Bug#428711: xserver-xorg: xorg suddenly locks up Thinkpad i1300/Silicon Motion
Clayton wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:37:07 +0200
> Brice Goglin <Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org> wrote:
>
>
>>> I also tried the vesa module, and had exactly the same result:
>>> blank screen, unresponsive keyboard.
>>>
>> I wonder whether it could be related to
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=424684 (vesa driver
>> broken) which has a candidate patch pending.
>>
>
> Hmmm, 424684 is reporting:
> (EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
> For vesa, in my log I am seeing:
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> But I can't say that I remember actually ever *seeing* vesa run on this machine. It is just notable that in the current messed-up state behavior is exactly the same as when using the Silicon Motion driver.
>
xserver-xorg-core 2:1.3.0.0.dfsg-7 has been uploaded to unstable today.
It contains a VBE/VESA fix which might help with your siliconmotion
driver too.
Thanks,
Brice
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