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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

[karmic] external monitor not recognized correctly

Bug #395140 reported by Craig Estep on 2009-07-03

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)	Fix Released	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu karmic (development branch)
Release: 9.10

apt-cache policy xorg
xorg:
  Installed: 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
  Candidate: 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
  Version table:
*** 1:7.4+3ubuntu4 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com karmic/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

lspci -nn | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2a02] (rev 0c)

sudo ddcprobe
vbe: VESA 3.0 detected.
oem: Intel(r)Crestline Graphics Chip Accelerated VGA BIOS
vendor: Intel Corporation
product: Intel(r)Crestline Graphics Controller Hardware Version 0.0
memory: 7616kb
mode: 1280x1024x256
mode: 1280x1024x64k
mode: 1280x1024x16m
mode: 1024x768x256
mode: 1024x768x64k
mode: 1024x768x16m
mode: 640x480x16m
mode: 800x600x64k
mode: 800x600x16m
mode: 640x480x256
mode: 800x600x256
mode: 640x480x64k
edid: ��
edid: 3 8
id: 016a
eisa: XX\016a
serial: 09010101
manufacture: 16 1991
input: separate sync, sync on green, digital signal.
screensize: 27 120
gamma: 1.460000
dpms: non-RGB, no active off, suspend, standby
timing: 720x400@70 Hz (VGA 640x400, IBM)
timing: 720x400@88 Hz (XGA2)
timing: 640x480@60 Hz (VGA)
timing: 640x480@67 Hz (Mac II, Apple)
timing: 640x480@75 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@56 Hz (VESA)
timing: 800x600@60 Hz (VESA)
timing: 1280x1024@75 (VESA)
ctiming: 368x294@101
ctiming: 760x608@76
ctiming: 760x608@76
ctiming: 880x704@61
ctiming: 1272x1017@61
ctiming: 760x570@109
ctiming: 880x704@101
ctiming: 880x880@93
dtiming: 304x1575@560

xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 433mm x 271mm
   1280x1024 75.0*
   1152x864 75.0
   1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
   832x624 74.6
   800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
   640x480 72.8 75.0 66.7 60.0
   720x400 70.1
LVDS1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   1280x800 60.0
TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Updated from alpha 2 to latest updates, now in Display options, external monitor is labeled "Unknown". My monitor is a ViewSonic VA2012wb.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Jul 3 08:14:17 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: TOSHIBA Satellite A205
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
ProcCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.31-1-generic root=UUID=ea05307a-55d9-46d6-99c3-8d0fded95996 ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-1.14-generic
RelatedPackageVersions:
xserver-xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
libgl1-mesa-glx 7.5~rc4-1ubuntu2
libdrm2 2.4.11-0ubuntu1
xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.7.99.1+git20090602.ec2fde7c-0ubuntu4
xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.12.99+git20090629.f39cafc5-0ubuntu1
SourcePackage: xorg
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-1-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 03/10/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.bios.version: V2.20
dmi.board.name: ISKAA
dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.board.version: 1.00
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: *
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrV2.20:bd03/10/2008:svnTOSHIBA:pnSatelliteA205:pvrPSAE3U-07Y023:rvnTOSHIBA:rnISKAA:rvr1.00:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Satellite A205
dmi.product.version: PSAE3U-07Y023
dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.31-1-generic

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Craig Estep (craigy) wrote on 2009-07-03:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (52.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLog.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
GdmLogOld.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lspci.txt Edit (17.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (804 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (498 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (574 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (111.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (237.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (103.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (222.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (16.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (19.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Bryce Harrington (bryce) on 2009-07-06

affects:

xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)

Revision history for this message

Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2009-07-09:

This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-video-intel - 2:2.7.99.901+git20090702.74227141-0ubuntu1

---------------
xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.7.99.901+git20090702.74227141-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

