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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

open lid -> wrong resolution

Bug #40808 reported by Luka Renko
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Bug Description

HP nw8240 with ATI FireGL V5000 PCIE card
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LaptopTestingTeam/HPNW8240/Kubuntu

When I close the lid, the screen goes blank as it should. When I open the lid, I get very strange resolution (I would say 640x480 instead of 1920x1200) as the only thing that can be recognized is mouse pointer which is at least 3x size and streched.
I can get back to normal resolution if I do switch consoles (Ctrl-Alt-F1 followed by Ctrl-Alt-F7). Everything is normal after that.

This has started to occur somewhere around Flight 6 times, but I did not report it as I was not sure if my test powersave/kpowersave packages were causing it.

I have now installed Ubuntu Dapper Beta (from text install CD) and have not performed any update yet from repositories (I have seen there is new ati driver in repo - I may try it to see if it helps).
I plan to also install Kubuntu Dapper Beta on this machine (triple-boot).

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Same also on Kubuntu Dapper Beta.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Very similar thing happens when I dock/undock laptop.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Tested again with clean install of 6.06 LTC release (Kubuntu DVD).
This problem is only with Radeon driver, while proprietary fglrx driver does not have this problem.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

This is still the case with up-to-date Edgy using ati/radeon driver.

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In , Taras Glek (taras-judge) wrote :

I run X at 1024x768. if I close the lid and open it again, X changes to
640x480 so I can't see most of my desktop anymore.
To restore to correct resolution, I switch to/from another virtual console.

Another workaround is to use vga=791 as a kernel boot parameter.

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In , Taras Glek (taras-judge) wrote :

Created an attachment (id=7281)
my x config

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In , Taras Glek (taras-judge) wrote :

This is on toshiba portege r100
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade XP4m32 (rev
91)

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

This is still the case with Edgy RC.

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In , Alanh-fairlite (alanh-fairlite) wrote :

Known issue. We need to react to ACPI events to fix it. I'll see what I can do.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

This is still the case with Feisty Herd1.

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In , Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Is this bug supposed to be driver specific?
I have similar issue on Ubuntu with "ati" driver on HP nw8240 with ATI FireGL
V5000 PCIE card. The only difference is that background is unreadable.
More details: https://launchpad.net/bugs/40808

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Feisty Herd2: same problem.

Interesting is that if I use 1024x768 (wrong resolution used by wrongly detected screen size - see bug 61390), then after lid open, I can see normal mouse cursor, just the background is black with shades/artifacts. If I use 1920x1200 (which is native resolution of the display), then even mouse cursor is corrupted/black, however I can see where it is moving by artifacts moving around.

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In , Daniel Stone (daniels) wrote :

Sorry about the phenomenal bug spam, guys. Adding xorg-team@ to the QA contact so bugs don't get lost in future.

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Feisty Herd5 + latest xserver-xorg-video-ati version 6.6.3-2ubuntu2

Still the same problem.

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In , Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Is it appropriate that this is assigned to Driver/Trident, as I see it also on Driver/Radeon?

This is still the case on Ubuntu Gutsy, using latest test packages for xrandr 1.2 branch: 6.7.192-1ubuntu2

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

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status: New → Incomplete
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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Yes, this is still the issue with up-to-date gutsy with bundled ati driver (1:6.6.193-1ubuntu1) and with the updated/test driver provided by XOrgOnTheEdge (xrandr 1.2 branch: 1:6.7.192-1ubuntu2).

There is one commit from today, that may be related to this issue, but I need to wait for new packages to try it out:
http://gitweb.freedesktop.org/?p=xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati.git;a=commitdiff;h=8ae69c496eba701e744cca0605f73242673f7b3f

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In , Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Just tried latest version of ATI driver (6.7.193-1ubuntu1) on HP nw8240 with ATI FireGL V5000 PCIE - it does not solve the problem for me (even though the corruption is slightly different - before it was more horizontal, now it is across most of the screen).

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Basilio Kublik (sourcercito) wrote :

today's upgrade seems to address this issue, could you please check?.

xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.7.193-1) experimental; urgency=low

  * New upstream release candidate.
    + Fix distortion after lid close/reopen, closes: #435114.
    + Stop wrongly detecting the TV-output as connected, closes: #439322.
    + Fix outputs after VT switch, closes: #443151.

 -- Brice Goglin <email address hidden> Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:34:02 +0200

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

Just tried latest version (6.7.193-1ubuntu1) on HP nw8240 with ATI FireGL V5000 PCIE - it does not solve the problem for me (even though the corruption is slightly different - before it was more horizontal, now it is across most of the screen).

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Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

This is finally fixed for me in current gutsy (package 6.7.195-1ubuntu2)

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-ati:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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In , Luka Renko (lure) wrote :

This is fixed for me on HP nw8240 with latest ATI driver in Kubuntu Gutsy (6.7.195-1ubuntu2).

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In , Kim Højgaard-Hansen (kimrhh) wrote :

I'm experiencing something similar on an Toshiba R100 with Ubuntu 7.10... power management sends some kind of "Dim screen" signal, that triggers a resolution change. This can be reset by switching virtual console. It is easily triggered by taking out the power-plug.

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In , Ajax-a (ajax-a) wrote :

Mass closure: This bug has been untouched for more than six years, and is not
obviously still valid. Please reopen this bug or file a new report if you continue to experience issues with current releases.

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status: Confirmed → Invalid
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