severity 673669 important reassign 673669 xserver-xorg thanks On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 04:57:47PM +0000, doobydave wrote: >Package: cdrom >Severity: critical >Justification: breaks the whole system > >Hi. As per title, my monitor's EDID is not read correctly, and this leads to >very >bad things on many linux distros. The debian live cd presents a flashing grey >screen instead of the desktop. Text login works (ctrl+alt+f1), but is not >displayed. >Trying to launch in failsafe mode is even worse. The machine hangs with >flashing >scroll-lock and caps-lock lights. >It's worth noting that WinXP on the same machine can use the monitor just fine. > >This bug is not specific to Debian (Fedora, Ubuntu and Sabayon all have >certain >issues) >I have filed a bug with UbuntuBugs, and I have a thread at Ubuntuforums about >the >issue. >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/read-edid/+bug/991068 >ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1981935 > >If you'd like specific debian generated logs (rather than the Ubuntu ones >available >in the above links, I can get ssh installed on a live CD boot and get to them >remotely (submitting this report from there now), or if you need me to install >it to >the hard disk (assuming it's possible), I'm happy to do so.
Reassigning to the X people, as they will be able to help more. Also reducing the inflated severity to something more reasonable. While this is undoubtedly important to you, many many other people with more mainstream hardware are using the same software are not seeing these problems. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com You lock the door And throw away the key There's someone in my head but it's not me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-cd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120520193957.gb7...@einval.com
