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Xorg update failed with 2.6.31-1

Bug #394354 reported by Christopher on 2009-07-01

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	linux (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Medium	Stefan Bader

Bug Description

Binary package hint: xorg

Today's update to 2.6.31-1 caused my system to fail at startup. Previously reported as bug 394341. The boot sequence was several minutes culminating in a black screen with no keyboard response. I unplugged all devices before trying again. I also tried the recovery mode, but also ended up with a black screen.

I was able to reboot with the 2.6.30-10 kernel.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Jul 1 11:35:03 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
MachineType: LENOVO 07612GU
Package: xorg 1:7.4+3ubuntu4
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=002e7752-ac9d-45cb-91a2-ff88df7889ca ro quiet splash
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.30-10.12-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 2.6.30-10-generic i686
dmi.bios.date: 09/07/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 60ET18WW (1.05)
dmi.board.name: HEL00
dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: COMPAL
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr60ET18WW(1.05):bd09/07/2006:svnLENOVO:pn07612GU:pvr3000C100:rvnLENOVO:rnHEL00:rvr1.0:cvnCOMPAL:ct10:cvr:
dmi.product.name: 07612GU
dmi.product.version: 3000 C100
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO
fglrx: Not loaded
system:
distro: Ubuntu
architecture: i686kernel: 2.6.30-10-generic

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Christopher (soft-kristal) wrote on 2009-07-01:

BootDmesg.txt Edit (43.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
CurrentDmesg.txt Edit (3.9 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (5.3 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 (13.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Lsusb.txt Edit (1.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
PciDisplay.txt Edit (480 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcCpuinfo.txt Edit (467 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcInterrupts.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcModules.txt Edit (3.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevDb.txt Edit (127.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UdevLog.txt Edit (244.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgConf.txt Edit (1.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLog.txt Edit (60.4 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
XorgLogOld.txt Edit (6.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Xrandr.txt Edit (2.6 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
glxinfo.txt Edit (15.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
monitors.xml.txt Edit (1.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
setxkbmap.txt Edit (233 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xdpyinfo.txt Edit (19.2 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
xkbcomp.txt Edit (44.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote on 2009-07-02:

This bit in your dmesg looks interesting:

[ 34.760459] i2c-adapter i2c-0: unable to read EDID block.
[ 34.816202] i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: no EDID data
[ 34.920459] i2c-adapter i2c-0: unable to read EDID block.
[ 34.976117] i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: no EDID data
[ 35.178176] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[ 35.333308] i2c-adapter i2c-0: unable to read EDID block.
[ 35.388108] i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: no EDID data
[ 35.492590] i2c-adapter i2c-0: unable to read EDID block.
[ 35.548108] i915 0000:00:02.0: VGA-1: no EDID data

Possibly this is the same kernel bug that caused bug #394492, esp. since you were able to fix it by downrevving the kernel.

tags:	added: karmic xorg-needs-kernel-fix
affects:	xorg (Ubuntu) → linux (Ubuntu)

Leann Ogasawara (leannogasawara) on 2009-07-06

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → Medium
status:	New → Triaged
tags:	added: regression-potential

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Stefan Bader (smb) wrote on 2009-07-07:

Looking at the bug that Bryce referenced, it seems at least that issue got resolved with the latest (2.6.31-2) kernel. Could you update to that kernel and post whether it fixes your problem as well? Thanks,

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
assignee:	nobody → Stefan Bader (stefan-bader-canonical)

Stefan Bader (smb) on 2009-07-16

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Triaged → Incomplete

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And Clover (bobince) wrote on 2009-09-22:

I'm not sure if this is the best bug to put this in, but I'm also still getting many, many “unable to read EDID block” messages (and subsequent poor resolution availability unless I fiddle xorg.conf to increase HorizSync), on kernel 2.6.31-10. I.m not convinced the root cause is fixed.

(More specifically, 2.6.31-10.34 on Karmic α6 amd64, on Intel G45, talking over VGA to an LG Flatron 882LE, whose EDID works fine elsewhere... although curiously it did once *temporarily* exhibit the same brokenness under Jaunty.)

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote on 2009-10-07:

@bobince -- that is likely a different issue and should be files separatly.

@Christopher -- did you get a chance to retest with later kernels? We should expect this to be fixed in the current versions. Please test 2.6.31-12.39 or later and report back here.

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Christopher (soft-kristal) wrote on 2009-10-07:

The laptop recovered with further updates, but my Karmic desktop computer partition did not. It has a built in Intel 945G but runs a Nvidia graphic card GEforce 6200, as the 945G never did like the Acer AL1715 monitor.

I used the GParted live CD to reformat the partition on the desktop computer and reinstalled using the Karmic Beta, now 2.6.31-12.39. There have been no issues since; even the boot - which was a black screen until login - is behaving normally.

I restored all of the applications that were previously on the desktop machine, so that doesn't seem to have been an issue.

As far as retracing the logs, they are gone forever with the reformatting. I just saved my home folder and my-packages.

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Andy Whitcroft (apw) wrote on 2009-10-09:

As this is no longer reproducible by the reporter we shall close it off. I would close it Not Reproducible but we don't have one of those. Will close it Invalid as it really contains no useful information for a following reporter.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status:	Incomplete → Invalid

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