[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
I made a brief survey tonight among members of a LUG I am in. One person tried to figure out how to change the mouse pointer, and gave up after trying for a while. His teenage son managed to find the dialog, with a fair amount of prompting from me. Another person, who is very familiar with Fedor

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-19 Thread Peter Belew
I mentioned above that I experienced a crash in Firefox while changing a mouse pointer. Actually what I was doing was trying to start this bug report and experimenting with changing mouse pointers from the theme dialog, and trying to see what would happen if I changed the pointer in one theme, then

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-20 Thread Peter Belew
See Gnome Bugzilla - Bug no. 537128 - 'mouse pointer themes missing' - I added to that. I'll look for other existing Gnome bug reports as well. -- Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259195 You received this bug notification

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-20 Thread Peter Belew
I also filed a new usability bug on Gnome's Bugzilla, number 548714. -- Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/259195 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 259195] Re: Mouse pointer selection has become confusing under Gnome 2.22.3 under hardy

2008-08-21 Thread Peter Belew
Two cycles ago? This only appeared in Ubuntu LTS with the recent release. So people using LTS have only had a few weeks to notice the change, and possibly suggest changes. Discussed at length? This did not involve Ubuntu LTS users, as far as I know. This hasn't appeared in Debian stable yet. Des

[Bug 320313] Re: Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - intrepid - booting VESA from text mode" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21551780/Xorg.0.log -- Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/320313 You received

[Bug 320313] [NEW] Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-driver-vesa While investigating bug # 294899, on both intrepid and a development version of jaunty, I typically booted a desktop live CD into text mode, selecting the vesa driver, then, after possibly changing the xorg.conf file (or not) I oc

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
I just filed the 0 Hz screen mode on "vesa' - # 320313 - first against "intrepid" I will then reproduce it with "jaunty" -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, whic

[Bug 320313] Re: Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
I repeated the same steps, booting the development version of Jaunty this time. The results were identical, including the 848x480 mode with 0 Hz refresh. I neither case did I actually try to use that mode! I only tried the 848x600 and 800x60 modes, in fact. I did put the Option "ModeDebug" "true

[Bug 320313] Re: Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-23 Thread Peter Belew
I have attached the output of "xrandr --verbose", run under jaunty as user "ubuntu", after the X server has started. This shows the screen modes as described above. ** Attachment added: "output of xrandr --verbose" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21574849/xrandr.txt -- Screen mode with 0 Hz re

Re: [Bug 320313] Re: Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-23 Thread Peter Belew
One note - after I try to shut down or log out from X, the screen goes into an unsupported mode - the "Video mode not supported" message pops up on the Samsung display. So I end by having to reset the cpu to restart and remove the CD. A note about the 848x600 mode - initially, the left side of the

[Bug 320313] Re: Screen mode with 0 Hz refresh rate with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] and Samsung SyncMaster 570S tft

2009-01-23 Thread Peter Belew
I tried the same experiment with the Jaunty alpha-3 desktop disk. (Previous Jaunty experiments were done with the alpha-2 disk). There is something new: A message box pops up when changing screen modes: = "Could not apply the selected configuration" "Method i

Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
I tried to get the UniChrome driver to work on my Averatec 3280 yesterday; the end result was a grey screen with pieces of the round "waiting" cursor stuck at edges of the screen... On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Aeb1barfo wrote: > I had to back off the UniChrome driver and use the via driver o

Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
> > > " I PINK, therefore I HAM " > > --- On Mon, 1/26/09, Peter Belew wrote: > From: Peter Belew > Subject: Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on > Averatec 3280 > To: aeb1ba...@yahoo.com > Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 7:19 AM >

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
To add to information I've posted above: My Averatec 3280 laptop is now a dual-boot system - my primary OS is Debian: Linux 2.6.26-1-486 #1 Sat Jan 10 17:46:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 xserver-xorg-video-openchrome 1:0.2.902+svn5 X.Org X server -- VIA display driver I'm

