[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Trying the patch again resulted in some errors. I am attaching a .tgz file with the files produced in openchrome/src/src/ Next, I'll attach a .tgz file containing Xorg.0.log files. ** Attachment added: "files from openchrome/src/src showing patch problem" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38284369

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
This contains Xorg.0.log, etc. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old, ..." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38284428/user.log.2.gz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.la

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
When I try to boot with the driver I just created, the system hangs after the mouse cursor first appears, in a manner similar to that described in Bug #508456: At the point at which the system freezes, the initial rotating cursor has appeared, and then has just turned into a pointer. This is sligh

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
I reinstalled the current binary driver, and now the system hangs before showing a cursor at all - I just get a blank screen. However, in recovery mode, I can always start up fine, executing this script after logging in as root: #!/bin/sh echo start some services like the ssh daemon and apache se

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-22 Thread Peter Belew
Note my comment #2 in Bug #508456 - that I think there is a problem with 'upstart' when the screen freezes on startup. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Again, applying the patch gives the error messages: pe...@eros:~/openchrome/src$ patch -p0 < vbeEDID.patch patching file src/via_driver.c Hunk #1 FAILED at 1566. Hunk #2 FAILED at 1620. 2 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file src/via_driver.c.rej patching file src/via_dri.c Hunk #1 FAILE

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
This system' OS has been upgraded to Lucid ... and now uses different drivers (viafb and vt8623bf) instead of openchrome. 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apollo CLE266] integrated CastleRock graphics (rev 03) Subsystem: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8623 [Apol

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Note that running 'lspci -vvk' tells me: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8M800/K8N800/K8N800A [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) Subsystem: TWINHEAD INTERNATIONAL Corp Device 0315 Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SE

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-25 Thread Peter Belew
Note that booting in recovery mode and running "Xorg -configure" does produce an xorg.conf.new file that sets 'openchrome' to be the screen driver. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bu

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-29 Thread Peter Belew
Also see bug #508456 regarding upstart problems on this laptop, which may be related to these display driver problems. Current issues remaining are: Unusable consoles - colored gibberish on the screen. Starting up in graphics mode results in wrong resolution, without an xorg.conf file. Ha

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Belew
SEVERE REGRESSION This has regressed to coming up in the split- screen mode - i.e. at 1024x768 the x-origin of the screen is in the middle. I had just done an apt-get update/dist-upgrade in which the latest change was a new 'plymouth' with its associated library file. Ubuntu version and kerne

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Belew
I am attaching Xorg.0.log from before and after this update. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old, ..." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38673905/xorg.logs-20100202.tgz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-02 Thread Peter Belew
Hi - I had Virtual set that way already. I just tried booting with the latest updates, a few minutes ago, with the 2.6.32-12-generic kernel, and it failed in recovery mode as well as in normal mode. But it does boot properly with the 2.6.32.11 kernel, at least in recovery mode, with the proper scr

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
I've had the 'Option "modeSwitch" "new"' in xorg.conf already. What is happening with the 2.6.32-12-generic kernel is that the screen starts getting dark (mostly dark gray) after selecting the recovery mode, but I can type commands 'blind' to start up Xorg - first selecting the root shell from the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the Xorg.0.log file. In this case, I booted in recovery mode, and as the screen darkened, I was able to type commands to log in as root and start Xorg and other daemons even though I couldn't see what I was typing. Part of xorg.conf: Section "Device" Driver "openchrome" Ve

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
Here is ~/.xsession-errors ** Attachment added: ".xsession-errors" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38712873/xsession-errors-20100203 -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
This bug has reappeared today, with the most recent updates to Lucid. Instead of seeing random small colored pixel blocks, I now see a magnified portion of the X screen background (or the background for the login screen), when switching to a tty with CTL-ALT-F1 ...CTL-ALT-F6. I can login and type i

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
I'm adding .xsession-errors, but don't know if it's relevant to this problem (since the problem appears from the login screen as well as from the Gnome screen). ** Attachment added: ".session-errors" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38716172/xsession-errors-201002031115 -- [CLE266] Console scree

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: xorg + Binary package hint: openchrome, viafb, vt8623fb + + [Update 2010-02-03: See comments starting with #6. The TTY screen + background is now a magnified image derived from the X screen + background, and text is unreadable. Also I'm not sure this

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-03 Thread Peter Belew
Note that I just updated another bug relating to tty screens on another system with a VIA chipset - Bug #448911. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You re

