On Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:21:17 +0200, Sven wrote in message <87ipu8ch82....@turtle.gmx.de>:
> On 2011-04-21 05:54 +0200, Joe Neal wrote: > > > I recently upgraded my sid box with a Gforce 8600. Following a > > reboot the binary nvidia drivers would only give me a screen > > resolution so small it was unusable and nouveau failed to find any > > usable resolutions at all. Analysis of recent X logs indicated > > that in the case of both drivers, EDID reads were failing, > > providing X with no data. When testing with a GRML live CD, EDID > > data was returned using nouveau, so this isn't a hardware problem. > > > > Since the problem occurs with both nvidia drivers, it's not a driver > > problem. Since EDID reads work properly with the GRML live CD it's > > not a hardware problem. I don't think any X packages have been > > upgraded at all since the last boot that could have caused the > > problem. I'm at a loss as to where the problem is coming from. > > > > Any guesses? > > I don't really have an idea myself, but some people reported a problem > with corrupted EDID on > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34554. The information > in that bug may be useful. > > Sven > > ..in WAG mode, I use radeon on all my graphics HW, and have these on my lab laptop (or labtop ;o)), you want ditto for nouveau, or use nvidea: arnt@celsius:~/Documents$ dpkg -l |grep radeon |fmt -tu ii libdrm-radeon1 2.4.25-1 Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime ii radeontool 1.6.1-1 utility to control ATI Radeon backlight functions on laptops ii xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.14.1-1+exp1 X.Org X server -- AMD/ATI Radeon display driver arnt@celsius:~/Documents$ dpkg -l |grep drm |fmt -tu ii libdrm-intel1 2.4.25-1 Userspace interface to intel-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime rc libdrm-nouveau1 2.4.22-2 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime ii libdrm-nouveau1a 2.4.25-1 Userspace interface to nouveau-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime ii libdrm-radeon1 2.4.25-1 Userspace interface to radeon-specific kernel DRM services -- runtime ii libdrm2 2.4.25-1 Userspace interface to kernel DRM services -- runtime rc plymouth-drm 0.8.3-18 Graphical Boot Animation and Logger (DRM) arnt@celsius:~/Documents$ -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110422154438.4dfe7222@celsius.local
