ---------
(II) RADEON(0): Panel ID string: 1024x768
(II) RADEON(0): Panel Size from BIOS: 1024x768
(II) RADEON(0): BIOS provided dividers will be used.
(II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid DDC mode(s) found: 0
(II) RADEON(0): Valid mode using on-chip RMX: 1024x768
(II) RADEON(0): Valid mode using on-chip RMX: 800x600
(II) RADEON(0): Valid mode using on-chip RMX: 640x480
(II) RADEON(0): Total number of valid FP mode(s) found: 3
(II) RADEON(0): Validating CRTC2 modes for MergedFB ------------
(II) RADEON(0): CRT2 Monitor: Using hsync range of 28.00-33.00 kHz
(II) RADEON(0): CRT2 Monitor: Using vrefresh range of 43.00-72.00 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Clock range: 12.00 to 350.00 MHz
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (hsync out of range)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (no mode of this name)
(II) RADEON(0): Not using mode "800x600" (no mode of this name)
(II) RADEON(0): Total of 2 CRTC2 modes found for MergedFB------------
(II) RADEON(0): Modes for CRT1: ********************
(--) RADEON(0): Virtual size is 1024x768 (pitch 1024)
(**) RADEON(0): *Mode "1024x768": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.4
kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "1024x768" 65.00 1024 1040 1176 1344 768
770 776 806
(**) RADEON(0): *Mode "800x600": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.4
kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "800x600" 65.00 800 1040 1176 1344 600 770
776 806
(**) RADEON(0): *Mode "640x480": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 48.4
kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 65.00 640 1040 1176 1344 480 770
776 806
(**) RADEON(0): Default mode "640x350": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x350" 65.00 640 1040 1176 1344 350 770
776 806
(**) RADEON(0): Default mode "640x400": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x400" 65.00 640 1040 1176 1344 400 770
776 806
(**) RADEON(0): Default mode "720x400": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "720x400" 65.00 720 1040 1176 1344 400 770
776 806
(**) RADEON(0): Default mode "832x624": 65.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz),
48.4 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "832x624" 65.00 832 1040 1176 1344 624 770
776 806
(II) RADEON(0): Modes for CRT2: ********************
(--) RADEON(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
(**) RADEON(0): *Default mode "640x480": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.0 Hz
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "640x480" 25.20 640 656 752 800 480 490 492
525 -hsync -vsync
(**) RADEON(0): Default mode "320x240": 12.6 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 60.1 Hz (D)
(II) RADEON(0): Modeline "320x240" 12.60 320 328 376 400 240 245 246
262 doublescan -hsyn
c -vsync
(II) RADEON(0): Generating MergedFB mode list
(II) RADEON(0): Clone mode, list all common modes
(II) RADEON(0): Merged "640x480" (640x480) and "640x480" (640x480) to
640x480 (Clone)
(--) RADEON(0): MergedFB: Virtual width 640
(--) RADEON(0): MergedFB: Virtual height 480
(==) RADEON(0): MergedFB: DPI set to (75, 75)
/etc/X11/xorg.conf is pretty standard, was created by dpkg-reconfigure
-plow xserver-xorg:
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath
"/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc102"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-49
VertRefresh 43-72
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
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