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
Bug #186103 gives some information on the original xorg.conf file from an earier attempt to run Ubuntu on this system. I didn't provide an Xorg.0.log file then. -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
My current installation on this Averatec 3200 is the second Linux on the system. I have set it up to boot in text mode (by renaming the gdm symlink in /etc/rc2.d from S30gdm to K30gdm. Then I type 'startx' to start the X server. I am still having problems getting the right driver for VIA to work,

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-26 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from using the vesa driver, started with 'startx', see the xorg.conf file in the previous comment. ** Attachment added: "xorg.0.log - running vesa" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21666307/Xorg.0.log -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 h

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-27 Thread Peter Belew
Here's another experiment: I booted the jaunty alpha-3 CD in text mode, then mounted a disk volume and created a directory to save the resulting xorg.conf and the soon-to-be generated /var/log/Xorg.0.log file in. I opened a second console (ctl-alt-F2) and changed to the new directory in both consol

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
I just tried again to boot the 9.04 'jaunty' CD - I was unable to get a console with ctrl-alt-F1, trying several times before and after the screen started displaying the little windows saying the current screen mode. Apparently the driver is trying a number of modes, and doesn't get feedback from t

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
Oh, good. I was wondering whether there was a way to boot in text mode. That will make it MUCH easier to proceed! Also removing the splash progress bar might help, I'll see. I'll be home in a couple of hours to try this! Then I can try either the new driver, or my old xorg.conf file, or both. I e

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
I made some progress - I was able to boot into text mode after modifying the boot parameters - adding 'text' and removing the 'splash', and specifying the vesa mode. At this point, I was able copy files to this system from another, using scp. I then copied the experimental driver and my old xorg

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the log, trying to startx with the driver on the Jaunty alpha disk. As I said above, I was unable to install the driver under development: xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.2.1+git20081117.aea0496f- 0ubuntu0tormod_i386.deb ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log 14 Jan 2009" http://launchpadlib

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: crashes on startup - segfault in DRIFinishScreenInit

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
Oops - I'll download the right driver and try again. Actually I'm not sure what IS the right version.. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 1:45 AM, Tormod Volden wrote: > Thanks for the log. Well, you picked the wrong (Intrepid) version from > the PPA, that's why you get the xserver-xorg-video-4 conflict. >

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
I went back to trying the 8.10 Intrepid live CD - using 'text' and eliminating 'splash' in the boot line enables it to boot in text mode, then using the old xorg.conf from 7.04 enables X to start. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > If you add "text" to the boot parameters (th

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks! I'll download that tonight or tomorrow, and try it. I suspect it will work. And I'll post my results. It's good this is going upstream - this problem affects not only Ubuntu and Debian, but Fedora as well, when I've tried recent live CDs. Probably several other distros, including Gentoo. I

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
I can't find the file. Could you send me the exact URL for the page it's on? On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > The right version for Jaunty would be xserver-xorg-video-savage - > 1:2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod . On the PPA page there is a > column called "Series

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
The nearest file I find is xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod_i386.deb (96.6 KiB) On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > The right version for Jaunty would be xserver-xorg-video-savage - > 1:2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod . On the PP

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
With that driver, I was able to startx ok! The only glitch was that the user-switcher applet wouldn't start (or kept stopping each time I clicked on the popup which announced that it was failing). I'll attach the log file here. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - jaunty" http://launchpadlibrar

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
That was the wrong xorg.conf file. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the latest xorg.conf that works with the 9.04 driver The log file shows complaints about things like nonexistent fonts, nothing serious. The real remaining issue, in my opinion, is whether the installer will recognize which driver to use, and set up the right screen mode, and when that wi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the latest xorg.conf that works with the 9.04 driver The log file shows complaints about things like nonexistent fonts, nothing serious. The real remaining issue, in my opinion, is whether the installer will recognize which driver to use, and set up the right screen mode, and when that wi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the xorg.conf file - we seem to have some problem getting the right files! :) ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf - jaunty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21273903/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bu

