Bug#457612: xserver-xorg-video-ati: x fails after update on testing. ppc ati 7500 graphics card

[Alex Deucher]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:15 AM, LeeE <leee at spatial.plus.com> wrote:
> I'd like to add that I'm getting the same problem as oswaldkelso
> except that I'm on i386 and not ppc and the card is an ATI 9200
> (RV280).  I can boot the system in to a back up 'etch' install
> where it works ok.
>
> To summarise:
>
> Xorg appears to load and run ok but the screen remains blank.  If I
> leave the system alone i.e. not touching the mouse or keyboard I
> can see the monitor switch into standby and then if I hit a key or
> move the mouse the monitor comes back out of standby but the screen
> remains blank.
>
> When booting the system from an Ubuntu 8 cd for a live session I can
> hear the session start-up sounds, indicating that xorg thinks it's
> working ok.  If I then Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill X I hear the
> session startup sounds again, as x reloads.
>
> A curious thing I've noticed is that when X thinks it's running ok
> it's not possible to use the screen (A Philips 109s CRT monitor)
> OSD controls to change brightness, contrast etc. - the OSD controls
> do not appear on the screen, but they do appear ok when back in the
> console or when etch is running.
>
> Running with DPMS disabled made no difference - it does not seem to
> be possible to disable EDID with the xorg ati driver.
>
> I've also tried several different kernel versions, with no change.
>
> Please let me know if you want the xorg conf & log, but they don't
> seem to show anything relevent - as I say, xorg seems to think that
> it's running ok.

Please provide your xorg log and config.

Alex