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

2010-01-12 Thread Peter Belew
** Summary changed: - [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display propery on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280 + [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display properly on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec 3280 -- [K8M800] Xubuntu does not display properly on Lucid alpha-1 with updates, on Averatec

[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

2010-01-12 Thread Peter Belew
As of Tue Jan 12 08:57:44 PST 2010, this seems to have been fixed. I updated the system with apt-get a few minutes ago, a large number of packages were updated. After rebooting, the screen now appears normally. I am not sure what package(s) were changed to fix the problem. -- [K8M800] Screen ori

[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

2010-01-12 Thread Peter Belew
This is not competely fixed. When I try to switch to tty screens, I get a multicolored background, and the ttys don't work. I can, however, switch back to the X display with alt-F7. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

[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

2010-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Also note that this is dependent on the kernel version. The X display origin problem not happen with the lastest kernel, 2.6.32-10-generic #14-Ubuntu SMP, but it does happen with the previous kernel, 2.6.32-9. (See Bug #508456, describing another problem that has turned up in the last day). The pr

[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

2010-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
The TTY problem is still happening - switching to tty1...tty6 with ctl- alt-Fn results in a screen covered with random colored blocks, and alt-F6 switches back normally. The same colored screen shows while shutting down or rebooting. -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN

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

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - The result of doing this patch is ... Xorg.0.log:(II) CHROME(0): Module DDC loaded Xorg.0.log:(II) CHROME(0): Detected I2CBus1 Xorg.0.log:(II) CHROME(0): Not detected DDC2 I hope that information helps! Thanks, - Peter On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Bartosz wrote: > Hi. > Try

[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

2010-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
And here is the whole Xorg.0.log, after doing the patch above and rebooting: ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after above patch has been done" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/38154435/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 328

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

2009-10-12 Thread Peter Belew
Where will the desired debug information appear - in Xorg.0.log? On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Bartosz wrote: > Please build/install the latest openchrome driver and enable debug mode. > The detail build instruction for Ubuntu/Debian is available at: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/OpenChr

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

2009-10-12 Thread Peter Belew
Also, how will I determine that the newly-build driver is actually installed? On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 4:50 AM, Bartosz wrote: > Please build/install the latest openchrome driver and enable debug mode. > The detail build instruction for Ubuntu/Debian is available at: > https://help.ubuntu.com/comm

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

2009-10-12 Thread Peter Belew
I did build and install the debug version of the openchrome driver, and this version behaves the same. -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed t

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

2009-10-12 Thread Peter Belew
Thank you! No, the bug did not exist in 9.04 and earlier versions, although a similar display did happen sometimes in MUCH earlier versions during system startup and shutdown. I'm attaching Xorg.0.log ... ** Attachment added: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log after installing rebuilt driver" http://launch

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

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Belew
What I have done so far is to boot the Alpha-4, Alpha-6, and Beta live CDs. This does not happen with those two Alpha versions. With the Beta version, it's a bit different. When I switch to consoles 3 through 6, I get a blank screen, instead of the flashing colors, and I don't seem to be able to

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

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the Xorg.0.log for the Alpha-6 CD ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.alpha-6" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33609053/Xorg.0.log.alpha-6 -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449061 You received this bug notification because you are a

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

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the Xorg.0.log for the Beta version. I don't immediately see relevant version information for the Openchrome driver differing between the Alpha-6 and Beta versions. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log.beta" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33609103/Xorg.0.log.beta -- [K8M800] Console screen

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

2009-10-13 Thread Peter Belew
Output from `dpkg -s xserver-xorg-video-openchrome: The current package is version 1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1 The same version is in the beta CD. And the same version shows on the Alpha-6 CD. Could it be that some other module is causing this problem? -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Av

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

2009-10-14 Thread Peter Belew
This seems to have stopped happening on this system with the Jetway motherboard, but it is still happening on my Averatec 3280 laptop (Bug #447595). I'm adding Xorg.0.log for this Jetway system. ** Attachment added: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log on 14 Oct 2009" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/33664838/Xo