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strange background

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
I am enclosing xorg.conf.new as created by executing 'Xorg -configure' before starting the X server. This shows that the openchrome driver has been selected. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf.new" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38759809/xorg.conf.new -- [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strang

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
As of Thu Feb 4 14:57:56 PST 2010, after more updates, my screen is now positioned properly, and console TTYs work ok on this laptop. I'm enclosing an archive of apt-show-versions output. ** Attachment added: "tar archive of apt-show-versions output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38770965/apt

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
BTW I am actually using the rt2500pci wi-fi device at the moment, when getting the messages in the last comment. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You re

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
But now, when I switch to a tty, I start getting kernel messages like these from /var/log/kern.log: Feb 4 15:09:54 eros kernel: [ 1084.808079] phy0 -> rt2500pci_set_device_state: Error - Device failed to enter state 1 (-16). Feb 4 15:09:57 eros kernel: [ 1087.924034] phy0 -> rt2500pci_set_devic

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strange background

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
As of about an hour ago, the tty console screens now work. (See bug #495553, which also seems to have been fixed) -- [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strange background https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subsc

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
I don't think those messages are a bug. :) -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, whi

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, not - read the previous comment. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Leann Ogasawara wrote: > Hi Peter, > > >From comment #76 is sounds like this issue you originally reported is > now resolved.  As a result I'm going to go ahead and close the linux > task.  For the messages you're seeing w

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
Correction - the starting problems are bug #508456. Scott James Remnant feels that this is a screen driver problem, rather than an upstart problem, but I'm not sure about that. Yes, the wifi card messages are a separate issue. There is still an issue with the screen going into a strange mode wit

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-04 Thread Peter Belew
The situation is still: If I start up in recovery (text) mode, I can use the script in comment #2 to start gdm and a couple of other daemons that I want. In this case, I can log in and run normally. However, if I try to start normally, I get to the login screen (a bit farther that I was getting ea

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-05 Thread Peter Belew
This has just regressed severely. It is back to the situation where the x origin is in the middle of the screen in 1024x768 resolution. Also I get a black, blank screen when shifting to a tty. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 r

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-05 Thread Peter Belew
This is an archive of apt-show-versions output after this morning's update ** Attachment added: "apt-show-versions output" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38799965/apt-versions-201002051019am.tgz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 32

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-05 Thread Peter Belew
Here is an archive of Xorg.0.log* ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38800111/xorg.0.logs-201002051024am.tar -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display properly on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-02-05 Thread Peter Belew
I have not tried Xubuntu since my last comment here. I'll try that when alpha-3 comes out. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Bartosz wrote: > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >       Status: New => Confirmed > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >   Importa

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strange background

2010-02-05 Thread Peter Belew
This too has regressed. On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Bartosz wrote: > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >       Status: Incomplete => Confirmed > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >       Status: Confirmed => Invalid > > -- > [CLE266] Console screens u

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of the latest updates this morning. The screen x-origin is still offset, and the screen image wraps around, as before. Selecting a text console with ctl-alt-F1 etc. results in a blank screen. When the system is booting (after a selection is made in grub), the screen gra

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
Also see Bug #508456 - regarding startup. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, whic

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-08 Thread Peter Belew
See also my bug #495553 for the latest startup behavior on my Averatec 3280. This includes a list of installed modules as of this morning. -- Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 You received this bug notification because you are a me

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-11 Thread Peter Belew
The latest version of compiz is in fact installed on my Averatec laptop. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Erik wrote: > Somehow installing compiz "solved" the weird startup behaviour. > I know, this is not a real solution, but I guess compiz changed the startup > order in a way. > > I did not y

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-15 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of Mon Feb 15 07:50:22 PST 2010 on my Averatec 3280 -- Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-server in ubun

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-15 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening on my Averatec 3280 laptop as of Mon Feb 15 7:53 AM PST -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification beca

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-16 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening on my Averatec 3280 laptop as of Tue Feb 16 23:16:47 UTC 2010 (Tue Feb 16 15:17:07 PST 2010) -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 Yo

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-16 Thread Peter Belew
Note that this problem was temporarily fixed earlier this month (see comment #76). I suspect examining the driver and other software versions installed at that point may lead to a solution to this bug. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averate

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 508456] Re: Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280

2010-02-18 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of Thu Feb 18 07:44:20 PST 2010 (Thu Feb 18 15:44:17 UTC 2010) -- Lucid frequently crashes while starting gdm on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/508456 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg-ser

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Belew
Still happening as of Fri Feb 19 17:49:20 UTC 2010 (Fri Feb 19 09:49:21 PST 2010), after update. Screen origin is still offset (with wraparound of video), tty screens are still blank (black), screen is still obscured during boot with cloudy image. I'm attaching list of packages as of this update.