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
This Xorg.0.log file was generated as requested - with no xorg.conf file. There was no crash - no screen was found, as the log file says, so console 1 stayed in text mode. Putting in the old xorg.conf (as in the previous posting) allows X to start. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - no xorg.conf

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
I was finally able to boot the live CD, by booting in text mode with the display selection set to vesa. Then I had to run startx to start the vesa X server. After that it is possible to click on the install icon and install. after rebooting, there were some difficulties getting the X server to s

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-17 Thread Peter Belew
I tried the new debug package containing a screen driver. It was able to start X , arriving at a screen resolution of 848x600 at 61 Hz. Once I started, the user switcher was aborted (as usual) I suspect that is due to my starting with 'startx' rather than a login. Trying to switch screen modes,

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-17 Thread Peter Belew
The date in the log file is in UTC - I hadn't set the time zone. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-18 Thread Peter Belew
This evening I repeated the experiment, this time with my old xorg.conf file containing explicit driver settings, such as: Section "Device" Identifier "S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]" Driver "savage" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-18 Thread Peter Belew
I think the xorg.conf generated when the system started up in failsafe mode specifies "vesa" just because the system was started in failsafe mode. So I should have changed "vesa" to "savage". Now my xorg.conf with all the screen parameters does specify "savage", so the right driver would have been

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Belew
output of "lspci -vvnn" system is now running Debian 5.0. ** Attachment added: "output of "lspci -vvnn"" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21095460/lspci-vvnn.txt -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-01-10 Thread Peter Belew
The previous run of lspci was done in user mode - Here I re-did that as root, providing a bit more information about the video controller, for example. ** Attachment added: "output of "lspci -vvnn" run as root" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21095503/lspci-vvnn.txt -- Installer fails to recogn

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Peter Belew
So I should download the normal Jaunty live CD, boot in failsafe vesa mode, also have your downloaded driver on my HD. How do I install your driver from where it is? Peter On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > Please also add > Option "ModeDebug" "true" > to the Device sectio

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Peter Belew
I can't get the Jaunty CD to boot into X, even in 'safe' mode. The Samsung Syncmaster display won't accept any of the modes the driver tries. Peter On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > This certainly looks wrong in your original log file: > (II) SAVAGE(0): Configured Monitor

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
1) I tried first editiing the original xorg.conf, changing 'vesa' to 'savage'. 2) Then I tried the above way: booting with "text", but not specifying safe mode. In each case, a compatible screen mode was not found, and the X server failed to start. Here, I have attached the log file for the fi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
Log file for second case ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log for second case" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21440895/Xorg.0.log4 -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks! Now I'm going to revisit bug #255561 - which refers to the same Samsung display but a different display card on a Dell machine. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212510 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 Although I originally reported this on a 'duplicate' bug thread, this should be separate as it is on different hardware from other reporters. That 'duplicate' was reported fixed - since this is still a problem

Re: [Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212510 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/212510 Oh, dear - I'll have to test without the kvm switch - quite an inconvenience, but I should do that. On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 3:50 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 212510 *** >

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
I just ran the 2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod3 driver, and it started into 800x600 mode (with allowable modes 800x600, 640x480, ). At the moment I have the monitor plugged directly into the gBox computer. I'll retry with the kvm switch. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.conf using the

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
I got the same resolutions with the monitor plugged back into the kvm switch. Another log appended! "MiniView" 2-port KVM ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - Jaunty - using kvm switch now." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21493740/Xorg.0.log -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSava

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
When I connected without the KVM switch, I used no special cables or adapters - the monitor's cable was plugged directly into the gBox computer. By the way I haven't recorded the output of the get-edid | parse-edid on the gBox - I couldn't install those for Jaunty and the installed system on that

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s and using a kvm switch

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
I don't think the KVM switch has anything to do with the problem. The same monitor and KVM switch are used with the gBox computer for which bug # 294899 was reported, and I was able to get similar results for the initial resolution whether I was connecting the monitor through the KVM switch or conn

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s and using a kvm switch

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
I am attaching the output of get-edid | parse-edid > edid.txt 2>&1 while the KVM switch is NOT attached. Note that there is no difference - the KVM does not affect the output. ** Attachment added: "edid results without KVM switch attached" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21512527/edid-nokvm.