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

2009-10-14 Thread Peter Belew
Just a few minutes ago, I tried switching to a console on this Averatec 3280 laptop, and the text screen was normal - no flashing colors. And the version of the driver is still $ dpkg -s xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Version: 1:0.2.903+svn758-0ubuntu1 So, as I was beginning to suspect

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-20 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks - I'm embroiled in a couple other tasks right now, so I'll try this by the morning Swiss time. :) I did find gconf-editor - I noticed it didn't show xscreensaver, which is installed, but rather gnome-screensaver. Should I install the gnome version instead? Yes, I do interact with a openchro

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-20 Thread Peter Belew
Option "NoAccel" "true" enables AntSpotlight and Slip screensavers to run without crashing the system. I did change to the Gnome screensaver. I haven't tried any debug versions of software yet. On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 2:37 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > No, you don't need gnome-screensaver, but I am

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-21 Thread Peter Belew
I disabled the Option "NoAccel" after finding that scrolling web pages became very annoying, and so on. Now I have un xorg.conf Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "openchrome" # Option "EnableAGPDMA" "Off" # Option "NoAccel" "tru

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

2009-10-22 Thread Peter Belew
See bug # 436341, which is still happening on the RC, and is quite serious. -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-opench

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

2009-10-23 Thread Peter Belew
Another Openchrome-related bug is Bug #455954 AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 11:25 PM, Bartosz wrote: > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu) >   Importance: Undecided => Low > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (U

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-24 Thread Peter Belew
I am totally confused by the directions, which version of which package I should check out or download ... On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Bartosz wrote: > Check if this bug exists in the latest openchrome driver, > > Please build/install the latest openchrome driver and enable debug mode. > Th

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-24 Thread Peter Belew
This should be with the recompiled openchrome driver installed (I'm not positive this was done correctly) The ant-spotlight screen saver does not crash the system, as it did before. Acceleration is enabled. I'll attach xorg.conf as well. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from several minutes ago"

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-24 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the xorg.conf file. Panel size is specified, and acceleration is enabled, I believe. Please check settings. Browser scrolling is smooth, so it appears acceleration works to that extent. ** Attachment added: "rewritten xorg.conf file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34338881/xorg.conf

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-25 Thread Peter Belew
I'm now using the driver from https://launchpad.net/~xorg- edgers/+archive/drivers-only and that seems to fix the screensaver problem as well. I'm attaching the current Xorg.0.log ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/34358658/Xorg.0.log -- [K8M800] AntSpotlight sc

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

2009-10-25 Thread Peter Belew
I think bug #436341 is probably a variant of this problem, and is fairly serious. -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 455954] Re: [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediately

2009-10-25 Thread Peter Belew
Oh, that's good to know, thanks! On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 9:30 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > Well, you built the exact same version yourself, so they should work the > same. I don't see anything different in the logs either. > > -- > [K8M800] AntSpotlight screensaver causes system to lock up immediat

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

2009-10-26 Thread Peter Belew
No one has been assigned to #436341. -- [K8M800] Console screens unusable on Averatec 3280 laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/449061 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. __

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

2009-10-27 Thread Peter Belew
Is this patch and the one in bug report # 296142, comment #31, still appropriate? I never built the driver with either patch, sorry! Right now I have # dpkg -s xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Package: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: x11 Installe

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 382397] Re: [K8M800] Video Card is not functioning properly

2009-11-12 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 186103 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 What's needed is a way to make this sort of adjustment without going in and directly editing xorg.conf, such as making a selection at boot time, as with some older live CDs. On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 9:44 PM, d

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] [NEW] Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-14 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome This is regarding Lucid alpha-3 as updated to today, a few days before the beta release. When I try to switch to a console with, say ctrl-alt-F2, I get a distorted, magnified background image with a large text cursor. Text t

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-14 Thread Peter Belew
Here is a photo of the text-mode screen when I try to get a console screen with ctrl-alt-F3. ** Attachment added: "Screen shot of distorted text console" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/40939888/LARGE3970.JPG -- Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot probl

