Hi Julien, I've changed monitors and as soon as I switched monitors the problem went away. I can haul the old monitor out of my storage unit and try it out next week to see if the issue is still present.
Cheers! On Wed, 2010-12-08 at 14:37 +0100, Julien Viard de Galbert wrote: > 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, > -- Andrew Ruthven, Wellington, New Zealand At home: and...@etc.gen.nz | linux.conf.au 2010 | Follow the signs. Visit Wellington! | http://www.lca2010.org.nz
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