Bug#451917: xserver-xorg-video-intel: upgrade from 2:2.1.1-4 to 2:2.2.0-1 breaks X for g33 chipset
Alan W. Irwin wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.2.0-1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> X -probeonly
>
> completely locks up the keyboard with the monitor immediately put into its
> low-power state (as close to turned off as possible without quite being
> turned off) so the only recourse is to log in remotely and shutdown or to
> reset to regain control of the keyboard. Everything worked fine
> for previous version (2:2.1.1-4) although there was initially a lot
> of trouble with modelines and VGA-1 until I found the right combination
> in xorg.conf to get 2:2.1.1-4 to work.
>
> Note, I have tried some other variations such as VGA rather than VGA-1, but
> that didn't help the complete lockup with X -probeonly. In the log below
> you will see
>
> First SDVO output reported failure to sync
>
> I previously (with 2:2.1.1-4) never saw that error message.
>
> Any advice you could give me to work around the present hard lock
> and restore X to normalcy would be much appreciated. For example,
> is there any way for me to get back to 2:2.1.1-4?
The 2:2.1.1-4 package is available from:
http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/09/17/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-intel/
Could you also try 2:2.1.99-1 to see if it was broken too?
http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2007/11/14/debian/pool/main/x/xserver-xorg-video-intel/
It looks like your computer uses VGA-1 instead of VGA, it's the second
time I see this. I should talk to the upstream guys about it.
Anyway, could you try changing your modeline into something else?
For instance 1024x768@60.0 or 800x600@60 instead?
(use gtf to get the corresponding modeline).
Brice
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