  [Robert Hooker]
  * Update to git 20090702 (master branch) up to commit 74227141
   - Treat disabled CRTCs as "not covering" for scanline wait purposes.
     Fixes problems returning from a dpms off state.
     (LP: #390917, #383973, #390633, #385448, #388357)
   - Add an xorg.conf option to control swapbuffers behavior.
   - Set hot plug interrupt to detect HDMI output.
   - Add a pipe-a quirk for Dell mini
     (LP: #395306)
   - Add a pipe-a quirk for thinkpad x30
     (LP: #304614)
   - Reenable XvMC support in UXA. Now includes vld support.
   - Fix EDID for LVDS output device to add the default modes in UMS.
     (LP: #385832)
   - Export EDID when using KMS, so Display options shows info correctly
     (LP: #395140)
   - Fixes for SDVO LVDS mode detection.
   - Fix major performance regression of trapezoid rendering in UXA.
   - Fixes for hangs when GL compositing is used with multiple monitors
     with different refresh rates.
   - Support for new IGDNG devices.
   - Only get the VBIOS in non-KMS mode
   - Add a few error messages for DRM initialization
   - Don't try to pin buffers in KMS mode
   - Fix 945GM VT switch in UMS
   - Clear the bo on the rotate scratch pixmap (Fixes problems with rotation)
   - uxa: Fix segfault on source-only picture usage with FallbackDebug.
   - Various XvMC fixes.
  * Merge with Debian experimental. Remaining Ubuntu changes:
   - Add lpia architecture
  * Drop patches since they're already upstream:
    - 110_quirk_hp_mini.patch
    - 117_quirk_thinkpad_x30.patch
    - 118_pixmap_inline_funcs.patch
    - 119_fix_drawable_abuse.patch
    - 120_fix_dri2_vblank_syncing_segfault.patch
    - 121_dont_change_blank_sync_width.patch
    - 122_wait_for_vblank_to_sub_border_color.patch
    - 123_kms_export_edid.patch

-- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:02:45 -0700

This bug was fixed in the package xserver-xorg-video-intel - 2:2.7.99.901+git20090702.74227141-0ubuntu1

---------------
xserver-xorg-video-intel (2:2.7.99.901+git20090702.74227141-0ubuntu1) karmic; urgency=low

[Robert Hooker]
  * Update to git 20090702 (master branch) up to commit 74227141
   - Treat disabled CRTCs as "not covering" for scanline wait purposes.
     Fixes problems returning from a dpms off state.
     (LP: #390917, #383973, #390633, #385448, #388357)
   - Add an xorg.conf option to control swapbuffers behavior.
   - Set hot plug interrupt to detect HDMI output.
   - Add a pipe-a quirk for Dell mini
     (LP: #395306)
   - Add a pipe-a quirk for thinkpad x30
     (LP: #304614)
   - Reenable XvMC support in UXA. Now includes vld support.
   - Fix EDID for LVDS output device to add the default modes in UMS.
     (LP: #385832)
   - Export EDID when using KMS, so Display options shows info correctly
     (LP: #395140)
   - Fixes for SDVO LVDS mode detection.
   - Fix major performance regression of trapezoid rendering in UXA.
   - Fixes for hangs when GL compositing is used with multiple monitors
     with different refresh rates.
   - Support for new IGDNG devices.
   - Only get the VBIOS in non-KMS mode
   - Add a few error messages for DRM initialization
   - Don't try to pin buffers in KMS mode
   - Fix 945GM VT switch in UMS
   - Clear the bo on the rotate scratch pixmap (Fixes problems with rotation)
   - uxa: Fix segfault on source-only picture usage with FallbackDebug.
   - Various XvMC fixes.
  * Merge with Debian experimental.  Remaining Ubuntu changes:
   - Add lpia architecture
  * Drop patches since they're already upstream:
    - 110_quirk_hp_mini.patch
    - 117_quirk_thinkpad_x30.patch
    - 118_pixmap_inline_funcs.patch
    - 119_fix_drawable_abuse.patch
    - 120_fix_dri2_vblank_syncing_segfault.patch
    - 121_dont_change_blank_sync_width.patch
    - 122_wait_for_vblank_to_sub_border_color.patch
    - 123_kms_export_edid.patch

-- Bryce Harrington <bryce@ubuntu.com>   Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:02:45 -0700

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Fix Released

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