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-14 Thread Peter Belew
Here is a screen shot of the normal graphics screen, showing the same bobcat kitten. In the previous screen shot, note that there is a block cursor above the kitten's right ear (on its right). ** Attachment added: "Gnome screen with full background image." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/4093994

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-14 Thread Peter Belew
This seems to be #448911, but with the additional problems booting with the 2.6.32-16-generic kernel, and with today's photos of the console screen problem. -- Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538893 You received

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

2010-03-14 Thread Peter Belew
After a system update earlier today, I found that this is definitely still happening, and, since I couldn't immediately find this bug report, I reposted it as #538893. There are additional problems when booting, and I added a screen photo in that report, showing what happens to the text console scr

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-15 Thread Peter Belew
Here is an archive containing apt-show-versions.txt dmesg lspci.vvnn.txt Xorg.0.log Xorg.0.log.old I updated the system in the last half hour, so I included apt-show-versions output. The system starts up X properly on boot now (I no longer have to press ALT-F7 as described above) but otherwise

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

2010-03-15 Thread Peter Belew
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 538893 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538893 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 538893 Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems -- [CLE266] Console screens unusable, strange background https:/

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-21 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening on this system as of update to beta-1 and further updates through 20 March 2010. -- Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/538893 You received this bug notification because you are a member of 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

2010-03-21 Thread Peter Belew
I upgraded to the Lucid beta-1 starting one instance of Karmic on this laptop yesterday (this is a dual-boot system now, with Karmic and Lucid on it) and have installed some updates since. The problem with the offset horizontal position of the screen (with wrapping around), as described above, rem

[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

2010-03-21 Thread Peter Belew
I'd like to point out that the behavior of the driver looks to me like there is a 512-pixel delay or advance in the timing of horizontal sync. At 1024x768 this means the origin of the screen is shifted over half the screen width, and at 800x600 this means the origin is near the right side of the sc

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

2010-03-21 Thread Peter Belew
This has not happened for some time on my Averatec 3280 laptop. There is still a problem during startup: sometimes a clouded image partially obscures the screen during startup, but eventually X will start up, subject to some problems which are still happening (see Bug #495553 for that). (This under

[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

2010-03-21 Thread Peter Belew
I was mistaken about one point in comment #96 - the login window IS centered when xorg.conf is in place. -- [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 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

2010-03-22 Thread Peter Belew
There is no impovement in this bug with the most recent build of the openchrome driver. apt-show-versions xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/lucid uptodate 1:0.2.904+svn827-1 -- [K8M800] Screen origin shifted to center, screen wraps, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec

[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

2010-03-22 Thread Peter Belew
Please ignore the what I said in comment #96 about the login screen, and all of #98 - those comments apply to Karmic on the same computer. Also, I was miscalculating in #97 regarding the 800x600 screen. The full screen is 246 mm wide, and the x-origin is shifted over to 226 mm. That is about 735 p

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-22 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening with today's update of the openchrome driver: pe...@lightning:~$ apt-show-versions xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/lucid uptodate 1:0.2.904+svn827-1 Should this be reported directly to the openchrome project? (Along with Bug #495553) - would tha

[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

2010-03-22 Thread Peter Belew
Should I report this directly to the openchrome project? Might that help? -- [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 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

2010-03-26 Thread Peter Belew
This is still happening as of today. The screen is split, and wraps around, as described above, and switching to a text console results in a blank screen. This does not happen under Karmic on this dual-boot system, so the kernel used is possibly an issue. To Georg Duffner - when you use the 2.6.3

[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

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
Georg Duffner - thank you. It's possible that this is a problem in the kernel framebuffer or in some other Lucid component relating to the newer kernel. I still have kernel 2.6.31-20-generic in my Lucid /boot directory, and was able to boot into this. The login screen came up properly, and the Gno

[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

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
I'm attaching some logs. The current kernel version - from Karmic - is given here: Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=lucid DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu lucid (development branch)" Linux eros 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:0

[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

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
When I boot with the 2.6.31-20-generic #58 kernel (see above) I get the following messages when I first boot: mount: Mounting none on /dev failed: no such ... chroot: Cannot execute /etc/apparmor/initramfs: No such file or directory init: Plymouth main process (283) terminated with status 69 mount

