Bug 17985 - [GM965] X hang ("brown screen") after gdm login
Summary: [GM965] X hang ("brown screen") after gdm login
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/intel (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: medium major
Assignee: Jesse Barnes
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubunt...
Whiteboard:
Keywords: NEEDINFO
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2008-10-08 17:59 UTC by Bryce Harrington
Modified: 2008-12-18 13:24 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
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Attachments
Xorg.0.log from a regular boot, where it fails with brown screen (28.01 KB, text/x-log)
2008-10-08 17:59 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details
Xorg.0.log from a gdm failsafe run, where it is working properly (62.06 KB, application/octet-stream)
2008-10-08 18:01 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details

Description Bryce Harrington 2008-10-08 17:59:15 UTC
Created attachment 19504 [details]
Xorg.0.log from a regular boot, where it fails with brown screen

I'm forwarding this bug from a Ubuntu reporter:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/279450

Problem:
After logging in via the gdm screen, the X session does not come up - it shows a blank (brown) screen.  The mouse works okay and the session can be exited via ctrl-alt-backspace.

Tested:
* Hardy (xserver 1.4.x, -intel 2.2.1-x) - Works properly
* Intrepid/gdm (xserver 1.5.1, -intel 2.3.1) - Fails with issue
* With/without compiz - Fails with issue
* Creating a new user and using it - Fails with issue
* Intrepid/startx - This stopped loading with a sort of highly pixelated black and white background (almost grey because the pixelation was so dense).
* Using the "gdm failsafe" mode - Works properly
Comment 1 Bryce Harrington 2008-10-08 18:01:43 UTC
Created attachment 19505 [details]
Xorg.0.log from a gdm failsafe run, where it is working properly

Note that this failsafe uses the -intel driver.


(Specifying "vesa" as the driver did not work - it gave a "No valid modes" error.  Probably requires additional xorg.conf configuration.)
Comment 2 Gordon Jin 2008-10-08 18:29:42 UTC
>> * Intrepid/gdm (xserver 1.5.1, -intel 2.3.1) - Fails with issue
But the log says it's using -intel 2.4.1?

Comment 3 Bryce Harrington 2008-10-08 19:06:32 UTC
On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 06:29:43PM -0700, bugzilla-daemon@freedesktop.org wrote:
> http://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17985
> 
> 
> Gordon Jin <gordon.jin@intel.com> changed:
> 
>            What    |Removed                     |Added
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>            Priority|high                        |medium
>             Summary|X hang ("brown screen")     |[GM965] X hang ("brown
>                    |after gdm login [GM965]     |screen") after gdm login
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Comment #2 from Gordon Jin <gordon.jin@intel.com>  2008-10-08 18:29:42 PST ---
> >> * Intrepid/gdm (xserver 1.5.1, -intel 2.3.1) - Fails with issue
> But the log says it's using -intel 2.4.1?

Sorry, typoed that; I meant 2.4.1.

Bryce
Comment 4 Tom Haddon 2008-10-08 22:54:46 UTC
I'm the original reporter of the bug in Launchpad, so just subscribing here in case anything's needed from me.

Thanks, Tom
Comment 5 Jesse Barnes 2008-12-18 13:24:22 UTC
Looking at the referenced launchpad entry it sounds like this was a session manager issue.  Marking "invalid" to indicate it probably wasn't an xf86-video-intel bug.


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