Re: [Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with ati and Samsung SyncMaster 570s and using a kvm switch

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
The gBox computer is a dual-boot between Windows XP and Debian 5.0. I actually don't remember the exact procedure I followed when installing Windows, but it was no problem. For Debian, after this started happening, It was necessary to use an old xorg.conf file. On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:12 PM, To

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
On the Debian 5.0 machine (gBox) it turns out that sh is just a symlink to bash, whereas on Ubuntu it's a symlink to dash. Here's the screen output from running get-edid: billy:~# get-edid > edid.bin get-edid: get-edid version 1.4.1 Performing real mode VBE call Interrupt 0x10

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
This page gives the supported modes for this Samsung TFT monitor: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=610&page=5 Resolution Freq Hor. Freq Ver. Pixel Clock Standard 640x350 31.5kHz 70Hz25.2MHz VGA 720x400 31.5kHz 70Hz

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Here's an Xorg.0.log file from booting Knoppix 5.1 on this gBox computer. Available screen modes in the knoppix utility for switching modes were 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, all around 75 Hz. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - billy, knoppix" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21527089/Xorg.0.log.gb

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the xorg.conf file running Knoppix 5.1 on the gBox ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf file - knoppix on gbox" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21527165/xorg.conf-gbox-knoppix -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8

2009-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
How do I build this? Should I build this under Jaunty or is an earlier Ubuntu Ok for the build? Also, should I still file the bug about the 0 Hz scan under the VESA driver, and should I use the default xorg.conf or none at all for that test? - I'm not positive about which I did for that test. On

Re: [Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
I followed those instructions on my Averatec 3280, and it seems to work now (I am still booting into text mode and using 'startx' to start the X server. The only problem I have now is that X starts in a very high res screen mode that doesn't work properly on this system - the screen contents are m

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the xorg.conf file again ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf file with resolution specifications" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/22311036/xorg.conf -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/296142 You received this bug notification because you

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
After restoring the normal S30gdm symlink in /etc/rc2.d, I find that Ubuntu now boots normally into a 1024x768 screen. Thanks to j.eason for pointing out the instructions for building the openchrome driver! -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
Also the newly-built driver solves the problem of the screen flashing in multiple colors when the X server shuts down. This is the first time this has stopped with either Ubuntu or Debian on this laptop! -- Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2961

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-02-09 Thread Peter Belew
This also works in Debian 5.0 (lenny) on the same laptop (dual boot into either Linux) - I recompiled the driver in that system too. An essential thing here is that the system properly recognized the video controller and that reasonable screen modes are set up in xorg.conf. Here, I did that manua

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-04-14 Thread Peter Belew
I have just tried booting the Ubuntu 9.04 Beta CD (as a live CD) on this Averatec 3280 laptop. There is a significant improvement in the situation, but it is not quite perfect. What happens is that a large range of resolutions, above and below the optimum resolution of 1024x768 for the LCD display

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-04-15 Thread Peter Belew
Note that the 1024x768 resolution setting shows as having a 0 Hz refresh rate. I've attached the Xorg.0.log as it was before I changed the screen resolution. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log before changing resolution to 1024x768" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25503213/Xorg.0.log.20090415 --

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-04-15 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the Xorg.0.log after the screen resolution was changed from 1600x1200 to 1024x768. Note that the driver actually changes the refresh rate to 60 Hz, according to the log. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after changing resolution to 1024x768" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25503396/Xorg.