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
While looking at Bug #495553 on a laptop I have with another UniChrome display, someone suggested I try booting with a kernel from Karmic. (see comments on that bug after about #100). So I copied the 2.6.31-20-generic #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC kernel from that system, and the associat

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 538893] Re: Console screens unusable on Jetway system with VT8623 [Apollo CLE266], boot problems

2010-03-27 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-openchrome - This is regarding Lucid alpha-3 as updated to today, a few days before - the beta release. + This is still happening with Lucid beta-1 as updated to 2019-03-27. See + comment #6 - there is some kernel dependency, as

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

2011-02-24 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - Oops! I didn't see your last update until just now. However, the fix seems to have been checked in; when I updated this morning, the resolution seemed to be correct, 1024x768. Thank you! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] [NEW] [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Public bug reported: Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau I tried booting the Natty 11.04 beta-1 live cd (32-bit) on a compaq presario with an nVidia chipset. The system took a long time to boot, possibly because of fairly low RAM and possibly because the hard disk is currently only fo

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log, lspci lsmod uname -a outputs" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069/+attachment/1962688/+files/bug.tgz -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launch

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Bug #707755 is against the same computer with an earlier build of Natty 11.04, as of 2011-01-252011-01-25. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title: [nat

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
The date in #2 is 2011-01-25 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/747069 Title: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver _

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
Here is some information regarding the FreeBSD installation on the same machine, which works using the vesa driver: [peter@compaq /etc/X11]$ uname -a FreeBSD compaq.belew 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 r...@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENE

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
My next experiment will be to boot in text mode, add an xorg.conf file based on the one originally generated by the PC-BSD live CD, and see if that works with the vesa driver. The problem is clearly with the driver for the nVidia chipset, which is apparently essentially the same as in Fedora 14. -

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-01 Thread Peter Belew
This is a Compaq Presario SR1000 system (System Number EX325-AA-ABA) (originally sold as "Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005") -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpa

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 747069] Re: [natty beta-1] Screen flashes on and of every few seconds with nouveau driver

2011-04-13 Thread Peter Belew
My problem was with the live CD (I have FreeBSD taking up the whole disk drive, and don't want to install Ubuntu in this system). There doesn't seem to be an easy way to choose the desktop, since the system auto-logins to Gnome when it starts up, without showing a login screen (unless there is a p

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-04 Thread Peter Belew
Ubuntu 11.04 'natty narwhal' seems to work well on this system, which is pleasantly surprising! I downloaded the ISO 2 days ago, and burnt a DVD from the image. As before, the live CD was unable to determine the actual resolution of the screen (1024x768, Unichrome controller) and set a higher reso

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-06 Thread Peter Belew
Hi Bartosz - I removed the xorg.conf file and rebooted. The login background and login dialog appear in the 1600x1200 mode (note that the grub2 screen appears properly, using a custom background I installed). I've attached the Xorg.0.log file. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after booting withou

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-06 Thread Peter Belew
After that, I proceeded to log in. The screen came up in 1024x76 mode, because I had previously set that resolution with the System>Preferences>Monitors dialog. So I used System>Preferences>Monitors to set the resolution to 1600x1200, and rebooted. After I logged in, the screen came up in 1600x120

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-06 Thread Peter Belew
On rebooting another time, and logging in, the screen came up 'properly' in 1600x1200 mode, with the top panel showing correctly. I've attached Xorg.0.log3 after that. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after another boot in 1600x1200 mode." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-06 Thread Peter Belew
I then set the res to 1024x768, using the System>Preferences/Monitor dialog, and logged out and logged in (without rebooting the OS). This time the screen came up in 1024x768 without the top panel, but showing the bottom panel. I've attached yet another Xorg.0.log (-.log4) file. THEN I rebooted co

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-07 Thread Peter Belew
Note that the tests of Natty on my Averatec - last few comments - were using the Ubuntu Classic Session - Gnome. Unity will not work on the Unichrome display hardware. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome

