Bug#449089: xserver-xorg: Auto detection fails on Thinkpad X31

[David Nusinow <dnusinow@speakeasy.net>]

Hi Moritz,

On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 11:17:32PM +0100, Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg
> Version: 1:7.3+3
> Severity: important
> 
> I've tested the auto detection code David asked for and ran into
> a bug: When I start X.org with the auto-generated config (I use startx,
> since I work on framebuffer console most of the time, on my notebook
> X11 is really just a slim layer beyond MPlayer) the screen remains
> black and the system doesn't take anymore input. (I can't switch
> to tty2 e.g.)
> 
> The generated xorg.conf is included by the reportbug script,
> my previous one can be found on http://www.inutil.org/jmm/xorg.conf 
> 
> Please let me know if now need further information.

<snip>

> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier	"ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M6 LY"
> 	Driver		"ati"
> 	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
> 	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
> EndSection

It looks like in this config file you enabled fbdev while in the old one
you didn't have this option set. Does the autogenerated config work when
you remove that option or just say "no" to the question during
dpkg-reocnfigure?

 - David Nusinow