[Bug 297927] Re: [intrepid] X server fails to start properly on Jetway

2009-04-15 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 271138 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/271138 This appears to have been fixed in the Ubuntu 9.04 Beta release - that worked fine on both the Jetway systems I have. Also an unreported problem in which the systems didn't start with consistent screen resolut

[Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-15 Thread Peter Belew
I was able to boot the Ubuntu 9.04 Beta live (desktop) CD, and X came up properly. However, screen resolutions were limited to 800x600, 640x480, 400x300, and 320x240. I have attached the Xorg.0.log file. I expect to try to use an old xorg.conf file, to force the 1024x768 mode supported by the S

[Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-15 Thread Peter Belew
I tried using an xorg.conf file which specifies screen resolutions up to 1024x768, and that didn't work - the Samsung display just kept showing its "display resolution not supported" popup all over the screen. So possibly the fixed driver for 8.x versions hasn't been incorporated into 9.04 Beta

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-16 Thread Peter Belew
Should I file a separate bug in the resolution issue (for 9.04 beta) - that I can't get the display to run at 1024x768? On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Tormod Volden wrote: > What is the fixed driver for 8.x versions? The fix for this bug is in > Jaunty with -savage 1:2.2.1-4ubuntu2. > > ** Bug

[Bug 255561] Re: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails on Dell PowerEdge 400sc with Samsung SyncMaster 570s

2009-04-16 Thread Peter Belew
I have tried the live CD for the 9.04 beta. This boots properly, but initially allows only screen resolutions 800x600 and below. However, I can edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf, as attached below, to specify specific screen resolutions, including the desired 1024x768 resolution, log out, and log back in,

[Bug 294899] Re: BFe: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 570s and ProSavage8 [patch]

2009-04-16 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, I was in error regarding the resolution. I used the wrong procedure for getting a modified xorg.conf to work. Editing the xorg.conf file, logging out, then logging back in sets the resolution to 1024x768 (see also bug 255561, with the same monitor but a different computer and display car

[Bug 296142] Re: Installer fails to recognize display on Averatec 3280

2009-04-16 Thread Peter Belew
Adding display-resolution parameters to xorg.conf allows one to select resolution from a specified list. In this case, I have specified 1024x768, 800x600,and 640x480. There is still an anomaly - 720x576 and 720x480 show up - both showing 0 Hz. I've attached the new xorg.conf. ** Attachment added

[Bug 264555] [NEW] Link to www.namesys.com in 'man mount' is dead

2008-09-03 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: The link below in the manual page for 'mount' is dead: Mount options for reiserfs Reiserfs is a journaling filesystem. The reiserfs mount options are more fully described at http://www.namesys.com/mount-options.html. The owner of this URL, Hans Reiser, is i

[Bug 264555] Re: Link to www.namesys.com in 'man mount' is dead

2008-09-03 Thread Peter Belew
Fortunately, much of Reiser's company's site is archived at: http://web.archive.org/web/20071023172417/www.namesys.com/ and http://web.archive.org/web/20071010003927/www.namesys.com/mount- options.html is apparently the page referenced in the man page for 'mount'. Hopefully, someone is maintai

[Bug 411164] [NEW] Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-ati I am able to make video work on this system running the 6.06 LTS live/desktop CD, manually selecting the screen resolution. But I am unable to get Xorg to work under later releases. In this case, I installed 8.10 using the alternat

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Result of lspci -vv ** Attachment added: "lspci -vv output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089592/lspci.txt -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, w

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
lsmod output ** Attachment added: "lsmod output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089614/lsmod.txt -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is sub

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf file based on one generated running 6.06 LTS ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089711/xorg.conf -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf.new - generated on FreeBSD 7.1 using command Xorg -configure on the same system. Running the same command on Ubuntu crashed. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf.new from FreeBSD" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089746/xorg.conf.new -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies In

