[Bug 336302] New: start of X server causes a blank screen
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=336302 Summary: start of X server causes a blank screen Product: openSUSE 10.3 Version: Final Platform: i386 OS/Version: openSUSE 10.3 Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: sndirsch@novell.com ReportedBy: UweGalle@gmx.de QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- This report continues the bug reported with ID 332340: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=332340 I have an IBM Netfinity Server 5500 M20 as described here: http://www.linux-tested.com/results/netfinity5500-20.html. I am using the on board graphics what worked during setup. The X server works with SaX2 -r -m 0=vesa. When the X server starts, I get a blank screen. xorg.conf contains the s3 driver. If this driver is replaced by the vesa driver the display is visible. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #13 from Dmitriy Pertsev
This is interesting. The only change I can see between the s3 driver of 10.2 (0.4.1) and 10.3 (0.5.0) is setting -DS3_NEWMMIO=1 for building, supposedly to fix the driver (blank screen)!
That's for the OpenSUSE, right, but look deeper into the kernel sources: 10.2 - 2.6.18, 10.3 - 2.6.22. In 2.6.18 there was different drivers for S3Trio and Virge - S3triofb.c and virgefb.c In 2.6.22 all s3 drivers merged into one file s3fb.c PS. What does this numbers mean? 0.5.0/0.4.1 ? X.org drivers? I'm talking about framebuffer kernel driver. SaX uses framebuffer by default! And that's why you can't start X server! I've attached some logs, don't have 10.2 right now so i'll post 10.2 logs later. So i'll try today to downgrade kernel on 10.3 to 2.18 and see if it helps. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #14 from Stefan Dirsch
Model: "S3 86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+]" Vendor: pci 0x5333 "S3 Inc." Device: pci 0x8811 "86c764/765 [Trio32/64/64V+]"
Ok. So this is the old S3 Trio64. Could you try adding Option "noacccel" to Section "Device" of your /etc/X11/xorg.conf? Still blanks screen? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #17 from Stefan Dirsch
I've not just a "blank screen" =) i have black screen with white cursor at the topleft and it does not blink and that's all - system not responding on anything, the only exit is reset. This is with or without Option "noaccel"?
And what about broken framebuffer? Should i start a new bug? No, use the generic framebuffer.
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--- Comment #18 from Dmitriy Pertsev
I've not just a "blank screen" =) i have black screen with white cursor at the topleft and it does not blink and that's all - system not responding on anything, the only exit is reset. This is with or without Option "noaccel"? With and without.
And what about broken framebuffer? Should i start a new bug? No, use the generic framebuffer. How?
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--- Comment #25 from Stefan Dirsch
Can't you switch to a newer PCI/AGP/PCIe card? Or use "vesa" instead. Just run "sax2 -r -m 0=vesa".
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Uwe Galle
Why did you set this back to Critical and NEEDINFO to Uwe?
It seems that Dimitriy wants a comment from me. I tested the issue again with 16bit. Same result, blank screen. The issue was originally posted as a 16bit-Problem. According to Dimitriy the s3fb driver worked with openSUSE 10.2 so it seems to me that this is an issue of the version 10.3. I didn't test the s3 driver for my on board grafics on open SUSE 10.2. My problem is definitely a 16bit problem. If there is any setting what makes my s3 driver to run with 16bit in 10.3 please post it, Stefan. It is not necessary to spent time for testing with 24bit for me. That's why I will add now "and 16bit" in the subject. Because I think that's the information what Dimitriy wanted to know I will change the status to "ASSIGNED". -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Stefan Dirsch
Configuration looks ok to me. I now see that your card has only 1 MB of RAM. Could you try these options one by one?
Option "slow_dram" Option "slow_edodram" Option "slow_vram"
No response.
Only a wild guess. If this doesn't help either we'll switch to vesa for S3 Trio64V2 for next openSUSE release.
done. You still can try to configure it with "sax2 -r -m 0=s3". -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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