If I do a "ctrl+alt+f1" when X is running with the ati open source driver, the comp actually switch to consolle but the screen is totally garbled and it is impossible to read. This doesn't happen with fglrx driver, so that I'm able to switch between X and consolle and back with no problems. See http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6675491/ati-X700-garbled.jpg xorg.conf, http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6675496/xorg.conf dmidecode, http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6988202/dmidecode lspci -vv, http://launchpadlibrarian.net/6988205/lspci-vv This garbled screen occours also shen shutting down the system, the text shown upon shutdown cannot be read. I have this problem since breezy (Ubuntu 5.10), so I normally use the fglrx driver altough binary only. I have a ATI X700 video card and recent packages in feisty didn't solve this. This bug has been manually forwarded from launchpad #90607
This should be fixed. Can you try the latest code from ati git or the ati 6.7.192 release?
using this version $ dpkg -l | grep xserver-xorg-video-ati ii xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.6.193-1ubuntu1 X.Org X server -- ATI display driver switching to console and back works, but the screen is totally unusable when X is loaded (see pics). I believe this garbled X was introduced by a specific patch 105_fdo_att7409_bug5437.diff since if I leave out of compilation X works normally. Now trying with 6.7.192
Created attachment 11371 [details] login screen with 6.6.193-1ubuntu1
Created attachment 11372 [details] X with 6.6.193-1ubuntu1
with 6.7.192-1ubuntu1 everything works!!! still fonts are a bit blurred, I'll have a look at this issue and in case open a different bug. Thank you very much!!
Now I understand why fonts are blurred: resolution is 1280x768 instead of 1280x800. If I set it to 1280x800, screen is garbled (pic). Reopening bug.
Created attachment 11383 [details] Garbled screen when resolution is 1280x800
Created attachment 11384 [details] xorg.conf currently using with ati 6.7.192-1ubuntu1
Can you attach your log from the 6.7.x driver and the output of xrandr --verbose?
Created attachment 11635 [details] Xorg.0.log with 6.7.192-1ubuntu1
Created attachment 11636 [details] xrandr --verbose with 6.7.192-1ubuntu1
Any chance you could try ati git master?
I built git master, but the problem is not solved. When I turn to 1280x800 I see the same garbled screen. PS: I used "git-clone git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/driver/xf86-video-ati"
Created attachment 11645 [details] Xorg.0.log with git master
Created attachment 11646 [details] xrandr --verbose with git master
can you try again with ati git master or 6.7.194?
Created attachment 11733 [details] [review] Xorg.0.log with git 6.7.194
Created attachment 11734 [details] [review] xrandr --verbose with 6.7.194
with 6.7.194, 1280x800 works! thank you very much!
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