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

2010-12-11 Thread Peter Belew
As of 11.04 "Natty" Ubuntu, the remaining problem is that the initial display is set at 1600x1200. For Ubuntu with Gnome, the System/Preference/Monitors dialog is accessible, and the screen res can be changed to 1024x768 (see last few comments in bug #495553). For the unichrome display, only Gnome

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-12 Thread Peter Belew
A new bug appeared yesterday: frequently the top and bottom panels don't appear after login. I just filed this bug separately as #689377. This happens most of the time in Classic Mode (Gnome), but not in Gnome Safe Mode. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X,

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-13 Thread Peter Belew
Note that further comments were added to Bug #689377 today, as further problems appeared. I don't think these problem were due to the display driver, but they do affect testing of display problems somewhat, and vice versa. For example, if the xorg.conf file is removed, it's not possible to go into

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I built and installed the driver, and rebooted a couple of times. I've added an archive containing Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. There was no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. The main change was that the login screen was no longer at 1600x1200. The grub2 screen and the final Gnome screen appeared to b

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I built and installed the driver, and rebooted a couple of times. I've added an archive containing Xorg.0.log and Xorg.0.log.old. There was no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11. The main change was that the login screen was no longer at 1600x1200. The grub2 screen and the final Gnome screen appeared to b

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
Actually, the remaining problem regarding the initial screen resolution is covered by Bug #186103 - other issues on THIS bug seem to have been resolved. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. http

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
Comment #53 is an accidental duplicate of #52. Oops! This bug report contains the remaining issue in Bug #495553. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 Tit

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I haven't applied the patch (#56) yet, but switching to text console and back works fine, and hibernation seems to also. Now I'll try the patch ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. https://

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

2010-12-14 Thread Peter Belew
I applied the patch. It went well with via_mode.c, but there were some errors with via_driver.c - here is via_driver.c.rej --- via_driver.c(wersja 886) +++ via_driver.c(kopia robocza) @@ -725,7 +725,6 @@ break; case VIA_K8M800: pVia->DRIIrqEnable

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
I tried doing that. Running svn update from the src dir did nothing. I then tried svn update http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome from /root (openchrome is in /root/openchrome). Skipped 'http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk' Uopenchrome/ChangeLog Uopenchrome/src/via_mode.c Uo

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
After restarting with xorg.conf in place, the screen comes up as 1024x768, with just the bottom panel (but that's another bug). I think I'll try checking out the sources again from scratch and rebuild, later today. Or perhaps there was some error in my use of svn. -- You received this bug notific

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

2010-12-15 Thread Peter Belew
Now - svn checkout http://svn.openchrome.org/svn/trunk openchrome ... Checked out revision 888. I then tried to apply the patches. Again they seem to fail. I didn't try to build. Please send me fully patched .c files - I don't seem to be doing the patches right, or the patch file is bad. -- Yo

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

2010-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
Ok - I re-checked-out and rebuilt the driver, with no patches, and the native resolution is now 1024x768! Many thanks, Bartosz! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

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

2010-12-16 Thread Peter Belew
And thanks to the developers upstream! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186103 Title: [K8M800] Panel on K8M800 is not supported (Averatec 3280) __

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-17 Thread Peter Belew
There has been a severe regression TODAY in 11.04 - now the tty screens don't work. Ctrl-alt-F1 etc switch to a random screen which doesn't sync. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log after text console failure." https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/+bug/495553/+a

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

2010-12-17 Thread Peter Belew
There has been a severe regression TODAY in 11.04 - now the tty screens don't work. Ctrl-alt-F1 etc switch to a random screen which doesn't sync. See bug #495553. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in u

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-06-08 Thread Peter Belew
Reopen for possible backporting of 11.04 version of this driver to 10.04.3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495553 Title: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD l

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-06-08 Thread Peter Belew
The version of the openchrome driver which is working properly on this system under Natty 11.04 is: peter@cupid:~$ apt-show-versions xserver-xorg-video-openchrome xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/natty uptodate 1:0.2.904+svn916-1build1 Will there be daily builds of 10.04.3 available prior to that re

