xserver-xorg-core 1.0.2-0ubuntu10.3 missing some device drivers? X doesn't start: stops to fatal error
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| xorg-server (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Binary package hint: xserver-xorg-core
Hi!
I upgraded my Dapper yesterday and got one new file: xserver-
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0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV200 QW [Radeon 7500] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
Subsystem: C.P. Technology Co. Ltd RV200 QW [Radeon 7500 Evil Master Multi Display Edition]
Flags: bus master, stepping, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 153
Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
I/O ports at c800 [size=256]
Memory at dfef0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
Expansion ROM at dfec0000 [disabled] [size=128K]
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And I'm using the "evil master multi display edition" ;) with xinerama.
The last lines in X's log say:
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(II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 7500 (RV200 QW)".
(II) ATI: Candidate "Device" section "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon 7500 (RV200 QW) 2".
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
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Are there some drivers missing or something?
After downgrading back to version 1.0.2-0ubuntu10.1 everything works again.
| Charl Fourie (charlfo) wrote | #1 |
| Guilherme Buonfiglio de Castro Monteiro (guilherme-monteiro) wrote | #2 |
| TuxFan (make) wrote | #3 |
Hi There
I can confirm this. I am using a Dell Inspiron 9100, having an ATI Radeon 9700 video chipset. After having upgraded xserver-xorg-core using the standard update manager and rebooting, I received the exact same error as above.
I tried re-configuring using the following:
- sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-org
- X -configure
.. but neither worked.
The only way I could get my windowing manager up and running again was to rollback to the previous version.
I would suggest that this is a crytical bug, specifically since this update is available via the standard update manager. It would be a terrible setback for Ubuntu having workstations in corporate environments suddenly breaking for apparently no reason at all.
Regards
Charl Fourie