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-19 Thread Peter Belew
Also attaching Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log as of latest update" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/39410593/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-02-26 Thread Peter Belew
This bug is still in effect up through immediately before release of Lucid alpha-3 yesterday. I tried alpha-3 (as a live boot) on 5 of my computers today (including this one), and submitted Bug #528767 regarding my results. I haven't tried updating yet. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to cente

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-03-02 Thread Peter Belew
The system has been updated to alpha-3 and updated since then, up to a few minutes ago. These problems are still happening. A this point, I am close to give up on testing lucid, in which case I will install Karmic instead and check to see if any bugs have been fixed in that since the release. Hope

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-03-02 Thread Peter Belew
I have installed Karmic instead of the Lucid alpha-3 on this laptop, but will check the Lucid beta-1 live CD release when it appears. There has been one minor improvement with this bug - the cloudy image which obscures boot messages while the system was booting disappeared with todays Lucid update

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

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
I have just booted a Karmic Koala 9.10 disk (with the Aug 1 kernel build) on this system and eventually (it's only a 400 mHz system) it comes up fine in 1024x768 resolution. The Display Preferences dialog shows a number of possible lower resolution settings. I tried several of the selections, down

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

2009-09-17 Thread Peter Belew
That was a 9.04 Alpha-4 CD. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:10 AM, Bryce Harrington wrote: > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) >       Status: Incomplete => Invalid > > -- > Xorg won't start on PC with ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage IIC AGP > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/411164 > You rece

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

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
My current version information running Karmic is DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=9.10 DISTRIB_CODENAME=karmic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu karmic (development branch)" Linux cupid 2.6.31-10-generic #35-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 22 17:33:42 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux That includes updates to today, 23 Sep

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

2009-09-23 Thread Peter Belew
This problem also occurs with the live CDs for Karmic Alpha 4 and Alpha 6. I am continuing to use an xorg.conf file, as above, in my Karmic installation on this laptop, in order to restrict screen resolution to 1024x768 and lower. Again, refer to #296142 for some details. This computer works best

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] [NEW] Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg When I switch to a text console with ctrl-alt-Fn, I get a background screen filled with multicolored random pixels. I am able to log in (despite not being able to see what I'm typing), and can switch back to X with alt-F7, and see the login with 'who

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33457400/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33457401/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33457402/Dependencies.txt ** A

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 448911] Re: Console screens unusable, filled with random colors

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
See also bug #436341, comment #6 regarding the similar problem on the Averatec laptop. -- Console screens unusable, filled with random colors https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/448911 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xorg in ubuntu. ___

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 449061] [NEW] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xorg Switching to a console screen with control-alt-Fn results in a screen filled with random colors, so text is not visible. However it is possible to login blindly and also to switch back to X with alt-F7. The rest is the same as with bug #448911 on ano

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 449061] Re: Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop

2009-10-11 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "BootDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33463413/BootDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "CurrentDmesg.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33463414/CurrentDmesg.txt ** Attachment added: "Dependencies.txt" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33463415/Dependencies.txt ** A

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

2009-12-11 Thread Peter Belew
Starting with yesterday's Lucid alpha-1 release, there has been both improvement and then regression regarding the driver for this hardware. See bug #495553 "Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps". The driver is setting the right screen resolution, but the left and right halves of the scre

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

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I don't have Karmic 9.10 on this system anymore, only the Lucid 10.04 alpha-1. The initial release of the latter worked well, except that the login screen resolution was something like 1600x1200 - but once logging in, the correct 1024x768 resolution was set. Then overnight the bug #495553 showed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I just booted from the original 10 December live CD. In this case, the login screen appears to be something like 1600x1200, clipped to the upper-left 1024x768 which this panel will display. The small login 'window' thus appears in the lower-right of the screen, but is accessible. Once logged in, I

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
At this point, it is clear to me that part of the problem is in low- level xorg code - code handling the mapping between the internal X coordinate system and the UniChrome display's coordinate system. It looks, though, like the mapping is correct for the UniChrome display's hardware cursor, when th

