Bug#422777: bug #422777 prematurely closed

[Michel Dänzer]

On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 16:06 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> * Michel Dänzer <daenzer at debian.org> [2007-07-02 09:59]:
> > On Sat, 2007-06-30 at 06:03 +0200, Felix C. Stegerman wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Your problem looks like
> > > > https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=9816 , can you try
> > > > the patch I attached there?
> > >
> > > I tried.  It didn't fix the problem.  Thanks anyway.
> > >
> > > Of course, my knowledge of package building is limited [as I'm not
> > > a dd (yet)], so I could have messed something up.  Here's what I
> > > did:
> > >
> > >   * $ apt-get source xserver-xorg-video-ati=1:6.6.192-1
> > >   * add patch as debian/patches/03_radeon_driver.diff
> > >   * add patch to debian/patches/series
> > >   * $ dch -n
> > >   * install build dependencies
> > >   * $ dpkg-buildpackage
> > >   * upgrade all xorg packages to the latest versions in unstable
> > >   * $ sudo dpkg -i <package>
> > >   * restart X
> > >   * [no image on CRT2]
> >
> > The procedure basically sounds good to me, but did you verify that
> > the patched file has the line changed according to the patch after
> > dpkg-buildpackage? Also, is there any difference in the X log file
> > with or without the patch?
> 
> Yes and yes.  I've attached:
> 
>   * Xorg.0.log  [when I first had the problem             ]
>   * Xorg.1.log  [when I reverted back to Xorg from testing]
>   * Xorg.2.log  [when I tried the patch                   ]

Hmm, looks like the driver fails to detect the secondary monitor, and
Option "MergedFB" no longer overrides that completely. Does Option
"MonitorLayout" "LVDS,CRT" help?


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