Bug#470925: xserver-xorg-video-ati: Radeon 7500 - radeon driver makes the VTs appear in inverted video
The description I gave, "inverted video", lacks precision:
* the background is still black (not white)
* the characters in colour may not be as bright as if they were truly
displayed in inverted video
I tested the version in experimental (probably
1:6.8.1~git20080310.38606b08-1) saturday and it had the same problems.
As for the versions in snapshot.debian.net I have not managed to get
them installed. I do not know how to downgrade. All I could think of was
/etc/apt/preferences but how to pin snapshot.debian.net? And how to
downgrade a package to a specific version with its dependencies
automatically?
Could you explain quickly what methods are available to downgrade the x
server packages to a specific version of snapshot.debian.net, or
otherwise to test a specific version?
I noticed that the email I sent to Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org only had
also appeared in the bug log. Is it magic? I am sending to
Brice.Goglin@ens-lyon.org and 470925@bugs.debian.org at once this time.
Is that right?
Géraud Meyer wrote:
> 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
>
>
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