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-07-18 Thread Peter Belew
I downloaded the 16 July 2011 build of 10.04.3, and apparently the repaired driver has not been backported to this release. Two issues: 1. the screen comes up in 1600x1200 or something like that, so the bottom right of that screen image does not show on the 1024x768 panel, as before. 2. A login

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-18 Thread Peter Belew
I just reinstalled the current openchrome driver from the repository, rebooted, and now switching to text modes works properly, though I have to have xorg.conf installed to get the right resolution. I'll try rebuilding the driver according to Bug #186103 and see if that helps this issue. -- You r

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

2010-12-18 Thread Peter Belew
Checking out the driver sources (rev. 890 now) and rebuilding makes resolution detection work still, but switching to text screens does not work. Reinstalling the openchrome driver from the repository makes text screens work, but the resolution fix isn't in that driver, so xorg.conf is necessary.

Re: [Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-19 Thread Peter Belew
I'll try both 887 and 891 (and 888?) in about 24 hours - I'm out of town today. On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM, Bartosz <495...@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote: > Check also if this bug exists in the latest openchrome revision (r891): > http://openchrome.org/trac/changeset/891/trunk > > -- > You recei

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-20 Thread Peter Belew
See http://www.openchrome.org/trac/ticket/366 - The initial screen res seems to be set at 1024x768, and switching to/from text screens works too, with r891 of the OpenChrome driver. Thanks, Bartosz! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed t

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

2010-12-20 Thread Peter Belew
See http://www.openchrome.org/trac/ticket/366 - The initial screen res seems to be set at 1024x768, and switching to/from text screens works too, with r891 of the OpenChrome driver. This is with Ubuntu 11.04 updated as of today. Note that ~/.config/monitors.xml has been removed - this contains the

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Belew
** Description changed: Binary package hint: xorg-server + [ Comments added for Natty 11.04 alpha version } [ Comments added for Maveric beta versions ] It is now impossible to boot and log in on this system from the beta-2 live CD - see comment #111. THIS NOW SEEMS TO BE 'CURED

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Belew
A serious problem has just arisen after an update today. I did the update while the system was started, but before logging in (I switched to a text console while the login screen was appearing). Once I logged in, in safe mode, the 2 icons I'd created on the desktop were bouncing up and down, and ne

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Belew
A side issue - the system was unable to support USB devices that were attached - a keyboard and mouse. Console 1 reported errors about that. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-openchrome in ubuntu. https://bugs.lau

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-23 Thread Peter Belew
The behavior described above was with the Openchrome driver build from source a couple of days ago. I then reinstalled the driver from the repository, and the only difference in behavior was that the initial resolution after booting turns out to be 1600x1200; and that can be changed by installing a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2010-12-30 Thread Peter Belew
Bartosz: What I would really like to happen is to have these fixes backported to 10.04.1 LTS, so that they might be released by 10.04.2 update. Is that reasonable? 11.04 seems very unstable, and is not useable at the moment. Perhaps I should repartition the HD and set up a dual boot between 10.04 a

[Ubuntu-x-swat] [Bug 495553] Re: [K8M800] Maverick 10.10 live-CD login failure, ttyN screens don't work, on Averatec 3280 running Lucid

2011-01-09 Thread Peter Belew
As of the last couple of days, it appears that the screen resolution of 1024x768 is set automatically when X starts. Also, switching to/from text modes seems to work. There is an oddity about switching back from a text console to X: using Alt-F7 just switches to a blank screen with "[ OK ]" in the

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

2011-01-09 Thread Peter Belew
As of the last couple of days, after updating packages, it appears that the screen resolution of 1024x768 is set automatically when X starts. So this fix has been checked in to the repositories. Also, switching to/from text modes seems to work. However: There is an oddity about switching back fro

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

2011-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Running 10.10 maverick with updates through today, there is a problem that I can't switch to text console - the screen is full of big blocks of color. I have to use alt-F8 or alt-F9 to switch back to the X display. Show Ubuntu version and kernel version DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=10.10 DIST

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