I struck this issue doing a full-upgrade from etch to lenny. xserver-xorg-video-via had status code c (removed - config files not purged) in aptitude. The problem was resolved by installing it.
Details prior to fix; # uname -a Linux _mysystemname_ 2.6.26-1-486 #1 Mon Dec 15 17:32:01 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux # cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log X.Org X Server 1.4.2 Release Date: 11 June 2008 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-9) Current Operating System: Linux _mysystemname_ 2.6.26-1-486 #1 Mon Dec 15 17:32:01 UTC 2008 i686 Build Date: 15 November 2008 05:39:59PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 31 18:14:36 2008 (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) (II) Loader magic: 0x81e38a0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 2.0 X.Org XInput driver : 2.0 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (--) using VT number 7 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3205 card 1458,5000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,3149 card 1458,b003 rev 80 class 01,04,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:0f:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1458,5002 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1458,5004 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1458,5001 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1458,a004 rev 60 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1458,e000 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,7205 card 1458,d000 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0x2000000) MX[B] (II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (--) PCI:*(1:0:0) unknown vendor (0x1106) unknown chipset (0x7205) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd8000000/26, 0xdc000000/24 List of video drivers: intel mach64 r128 radeonhd chips cirrus radeon cyrix dummy i128 i740 imstt neomagic i810 savage sisusb tseng voodoo vmware (II) LoadModule: "intel" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//intel_drv.so (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.3.2 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "mach64" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//mach64_drv.so (II) Module mach64: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 6.8.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "r128" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//r128_drv.so (II) Module r128: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 6.8.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "radeonhd" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeonhd_drv.so (II) Module radeonhd: vendor="AMD GPG" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "chips" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//chips_drv.so (II) Module chips: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "cirrus" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_drv.so (II) Module cirrus: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "radeon" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//radeon_drv.so (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 4.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "cyrix" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cyrix_drv.so (II) Module cyrix: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "dummy" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//dummy_drv.so (II) Module dummy: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 0.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "i128" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i128_drv.so (II) Module i128: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "i740" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i740_drv.so (II) Module i740: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "imstt" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//imstt_drv.so (II) Module imstt: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "neomagic" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//neomagic_drv.so (II) Module neomagic: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.2.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "i810" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i810_drv.so (II) Module i810: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.3.2 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) UnloadModule: "i810" (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//i810_drv.so (II) Failed to load module "i810" (already loaded, -1074703756) (II) LoadModule: "savage" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//savage_drv.so (II) Module savage: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.2, module version = 2.2.1 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "sisusb" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//sisusb_drv.so (II) Module sisusb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 0.9.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "tseng" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//tseng_drv.so (II) Module tseng: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "voodoo" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//voodoo_drv.so (II) Module voodoo: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.1.