Bug#534737: [xserver-xorg-video-intel] GM45: Black screen with large virtual display and X server 1.6.1.901-3
Torsten Marek wrote:
> Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> Version: 2:2.7.99.901-2
> Severity: normal
>
> After upgrading xserver-xorg-core to 2:1.6.1.901-3, I get a black screen
> when the X server is started using a large virtual display (3360x1200).
>
> The screen shows the mouse cursor and X is responsive, I was able to log
> in using gdm by typing blindly, and judging from the process list, the
> session came up nicely. However, with a black screen, only the cursor
> was updated accordingly.
>
> * removing the "Virtual" directive from xorg.conf results in normal
> behavior
> * downgrading xserver-xorg-video-intel to the version in unstable
> yields X crashes with the "Virtual" directive and normal behavior when
> it is removed
> * downgrading xserver-xorg-core to 2:1.6.1.901-2 results in normal
> behavior with and without the "Virtual" directive
>
Why do you report this bug against xserver-xorg-video-intel if the bug
only comes when upgrading xserver-xorg-core 1.6.1.901-3 ?
There's a DRI2 ABI break in xserver-xorg-core -3, but your symptoms seem
different from other people crashes. Can you upgrading xserver-xorg-core
again and installing the intel driver package from
http://people.debian.org/~bgoglin/rebuilds/Xserver1.6-ABIbreak/intel/ ?
It's just a rebuild of the intel driver against latest xserver-xorg-dev
and dri2 proto. It fixes other people ABI problems.
Brice
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