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: - Binary package hint: gdm + Binary package hint: xorg-server I installed Lucid on the Averatec 3280 laptop from the Alternate CD on 10 December 2009. I then updated the system with apt-get several times. On booting this morning, the logical screen origin was shift

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
Note that after I installed from the alternate CD, while the login screen came up a 1600x1200, the Gnome display came up at 1024x768. Yet when I ran the live CD, the Gnome display initially came up at 1600x1200. Why the difference? After a bit of reflection, I realized that, since I had kept my hom

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 449061] Re: [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I have a new variant of this problem running Lucid beta-1 (with some updates) on the same system: screen coordinates are shifted, and the console tty's do not work. See Bug #495553 "Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver" I'm not sure whether this is

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
** Summary changed: - Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver + Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver -- Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't wo

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
A number of xorg modules were just updated. This has had no effect on this bug, unfortunately. -- Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
To Sebastien Bacher - I've attached a photo of the login screen. For the login screen, the X-origin is always the center of the screen, no matter what resolution was previously set in the Gnome preferences dialog. I just noticed the image is blurry - I was aiming at the center of the screen and t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
To Sebastien Bacher - I've attached a photo of the login screen. For the login screen, the X-origin is always the center of the screen, no matter what resolution was previously set in the Gnome preferences dialog. I just noticed the image is blurry - I was aiming at the center of the screen and t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is what the Gnome screen looks like at 800x600. Here the screen x-axis origin is a couple of cm from the right side of the screen. Here I have placed the red mouse pointer at the edge of the screen, so that it wraps around to the other side of the screen. Likewise the terminal window wraps ar

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the 800x600 screen. ** Attachment added: "Gnome screen at 800x600" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36878660/IMG_3926.JPG -- Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You receive

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of today. I haven't tried building an openchrome driver for lucid, but that might be a good idea, even though I'm a bit skeptical as to whether this is a driver issue, because it looks like the problem started happening after updates were made within a day after the beta-

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Belew
I just rebuilt the openchrome driver on this system, without any patches, and there is no change - the x-origin of the screen coordinates is in the middle of the screen (for 1024x769) and at different horizontal positions for other resolutions. So I think it's likely this is elsewhere in xorg. --

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-17 Thread Peter Belew
Also the tty consoles still don't work - if I ctrl-alt-F2 for example, I get a blank, black screen, though I can alt-F7 to return to X. -- Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You re

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Belew
I'm attaching Xorg.0.log, after updating the system a few minutes ago, then trying to switch to a console with ctrl-alt-F3, then switching back with alt-f7. ** Attachment added: "latest Xorg.0.log after above procedure" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36947510/Xorg.0.log -- Screen origin shifte

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-18 Thread Peter Belew
Here is an Xorg.0.log from about 3 minutes earlier. ** Attachment added: "Earlier Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/36947573/Xorg.0.log.old -- Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bu

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Belew
No, adding that option to xorg.conf does not help. The screen x-origin is still shifted over (always in the center for the login screen, in varying positions for different X screen modes). Also switching to a ttyN console still results in a blank screen. There's another really strange effect that

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Belew
Unfortunately, later today I updated the system, and much of the system was wiped out, and it will no longer boot into Lucid. The system still has Jaunty on it, but with the Grub 2 for Karmic and Lucid. (Lucid was installed over Karmic). I might be able to rescue the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file from

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Belew
Here is a tar file with all the Xorg.*.log* files in it that are still on the system after lucid was made unbootable. This was obtainable by running Jaunty on the same dual-boot system and mounting the volume with "/" on it. ** Attachment added: "Archive of Xorg.n.log files" http://launchpadli

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-21 Thread Peter Belew
This archive contains dmesg, kern.log, and daemon.log ** Attachment added: "daemon.log, kern.log, dmesg" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37077866/morelogs.tgz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver https://bug

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-22 Thread Peter Belew
I think I'll wait a couple of days, re-install Lucid, update, and see what happens. I keep my /home files in a separate partition for each OS, so it's easy to do that. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver http

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-22 Thread Peter Belew
Today I re-installed Lucid alpha-1 from the alternate CD. Grub was properly updated so I can boot into either Jaunty or Lucid. Initially, the login screen appeared to be around 1600x1200. When I logged in, the screen size was set to 1024 x 768, but the hardware cursor only ranged from X=0 to X=800

