Bug 22995

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jim.tar.gz

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karmic_results.tar.gz

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dmi.txt

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xorg.conf

so what kind of display do you actually attached to the media center PC anyway?

"Hi the good news is I've finally got the screen to work on intrepid"
So could you please upload register dump when intrepid works and that of the latest driver under the same configureation respectively?

Thanks for your help
Ma Ling 

Ping~ Bryce, would you pls invite the bug reporter to provide information to this bug report? thanks!

Done

(In reply to comment #8)
> Done
Will you please let the bug reportor to add the modebug option in xorg.conf and attach the xorg.log under the following configurations?
1) Standard Karmic
2) My working config attached above
3) My xorg.conf with Intel driver


Please also attach the vbiso dump.
thanks.

It will be better that the bug reporter can describe clearly what output device is connected when the issue happens.

thanks.

Answer questions

- I currently use the DVI output on the media centre
- Sorry you'll have to tell me how to provide a registered dump
- Sorry in terms of adding modebug option - can you clarify where it should be added in the xorg config file (just did a quick google couldn't find any instructions)
- And along the same track need some guidence to help produce a vbiso dump

Thanks

(In reply to comment #11)
> Answer questions
> 
> - I currently use the DVI output on the media centre
> - Sorry you'll have to tell me how to provide a registered dump

intel_reg_dump. it's a tool in intel driver package.

> - Sorry in terms of adding modebug option - can you clarify where it should be
> added in the xorg config file (just did a quick google couldn't find any
> instructions)

add

Option "Modedebug" "true" 

to the Device section in xorg.conf

> - And along the same track need some guidence to help produce a vbiso dump

run below commands;

# cd /sys/devices/pci0000\:00/0000\:00\:02.0/
# echo 1 > rom
# cat rom > /tmp/rom.bin
# echo 0 > rom

then attach the rom.bin

> 
> Thanks
> 

This is incorrect.  It is actually 'intel_reg_dumper' and available in
the xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg package.

(In reply to comment #13)
> This is incorrect.  It is actually 'intel_reg_dumper' and available in
> the xserver-xorg-video-intel-dbg package.
> 

thanks! Bryce :) 

(In reply to comment #11)
> Answer questions
> 
> - I currently use the DVI output on the media centre
> - Sorry you'll have to tell me how to provide a registered dump
> - Sorry in terms of adding modebug option - can you clarify where it should be
> added in the xorg config file (just did a quick google couldn't find any
> instructions)
> - And along the same track need some guidence to help produce a vbiso dump
> 
> Thanks
> 

reponse? Jim?

Sorry not got back to you - been away on holiday.
Just trying to retest using your instructions below, but 9.10 is no longer booting from the cd image I took to test the original defect.
I'm going to download the latests ISO and try again; appologies for the delay.
Will get back to you once I've got Karmic in a bootable state.

(In reply to comment #16)
> Sorry not got back to you - been away on holiday.
> Just trying to retest using your instructions below, but 9.10 is no longer
> booting from the cd image I took to test the original defect.
> I'm going to download the latests ISO and try again; appologies for the delay.
> Will get back to you once I've got Karmic in a bootable state.
> 

Hi, as per last note - just booted with Alpha 4;
The good news is that the display worked straight out of the box; which I guess means we can close the bug?
Let me know if you still want the output requested & I'll create it.
If you do can you let me know where the xorg.conf is now held or what its been replaced by, I was expecting it to be in the /etc/X11 directory but the live disc I'm currently using has the following files in it:- 
./Xsession
./Xsession.options
./XvMCConfig
./Xwrapper.config
./rgb.txt

good! thanks.

Hi, just tried the Beta of Karmic and it looks like the problem has returned

I'm not getting a splash screen, desktop or consoles

I went back and checked Alpha 6 which I tested for the upstream team and found that whilst I did get a desktop I didn't get a splash screen

Happy to raise under a separate defect, but as it seems related I thought I'd start here.

I should also note that I did upgrade to Karmic from 9.04
I found that I could get the splash screen and desktop to work with the vesa driver but not with the .31 kernel - had to use an earlier image to get a working machine normally the latest .28 kernel


Some additional information is available from another user on the downstream bug

Regards Jim

From the description in comment #17 it seems that now the display can work. 
Maybe this bug can be closed.

thanks.