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "vmware" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//vmware_drv.so (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 10.16.2 Module class: X.Org Video Driver ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O [3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B) [5] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B] [7] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B] [9] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B] [10] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0x20) IX[B] [11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0x10) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0x10) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0x4) IX[B] [15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009403 (0x4) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x00009007 (0x8) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps: [0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O [3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B) [5] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B] [7] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B] [9] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B] [10] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0x20) IX[B] [11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0x10) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0x10) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0x4) IX[B] [15] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009403 (0x4) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x00009007 (0x8) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) All system resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0x100) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0x100) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O [7] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B) [9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [10] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [11] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0x20) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0x20) IX[B] [15] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0x20) IX[B] [16] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0x20) IX[B] [17] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0x10) IX[B] [18] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[B] [19] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0x10) IX[B] [20] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0x4) IX[B] [21] -1 0 0x00009800 - 0x00009807 (0x8) IX[B] [22] -1 0 0x00009400 - 0x00009403 (0x4) IX[B] [23] -1 0 0x00009000 - 0x00009007 (0x8) IX[B] (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_laguna" (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_laguna" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_laguna.so (II) Module cirrus_laguna: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_alpine" (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_alpine" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//cirrus_alpine.so (II) Module cirrus_alpine: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 No devices to configure. Configuration failed. # lsmod Module Size Used by binfmt_misc 7176 1 nfsd 185200 13 lockd 53768 1 nfsd nfs_acl 2816 1 nfsd auth_rpcgss 33184 1 nfsd sunrpc 157084 11 nfsd,lockd,nfs_acl,auth_rpcgss exportfs 3712 1 nfsd ppdev 6404 0 lp 7972 2 battery 10116 0 cpufreq_powersave 1792 0 cpufreq_userspace 2968 0 cpufreq_stats 3076 0 cpufreq_ondemand 6036 0 freq_table 4100 2 cpufreq_stats,cpufreq_ondemand cpufreq_conservative 5664 0 sd_mod 22032 0 ipv6 225172 45 dm_snapshot 14240 0 dm_mirror 14720 0 dm_log 8192 1 dm_mirror dm_mod 45384 3 dm_snapshot,dm_mirror,dm_log usb_storage 75712 0 snd_usb_audio 70240 0 snd_usb_lib 13312 1 snd_usb_audio snd_hwdep 6148 1 snd_usb_audio snd_seq_dummy 2692 0 serio_raw 4740 0 ns558 3712 0 parport_pc 22436 1 parport 30408 3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc psmouse 32016 0 snd_via82xx 20248 0 gameport 10504 3 ns558,snd_via82xx snd_ac97_codec 88228 1 snd_via82xx ac97_bus 1664 1 snd_ac97_codec snd_pcm_oss 32544 0 snd_mixer_oss 12288 1 snd_pcm_oss pcspkr 2304 0 snd_seq_oss 24832 0 snd_pcm 60680 4 snd_usb_audio,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_page_alloc 7816 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm snd_mpu401_uart 6400 1 snd_via82xx i2c_viapro 6804 0 snd_seq_midi 5664 0 snd_rawmidi 18592 3 snd_usb_lib,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_seq_midi i2c_core 19728 1 i2c_viapro snd_seq_midi_event 6528 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 40784 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_timer 17668 2 snd_pcm,snd_seq snd_seq_device 6412 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 44964 13 snd_usb_audio,snd_hwdep,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_seq_oss,snd_pcm,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device soundcore 6112 1 snd uvcvideo 45704 0 compat_ioctl32 1280 1 uvcvideo videodev 27392 1 uvcvideo v4l1_compat 12292 2 uvcvideo,videodev usblp 10624 0 button 6032 0 shpchp 25496 0 pci_hotplug 23204 1 shpchp via_agp 7680 1 agpgart 28336 1 via_agp evdev 7808 4 ext3 103688 1 jbd 35092 1 ext3 mbcache 6656 1 ext3 ide_cd_mod 27652 0 cdrom 30240 1 ide_cd_mod ide_disk 10496 3 ata_generic 4612 0 floppy 47620 0 via_rhine 18184 0 mii 4864 1 via_rhine ehci_hcd 28300 0 sata_via 6916 0 uhci_hcd 18448 0 via82cxxx 6916 0 [permanent] ide_pci_generic 3844 0 [permanent] libata 141088 2 ata_generic,sata_via usbcore 117616 8 usb_storage,snd_usb_audio,snd_usb_lib,uvcvideo,usblp,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd ide_core 95144 4 ide_cd_mod,ide_disk,via82cxxx,ide_pci_generic scsi_mod 129804 3 sd_mod,usb_storage,libata dock 8076 1 libata thermal 15132 0 processor 28080 1 thermal fan 4100 0 thermal_sys 10784 3 thermal,processor,fan # lspci -nvv -s 01:00.0 01:00.0 0300: 1106:7205 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: 1458:d000 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx- Latency: 32 (500ns min) Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10 Region 0: Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Region 1: Memory at dc000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] [virtual] Expansion ROM at dd000000 [disabled] [size=64K] Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot-,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [70] AGP version 2.0 Status: RQ=32 Iso- ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA+ ITACoh- GART64- HTrans- 64bit- FW- AGP3- Rate=x1,x2,x4 Command: RQ=1 ArqSz=0 Cal=0 SBA- AGP- GART64- 64bit- FW- Rate=<none> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". 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