Bug 24073

Summary: Intel d865gbf: More than one possible primary device found
Product: xorg Reporter: James Carroll <jamesdcarroll>
Component: Driver/RadeonAssignee: xf86-video-ati maintainers <xorg-driver-ati>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact: Xorg Project Team <xorg-team>
Severity: critical    
Priority: medium    
Version: 7.4 (2008.09)   
Hardware: x86 (IA32)   
OS: Linux (All)   
Whiteboard:
i915 platform: i915 features:
Attachments:
Description Flags
Default conf
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lspci no card
none
Log no card
none
lspci with card
none
Log with card
none
ATI Generated conf none

Description James Carroll 2009-09-21 21:59:09 UTC 
MOBO: Intel d865gbf with onboard Intel 865G Extreme 2 Graphics 2 Controller
Vid Card: HIS H467Q1GHDAP with ATI Radeon HD 4600 AGP Series chipset
OS: Ubuntu 9.04 
X: 7.4
Driver: Latest ATI Prop/fglrx from ATI site and installed per instuctions at cchtml.com
Monitor: ViewSonic VG2230wm 

According to the Intel Tech spec: 
The Intel 865G chipset contains two separate, mutually exclusive graphics options. Either the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 controller (contained within the 82865G GMCH) is used, or an AGPadd-in card can be used. When an AGP add-in card is installed, the Intel Extreme Graphics 2 controller is disabled.

What's happening:
If I run Ubuntu with the on board video and the default xorg.conf I can use the system, though it kinda makes having a video card pointless, performance isn't great, and I can have no desktop effects. Attachments for this: xorg.conf, lspci_NoCard, Xorg.0.log.noCard

When I install the card into the board the system starts to boot, but right at the end the Ubuntu splash screen changes color, then drops to command line (tty1). TTY7 has just blinking cursor. Attachments: lspci_withCard, Xorg.0.log.withCard.  This happens with the default xorg.conf and the one that was generated by the aticonfig (xorg.conf.fglrx)
Comment 1 James Carroll 2009-09-21 21:59:47 UTC 
Created attachment 29739 [details]
Default conf
Comment 2 James Carroll 2009-09-21 22:00:13 UTC 
Created attachment 29740 [details]
lspci no card
Comment 3 James Carroll 2009-09-21 22:00:39 UTC 
Created attachment 29741 [details]
Log no card
Comment 4 James Carroll 2009-09-21 22:01:10 UTC 
Created attachment 29742 [details]
lspci with card
Comment 5 James Carroll 2009-09-21 22:01:34 UTC 
Created attachment 29743 [details]
Log with card
Comment 6 James Carroll 2009-09-21 22:02:01 UTC 
Created attachment 29744 [details]
ATI Generated conf
Comment 7 Christopher M. Penalver 2016-02-24 06:23:43 UTC 
James Carroll, 9.04 reached EOL on October 23, 2010. For more on this, please see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases .

If this is reproducible in a supported release, it will help immensely if you filed a new report with Ubuntu by ensuring you have the package xdiagnose installed, and that you click the Yes button for attaching additional debugging information running the following from a terminal:
ubuntu-bug xorg

Also, please feel free to subscribe me to it.

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