Bug#524280: Display broken beyond recognition after upgrade to 1:6.12.2-1

[Alex Deucher]

On 4/16/09, Jacek Politowski <jp at jp.pl.eu.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:12:26PM -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:
>  >On 4/16/09, Jacek Politowski <jp at jp.pl.eu.org> wrote:
>  >> On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 08:48:10AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>  >>  >On Thu, 2009-04-16 at 00:07 +0200, Jacek Politowski wrote:
>  >>
>  >>  >> Package: xserver-xorg-video-radeon
>  >>  >> Version: 1:6.12.2-1
>  >>  >> Severity: normal
>  >>
>  >>  >> After recent upgrade (I believe) display got totally corrupted.
>  >>  (...)
>  >>  >> I'm using AGP Radeon X800 GTO with HP LP2475w monitor, connected via DVI.
>  >>  >> This card has both D-Sub and DVI connectors.
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> Upgrade:
>  >>  >> xserver-xorg-video-radeon 1:6.9.0-1+lenny4 -> 1:6.12.2-1
>  >>  >>
>  >>  >> After this upgrade I haven't rebooted machine, nor have I restarted GDM/logged
>  >>  >> out, until today's upgrade:
>  >>  >> [UPGRADE] xserver-common 2:1.6.0-1 -> 2:1.6.1-1
>  >>  >> [UPGRADE] xserver-xephyr 2:1.6.0-1 -> 2:1.6.1-1
>  >>  >> [UPGRADE] xserver-xorg-core 2:1.6.0-1 -> 2:1.6.1-1
>  >>  (...)
>  >>  >> After this, machine booted to described state.
>
> (...)
>
> >>  >Does
>  >>  >       Option  "DRI" "off"
>  >>  >work around the problem?
>  >>
>  >>  No, it doesn't.
>
>  >Does:
>  >Option "NoAccel" "TRUE"
>  >work around the problem?
>
>
> That was the first thing I've checked. Sorry, I obviously forgot to
>  mention that in my initial bug report.
>
>  Combinig
>     Option "DRI" "off"
>  and
>     Option "NoAccel" "true"
>  doesn't help either.
>
>
>  I've tried to boot Windows XP on the machine and it works correctly,
>  this probably rules out hardware failure.
>
>  I also tried:
>     Option "R4xxATOM" "true"
>  (_also_ together with DRI off and NoAccel true) but it didn't help too.

Switching back to 6.9.0 with your current kernel/xserver/etc. fixes
it?  How about 6.10.0 or 6.11.0 or 6.12.1?  It would be helpful to
narrow down where the problem was introduced.

Alex