Tags: moreinfo patch

Am Dienstag, den 30.06.2009, 16:28 +0200 schrieb Peter J. Holzer:
> On 2009-06-13 08:57:20 +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 01:03:41PM +0200, Peter J. Holzer wrote:
> > > Package: xserver-xorg-video-intel
> > > Version: 2:2.2.1-2
> > > Severity: important
> > > 
> > >  Display: Eizo S2431W TFT display with 1920x1200 resolution connected
> > >      via DVI cable.
> > >  Graphics Chipset: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics
> > >      Controller (rev 02)
> > > 
> > > With xserver-xorg-video-intel 2.1.0 this worked fine (except that the
> > > timing was slightly off and the display reported 1202 vertical lines -
> > > easily corrected with xrandr). After the upgrade to 2.2.1 the login
> > > screen of gdm is not visible - the display is flickering very rapidly,
> > > showing whitish clouds (which are probably an optical illusion induced by
> > > the flickering). The display reports 1920x1200 at 60 Hz. If I start the
> > > X server from the command line, the display is completely black, not
> > > even the mouse cursor is visible. Again, the display thinks that the
> > > signal is ok. I can switch between the text and graphics display, so the
> > > X server hasn't crashed.
> > 
> > Does this still happen with latest intel driver from unstable    
> > or experimental?
> 
> Yes.

[…]

> The workaround of using xrandr to set the correct polarity in
> /etc/gdm/Init/Default still works fine. 
> 
> I replaced that PC a few weeks ago with a newer one. It is still on my
> desk, but normally connected to a different monitor (and turned off most
> of the time), but not for very much longer. So I won't be able to do
> more tests - as far as I'm concerned, the bug can be closed.

Do you still have the system and can you test this?

[…]

There was some activity upstream in November 2008 [1], but you do not
seem to have gotten the messages from Bugzilla, so you could not test
and they closed it.

It would be great, if you could test the current version in Debian
unstable and for Debian Lenny also test the posted patch [1].


Thanks a lot and happy holidays,

Paul


[1] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16109#c5

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