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[karmic daily] X server won't start on Dell Mini 10v

Bug #395306 reported by John Gilmore
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Bug Description

[karmic UNR daily 20090702.1-karmic-netbook-remix-i386.iso]

Boots up but says "Failed to start the X server". Details offered:

  "Warning: Could not generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf.failsafe for vesa driver"

Hardware: Dell Mini 10v netbook. lspci shows a "Intel Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics COntroller (rev 03)"

It gives me a console but the line I'm typing on is below the bottom of the screen (I can't see myself type, but can see scrolled-up output).

When I try "startx", it says:

(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) intel(0): Output LVDS1 enabled but has no modes
(EE) intel(0): No modes.

followed by a backtrace 8 levels deep.

The file /etc/X11/xorg.conf is an empty file. When I remove that file and try "startx" again, I get the same error,
but in addition it says "(EE) Failed to load module "i810" (module does not exist, 0)" before the LVDS error.

xserver-xorg is version 1:7.4+3ubuntu4

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
affects: ubuntu → xorg (Ubuntu)
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Robert Hooker (sarvatt) wrote :

the 0702 image probably was made in the middle of the issues with xorg/gdm which were causing this. can you try a newer image?

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John Gilmore (gnu-gilmore) wrote :

Yes, but it'll take a few days. Rsync doesn't work for the daily netbook-remix images, so I have to download the whole thing over again:

$ rsync -zhhvP rsync://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-netbook-remix/daily-live/20090704/karmic-netbook-remix-i386.iso .
@ERROR: Unknown module 'ubuntu-netbook-remix'
rsync error: error starting client-server protocol (code 5) at main.c(1522) [receiver=3.0.5]

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John Gilmore (gnu-gilmore) wrote :

OK, I downloaded the 20090704 image and tried it. I got the same result.

This time I grabbed the Xorg.0.log after the failure. It seems to be having a problem with "modes", but we knew that already.

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John Gilmore (gnu-gilmore) wrote :

The dmesg kernel log also shows a problem with "modes" in the drm driver; perhaps this is a kernel problem, if xorg is relying too much on the drm driver in this case.

[ 4.777861] [drm:drm_helper_initial_config] *ERROR* connectors have no modes, using standard modes
[ 4.781912] allocated 800x600 fb: 0x007df000, bo f69918a0
[ 4.782204] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device
[ 4.782210] registered panic notifier
[ 4.782225] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0
[ 4.796281] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37

See possibly related bug #395688 .

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

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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

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
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Alessandro Borgogno (alessandro-borgogno) wrote :

I don't know if it's related to intel driver, but sometimes kms don't start on a mini 10v.
It cause poor performances in overall usage. It appears sometimes afrer a reboot.
It appears to be randomly.
How can I provide more information about this?

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