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-22 Thread Peter Belew
The attached archive contains a couple of copies of Xorg.0.log, Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old The later one was created after I disabled the hardware cursor. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log.old" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37104472/Xorg.log.tgz -- [K8M800] Screen origin shift

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-27 Thread Peter Belew
I updated Lucid again with apt-get today, starting with Lucid alpha-1. This brings back the "Screen origin shifted to center" problem described in the original report above. So this problem is in one of the many packages updated today. Note that in any event the hardware cursor coordinates do not c

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 with openchrome driver

2009-12-27 Thread Peter Belew
(Continuing comment #33) As before, switching to a tty with Ctrl Alt Fn results in a blank screen, but I can switch back to X with Alt-F7. I am appending a list of xorg packages which are installed, obtained by executing apt-show-versions | grep xorg Also, for gdm I show $ apt-show-versions |

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2009-12-28 Thread Peter Belew
I have temporarily interrupted looking at this bug in order to install Karmic, to check for any progress on bug # 436341 on the same laptop. I'll re-install Lucid again soon, or wait for Lucid beta-2. ** Summary changed: - [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don'

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-03 Thread Peter Belew
I have again upgraded from Karmic to Lucid Alpha, starting the upgrade around 10 am PST today. The upgrade was done online (not a fresh install this time). I rebooted the system after the installation at 12:21 pm PST. The problem with the screen X-origin being offset has not changed. I'm using t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-04 Thread Peter Belew
No change as of Mon Jan 4 12:28:58 PST 2010 - bug still exists. Screen still off-center, trying to switch to tty1 through tty6 results in black screen. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-05 Thread Peter Belew
No change as of Tue Jan 5 18:32:37 PST 2010. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] [NEW] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome I installed the Xubuntu Lucid alpha-1 on this Averatec 3280, then was able to update it with apt-get up through today. With the kernel shown below, the login screen appears shifted over 1/2 the screen width, so the X-axis ori

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "apport file when running latest kernel for xubuntu" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/37560918/apport.xserver-xorg-video-openchrome.uTvd8B.apport -- Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/504381 You r

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
Running the 2.6.32-7-generic #10-Ubuntu SMP kernel instead, the symptoms are the same except that the screen is NOT offset . The tiny text window appears on the actual upper-left of the screen, with the rest of the screen filled with the normal Xfce blue screen background image. Again, trying to

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome I installed the Xubuntu Lucid alpha-1 on this Averatec 3280, then was able to update it with apt-get up through today. With the kernel shown below, the login screen appears shifted over 1/2 the screen width, so

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-07 Thread Peter Belew
I have filed a separate bug #504381 regarding related but worse behavior when trying to run Xubuntu beta1, with updates, on the same computer. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.la

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-08 Thread Peter Belew
A difference between this bug and the behavior reported on bug #504381 is that this bug behaves the same way whether kernel 2.6.32-9-generic or 2.6.32-7-generic (the one on the install CD) is running, while for bug #504381 it is different. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-08 Thread Peter Belew
As of Fri Jan 8 11:00:45 PST 2010, there has been no apparent change in the behavior described in this bug report. The X screen is still split, and ttys still don't work. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with open

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver

2010-01-09 Thread Peter Belew
No improvement after updates as of Sat Jan 9 11:30:49 PST 2010 -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid with openchrome driver https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 You received this bug notification because you are a me

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-09 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - The xorg.conf I'm using for both Ubuntu (Gnome) and Xubuntu has Section "Device" Driver "openchrome" VendorName "VIA Tech" BoardName "openchrome" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Option "SWCursor" "true" Option "modeSwitch"

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-09 Thread Peter Belew
ter the weekend. On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Peter Belew wrote: > Hi Bartosz - > > The xorg.conf I'm using for both Ubuntu (Gnome) and Xubuntu has > > Section "Device" >        Driver "openchrome" >        VendorName  "VIA Tech" >        

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-10 Thread Peter Belew
Here are the Xorg.n.* log files from yesterday (I booted into Jaunty on the laptop and mounted the partition with /var/log/ on it to get these logs). And from xorg.conf, I have Section "Device" Driver "openchrome" VendorName "VIA Tech" BoardName "openchrome" Iden

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 504381] Re: [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280

2010-01-10 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, the test above in #7 was done with ubuntu gnome, not xubuntu installed. Also, I just rebuilt the driver with the patch removed (I was able to ssh in and do the rebuild of the driver), and ubuntu boots with the slit screen described in bug #495553, but it does run well otherwise. After r

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