Out of sync error with Intel 945G when exiting X

[Alan Hourihane]

On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 21:46 +0100, Roman Daszczyszak wrote:
> When I exit X (xorg-x11 7.1), instead of being returned to the command
> line, my monitor reports an 'input out of sync' error.  The horizontal
> rate reported is 70.1 KHz (my monitor supports 30 - 83). while the
> vertical rate is 87 (my monitor only supports 50 - 76).  I am not sure
> why it is being set to this upon exiting.
> 
> I have also noticed the same behavior when I try to switch to one of
> the text-only consoles (Ctrl-Alt 1 - 4) while X is running.  Can
> someone point me to the culprit, or at least to where I can find a
> clue of how to solve this?  At the moment, when I've exited X, I can
> type at the command line, but can't see anything, so I can reboot,
> which "fixes" the problem until I run X again.
> 
> I have an Intel 945G/GZ integrated card, on an HP A1530N desktop with
> a Pentium D 2.8 GHz processor.  From searching around, I've read that
> this is likely something to do with what state the video BIOS reports
> to the Intel driver to use, but none described this problem, only a
> problem with getting X working in the first place.  I am not sure why
> it cannot return to the same state it held before starting X.
> 
> Part of my xorg.conf file is as follows:
> Section "Monitor"
>         Identifier   "Monitor0"
>         VendorName   "HP"
>         ModelName    "HP vs17e"
>         HorizSync       30.0 - 83.0
>         VertRefresh     50.0 - 76.0
>         Modeline        "1280x1024 at 60" 114.98 1280 1312 1744 1776 1024 1045 1055
>  1076
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Device"
>         Identifier  "Card0"
>         Driver      "i810"
>         VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
>         BoardName   "945G/GZ Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
>         BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
>         VideoRam        65535
>         Option  "DRI"   "True"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>         Identifier "Screen0"
>         Device     "Card0"
>         Monitor    "Monitor0"
>         DefaultDepth    24
>         SubSection "Display"
>                 Viewport   0 0
>                 Depth     24
>                 Modes   "1280x1024 at 60"
>         EndSubSection
> EndSection
> 
> I get this at the end of my Xorg.0.log file:
> (--) Mouse0: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
> (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices
> (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring
>         the saved state
> (II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with VBE 3 method.
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 4
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 1
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 3
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 2
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2)
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Make sure you are running the latest 1.7.2 driver first.

Alan.