Bug#451876: xserver-xorg-core: screen mode selection error
On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 03:43:05AM +0100, Brice Goglin wrote:
> ale wrote:
> > Package: xserver-xorg-core
> > Version: 2:1.4.1~git20071117-1
> > Severity: normal
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a custom modeline 1400x1050 in my xorg.conf. However, after the
> > last upgrade of xorg, this mode stopped working and even doesn't show up
> > in xrandr. It seems the relevant portions of xorg.conf are not even read.
>
> I was just debugging a similar issue on IRC. The problem probably comes
> from:
> (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
> (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
> (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen".
> Using the first device section listed.
> (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
> (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen".
> Using a default monitor configuration.
>
> This is wrong. There is no reason for these to appear when your config
> contains:
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "Generic Video Card"
> Monitor "Generic Monitor"
>
> You might be able to work around the problem by adding
> Option "Monitor-VGA-0" "Generic Monitor"
> to your Device section (or Monitor-DVI-0 if the monitor is plugged on DVI).
>
> But this only works for RandR 1.2 drivers. I feel like all non-RandR 1.2
> drivers are going to be broken (ignore the monitor section).
>
>
> We need David's input here since he added some patches for
> autoconfiguration. I'd like to push this bug upstream as soon as
> possible, but I'd rather be sure it's not our fault first :)
Yeah, I think I know what the bug is. It's something I fixed upstream but
forgot to bring back to Debian. I'll fix it tomorrow night.
- David Nusinow
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