Bug#428711: xserver-xorg: xorg suddenly locks up Thinkpad i1300/Silicon Motion

[Clayton <ckoeni@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 6 Aug 2007 16:25:24 +0200
Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Jul 15, 2007 at 12:20:35AM +0800, Clayton wrote:
> > No progress I am afraid, the same blank screen and locked keyboard
> > for both the vesa and silicon motion drivers using latest unstable
> > xorg.
> 
> Clayton, do you know exactly which combination of xserver-xorg-core
> and xserver-xorg-video-siliconmotion you tried so far? I forwarded
> your bug upstream at
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11845 and the developer
> wants to know whether you were using the same driver when you said
> xserver-xorg-core 1.1 worked while 1.3 gave a black screen.
> 
> I guess you initially had xserver-xorg-core 1.1 with siliconmotion
> 1.4.1 (all from etch). Then you upgraded to 1.3 + 1.5.1 (current
> testing) from what I see at the end of your first report. Then you
> probably downgraded back to 1.3 + 1.4.1 to get something working
> again.
> 
> IIRC xserver-xorg-core 1.3 (testing/unstable) should work with
> siliconmotion 1.4.1 (etch/stable). Did/could you check this
> combination? It would help us be sure whether the problem is in the
> server or the driver.
> 
> Feel free to either reply direct in the upstream bug above or reply
> here and will be forward your reply there.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brice

Hi Brice,

I am pretty sure that each time I moved from one version of xorg to
another (snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/03/08/debian/ <--> testing
<--> unstable) *all* the xorg modules changed, including the modules. As
I recall, apt-get was unwilling to easily let me do otherwise. So I do
not think the combination of unstable xserver-xorg-core 1.3 and stable
siliconmotion 1.4.1 was ever tested.

Clayton