Bug 19906 - [HD 3670] selecting VT gives garbage, freeze on Dell XPS series
Summary: [HD 3670] selecting VT gives garbage, freeze on Dell XPS series
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: xorg
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Driver/Radeon (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4 (2008.09)
Hardware: All Linux (All)
: high major
Assignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers
QA Contact: Xorg Project Team
URL: https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubunt...
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Reported: 2009-02-02 06:48 UTC by Bryce Harrington
Modified: 2009-02-11 11:21 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Attachments
Example screen image when failing (660.47 KB, image/jpeg)
2009-02-02 06:48 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details
gdm log, showing error messages (3.67 KB, patch)
2009-02-02 06:50 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details | Splinter Review
Xorg.0.log (51.56 KB, patch)
2009-02-02 06:51 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details | Splinter Review
Xorg.0.log.old (41.36 KB, text/plain)
2009-02-02 06:52 UTC, Bryce Harrington
no flags Details
possible fix (4.91 KB, patch)
2009-02-02 11:51 UTC, Alex Deucher
no flags Details | Splinter Review
possible fix (4.91 KB, patch)
2009-02-02 11:53 UTC, Alex Deucher
no flags Details | Splinter Review

Description Bryce Harrington 2009-02-02 06:48:14 UTC
Created attachment 22472 [details]
Example screen image when failing

Forwarding this bug from a Canonical reporter:
https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-driver-ati/+bug/324234

Selecting the first VT (ctl-alt-F1) results in flashing garbage on screen, and sometimes (one in three tests) a freeze.

Attached logs are from the first reboot after the freeze.

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility HD 3670 [1002:9593]
 Subsystem: Dell Device [1028:0272]
Comment 1 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-02 06:50:30 UTC
Created attachment 22473 [details] [review]
gdm log, showing error messages

The gdm log shows some xserver output which might be relevant...

invalid output device for dac detection
in RADEONProbeOutputModes
...
Unblank CRTC 0 success
error setting MTRR (base = 0xc0000000, size = 0x20000000, type = 1) Invalid argument (22)
 ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
Comment 2 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-02 06:51:04 UTC
Created attachment 22474 [details] [review]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 3 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-02 06:52:10 UTC
Created attachment 22475 [details]
Xorg.0.log.old

Nothing obviously interesting in either Xorg.0.log but attaching them for completeness.
Comment 4 Alex Deucher 2009-02-02 11:51:42 UTC
Created attachment 22496 [details] [review]
possible fix

Does this patch help?
Comment 5 Alex Deucher 2009-02-02 11:53:10 UTC
Created attachment 22497 [details] [review]
possible fix

Does this patch help?
Comment 6 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-03 06:36:23 UTC
debs: http://people.ubuntu.com/~bryce/Testing/ati-bug324234/
Comment 7 Bryce Harrington 2009-02-11 10:40:51 UTC
Steve reports:

"""
This solved the problem on the machine it was originally reported for.

Thanks!
"""


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