Bug#420720: xserver-xorg-video-mga: X does not start
Hi all,
On Tue, Apr 24, 2007 at 12:30:31PM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-04-24 at 12:16 +0200, Wilfred de Bondt wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-video-mga
> > Version: 1:1.4.6.1.dfsg.1-2
> > Severity: grave
> > Justification: renders package unusable
> >
> > With the last version of xserver X does not start anymore. Either with
> > my own xorg.conf file which worked or after I used dpkg-reconfigure to
> > write a new one.
> > The last error message is:
> > (EE) MGA(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO succeeded but modified mode
>
> [...]
>
> > (WW) MGA(0): Mode pool is empty
> > (--) MGA(0): Virtual size is 640x480 (pitch 640)
> > (**) MGA(0): Built-in mode "current": 25.2 MHz, 31.5 kHz, 59.9 Hz
> > (II) MGA(0): Modeline "current" 25.18 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 -hsync -vsync -csync
>
> [...]
>
> > (EE) MGA(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO succeeded but modified mode
>
> This looks like a matroxfb issue: the mga driver gets the current mode
> from matroxfb, but then matroxfb doesn't accept that as is.
>
> Do you really need Option "UseFBDev"?
No, turning it off was the trick to make it work, Thanks!
I still don't understand why it would work one day, and not the next, but
as far as I'm concerned this bug can be closed.
Thanks for the quick response.
Kind regards,
Wilfred de Bondt
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