Hello Andrew Ruthven, Back in 2007 you filled bug #428091, the discussion lasted till 2008... On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 10:40:33AM +1300, Andrew Ruthven wrote: > Hi Brice, > > On Sat, 2008-03-15 at 09:38 +0100, Brice Goglin wrote: > > Andrew Ruthven wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Interestingy enough if my monitor is turned off then X starts up okay. > > > I'm guessing because there is no DDC data to fetch, so X doesn't try and > > > be clever about the modelines. > > > > > > I've attached the logfile for a working X session (the one I'm currently > > > using). > > > Does this problem still apply with today xserver-xorg-core and > > xserver-xorg-video-mga from unstable? If so, can you send the > > corresponding config and log? I will forward the bug upstream. I don't know if it was forwarded upstream, I found that one that looks similar: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4306
> > Yes this problem is still happening. I've tracked it down a bit > further, it doesn't happen when X is using a depth of 24 bpp, but does > with 16 (I haven't tried other depths). > > Running 'startx' with no config file gives me a working X display > running at 1280x800 at 60 Hz (the highest resolution the card can drive > at 24 bpp). > > Running 'startx -- -depth 16' with no config file gives me an offset X > display with funny colours running at 1600x1200 at 75Hz (the highest > resolution my monitor can handle). > > By disabling DDC and providing reasonable horizontal and vertical ranges > I can happily run 1600x1200 at 75Hz. > > I have attached log files for both test runs, the first run at 24 bpp is > okay-24bpp.log and the second run is bad-16bpp.log. > > Versions: > > xserver-xorg-core: > Installed: 2:1.4.1~git20080131-2 > Candidate: 2:1.4.1~git20080131-2 > xserver-xorg-video-mga: > Installed: 1:1.4.8.dfsg.1-1 > Candidate: 1:1.4.8.dfsg.1-1 > > Cheers! > The Xserver package have evolved since that time, are you still experiencing this issue ? If not, can you tell me the versions you are using so I can close the bug accordingly. Thanks for your time, Best Regards, -- Julien Viard de Galbert <jul...@vdg.blogsite.org> http://silicone.homelinux.org/ <jul...@silicone.homelinux.org> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-x-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101208133735.ga...@vdg.blogsite.org