Bug#470925: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Radeon 7500 - radeon driver makes the VTs appear in inverted video

[Géraud Meyer <geraud_meyer@hotmail.com>]

Brice Goglin wrote:
> Géraud Meyer wrote:
>   
>> Package: xserver-xorg-video-ati
>> Version: 1:6.8.0-1
>> Severity: normal
>>
>> Launching an X server on display 0 (Xorg.0.log attached) and switching
>> to a VT (CTRL-ALT-F1) makes the screen appear in inverted video (red is
>> displayed as cyan, green as magenta, blue as orange).
>>
>> Then launching another X server with the vesa driver on display 1
>> (Xorg.1.log attached) and switching back to a VT makes the screen appear
>> normally on the VTs.
>>
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf is attached. A Modeline 1280x1024_60.00 is defined
>> and is the default because the server (with the radeon driver) does use
>> an oversized screen otherwise.
>>   
>>     
>
> When did this problem appear? Did it work fine in 6.7.197? Can you try
> the package from experimental?
> http://snapshot.debian.net contains a lot of snapshots of
> xserver-xorg-video-ati from 6.7.19x days to after 6.8.0. It would be
> nice to locate which one of them introduced the bug.
>
> Brice
>
>   
If 6.7.197 is the version that was replaced by 6.8.0 in sid I think it
already had the problem. I will try to discover the version in
http://snapshot.debian.net that first introduced the bug, perhaps tomorrow.

Géraud