Bug#428711: xserver-xorg: xorg suddenly locks up Thinkpad i1300/Silicon Motion
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:37:07 +0200
Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
> > I also tried the vesa module, and had exactly the same result:
> > blank screen, unresponsive keyboard.
>
> I wonder whether it could be related to
> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424684 (vesa driver
> broken) which has a candidate patch pending.
Hmmm, 424684 is reporting:
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
For vesa, in my log I am seeing:
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
But I can't say that I remember actually ever *seeing* vesa run on this machine. It is just notable that in the current messed-up state behavior is exactly the same as when using the Silicon Motion driver.
> > Post upgrade, this machine is now dead in the water.
>
> Try downgrading with
> http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/08/debian/pool/main/x/xorg-server/xserver-xorg-core_1.1.1-20_i386.deb
I actually had to downgrade all of the xorg packages to http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/08/debian/ to get the xserver to run, it was complaining about package versions not matching. But after some pulling of the hair, I succeeded (thank you apt-get) and X is working again. So we can't say for sure it is xserver-xorg-core, from this experiment.
If I can help debugging in any other way, don't hesitate to ask.
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