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log - from trying to run with vesa driver. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - running vesa" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30089776/Xorg.0.log -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification be

[Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-09 Thread Peter Belew
Xorg.0.log - trying to use ati driver ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - running ati driver" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30092974/Xorg.0.log2 -- Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 You received this bug notification because

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on this system. On starting the installer, I specified the screen resolution as 1024x768x24. The installation went well, though this system is slow by today's standards. Now I am doing an online upgrade to 8.04 LTS. I'm not sure what driver was selected. In the mo

Re: [Bug 411164] Re: Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP

2009-08-12 Thread Peter Belew
In my case, the upgrade to 8.04 after the installation of 7.10 went well. The display driver selected in xorg.conf is 'vesa'. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Peter Belew wrote: > I have just installed Ubuntu 7.10 on this system. On starting the > installer, I specified the scre

[Bug 415192] Re: apport-gtk crashed with SIGSEGV in gtk_icon_set_render_icon()

2009-08-17 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "ApportLog.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441542/ApportLog.txt ** Attachment added: "CoreDump.gz" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441543/CoreDump.gz ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30441544/Dependencies.txt ** Attachment

Re: [Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
It turns out I had actually built an openchrome driver some time ago (I have to look at my Launchpad email to determine the date) in order to deal with this or a related problem. At any rate, I downloaded the current sources from the OpenChrome server, copied in the patched via_driver.c file, and

[Bug 186103] Re: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280)

2009-08-18 Thread Peter Belew
Please see my comments in bug #296142 regarding my earlier installation of the openchrome driver (in both ubuntu and debian). Also, I tried the live CD for Karmic Koala 9.10, and the only real problem with display is that it also chooses a too-high resolution for the screen, so that only the upper

[Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
I recently did a new installation on the gBox computer mentioned above. It now runs hardy 8.04.3 LTS with a vesa driver - I installed it by installing first 6.06.1 LTS (in safe mode with screen resolution specified explicitly) then upgrading. This system works, but crashes when switching to a text

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks, Tormod - I just downloaded xserver-xorg-video- savage_2.3.1~git20090813.36ab23a9-0ubuntu0tormod~hardy_i386.deb to my laptop ... is that the right one? I'll install it once I get back to that system. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Tormod Volden wrote: > Peter, I updated the Hardy xs

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-14 Thread Peter Belew
and back, reboot, etc properly. I'll submit that as a bug against the vesa driver. (Actually I didn't try the savage driver that comes with 8.04 LTS - I understand the fixes didn't get into a release before Jaunty). On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Peter Belew wrote: > Thanks, T

Re: [Bug 217004] Re: install failure (regression) with ProSavageDDR graphics chipset

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
the system locks up on exiting from Gnome. I haven't tried the savage driver on that system, if it has one. On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Peter Belew wrote: > Tormod - installing your savage driver solved the problem. After > installing it, I disabled Xorg running at runlevel 2 by renaming

[Bug 414330] [NEW] When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-vesa System with S3 ProSavage8 running 8.04.3 LTS crashes on logout The 8.04.3 LTS system runs Ok, but crashes when switching to a text console, when logging out (to change users), or when shutting down. (See below) This is the same s

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "lspci --vv output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381465/lspci.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381466/Dependencies.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving gr

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "lsmod output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381507/lsmod.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are a m

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "/var/log/messages" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381619/messages -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
Information about file system usage ** Attachment added: "fdisk and df output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381714/fdisk.txt -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You receive

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "/var/log/kern.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381742/kern.log -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381853/Xorg.0.log -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification because you are a me

[Bug 414330] Re: When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode

2009-08-15 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "xorg.conf - using vesa driver" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/30381801/xorg.conf -- When using vesa driver system with S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266] crashes when leaving graphics mode https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/414330 You received this bug notification be

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