Bug#420732: Request to re-open bug 420732=https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10748

[Marten van Kerkwijk <mhvk@astro.utoronto.ca>]

Dear Brice,

Thanks for the rapid response, and apologies for the delay in replying.

> Which xserver-xorg-video-intel did you use? 2:2.0.0-5 currently in
> experimental? If not, please test this one too.
> 
> If it still fails, it might be related to some i830 fixes that were got
> committed soon after we released 2:2.0.0-5.

I had tried the testing version before.  With 2.0.0-5, the screen does
not "melt" anymore, but it is not quite OK yet: the screen stays
black, apart from the pointer (which changes shape appropriately when
one moves over an otherwise invisible xterm).  It sounds very similar
to Bug#430085, and I'll investigate solutions that I think I saw
elsewhere.  However, for now, it would seem that bug 420732 could be
closed again.

All best wishes,

Marten

p.s.  I really should experiment more, but let me mention that the
Xorg.0.log file has the following errors; if this immediately tells
you what the problem is, please let me know!

(II) Loading sub module "sil164"
(II) LoadModule: "sil164"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//sil164.so
(II) Module sil164: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
     compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" initialized.
(EE) intel(0): detecting sil164
(EE) intel(0): Unable to read from DVOI2C_E Slave 112.
(II) Loading sub module "ch7xxx"
(II) LoadModule: "ch7xxx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//ch7xxx.so
(II) Module ch7xxx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
     compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
     ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" initialized.
(EE) intel(0): Unable to read from DVOI2C_E Slave 236.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVOI2C_E" removed.
(II) intel(0): I2C bus "DVODDC_D" removed.
(II) intel(0): Output VGA connected