Public bug reported: Hi,
After upgrade to Ubuntu 13.10 my PC stopped booting into the login screen, but instead showed that failsafe X has to be used because my video driver could not be detected. As I checked later, the 13.10 live CD was giving me the same symptom right from the start. I managed to work around it by adding the following to xorg configuration: ------------------------------------------------ Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "vesa" EndSection ------------------------------------------------ and it started booting, but now shows corrupted font as seen in the attached image. The graphics card is not top-notch, but it worked in the 13.04 release (albeit only in gnome mode with no effects) and the font was rendered correctly. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-031300rc5-generic i686 .tmp.unity.support.test.1: ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2.2 Architecture: i386 CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins' CompositorRunning: compiz CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0' CompositorUnredirectFSW: true Date: Wed Dec 25 14:45:28 2013 DistUpgraded: 2013-12-24 20:32:19,055 DEBUG enabling apt cron job DistroCodename: saucy DistroVariant: ubuntu GraphicsCard: VIA Technologies, Inc. CN896/VN896/P4M900 [Chrome 9 HC] [1106:3371] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:81ce] InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-21 (248 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130420) MachineType: PC-FACTORY System Product Name MarkForUpload: True ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-031300rc5-generic root=UUID=bb7600ea-f802-458a-a689-2ec8d6ea5cc2 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 SourcePackage: xorg Symptom: display UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to saucy on 2013-12-24 (0 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 05/11/2007 dmi.bios.vendor: Phoenix Technologies, LTD dmi.bios.version: ASUS P5VD2-VM/SI, VIA P4M900/VT8237A, BIOS:0103(26-01-2007) dmi.board.name: P5VD2-VM/SI dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC. dmi.board.version: 1.XX dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 123456789000 dmi.chassis.type: 3 dmi.chassis.vendor: Chassis Manufacture dmi.chassis.version: 1111 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnPhoenixTechnologies,LTD:bvrASUSP5VD2-VM/SI,VIAP4M900/VT8237A,BIOS0103(26-01-2007):bd05/11/2007:svnPC-FACTORY:pnSystemProductName:pvr:rvnASUSTeKComputerINC.:rnP5VD2-VM/SI:rvr1.XX:cvnChassisManufacture:ct3:cvr1111: dmi.product.name: System Product Name dmi.sys.vendor: PC-FACTORY version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.10+13.10.20131011-0ubuntu1 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.49+git20131202.c3d96897-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.0.0-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.0.0-0ubuntu0sarvatt3 version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.14.4.901+git20131203+server-1.14-branch.c30db601-0ubuntu0sarvatt4 version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.7.3-0ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.2.99+git20131204.d571d6af-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.906+git20131213.f350a136-0ubuntu0sarvatt version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.9+git20130730.300c5a32-0ubuntu0sarvatt xserver.bootTime: Wed Dec 25 14:43:43 2013 xserver.configfile: default xserver.errors: xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log xserver.version: 2:1.14.4.901+git20131203+server-1.14-branch.c30db601-0ubuntu0sarvatt4 ** Affects: xorg (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug compiz-0.9 fonts i386 saucy third-party-packages ubuntu ** Attachment added: "Zrzut ekranu z 2013-12-25 14:48:05.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264114/+attachment/3935524/+files/Zrzut%20ekranu%20z%202013-12-25%2014%3A48%3A05.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1264114 Title: Wrong font and smoothing when Xorg started with vesa driver To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1264114/+subscriptions _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp