http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626770 http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626770#c0 Summary: intel driver: wrong sync frequency Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 11.3 Version: Final Platform: i586 OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Enhancement Priority: P5 - None Component: X.Org AssignedTo: bnc-team-xorg-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: koenig@linux.de QAContact: xorg-maintainer-bugs@forge.provo.novell.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- Created an attachment (id=379330) --> (http://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=379330) Xorg.0.log a friend updated a PC from 11.1 to 11.3 -- and the X11 display went black after update/reboot into runlevel 5. text console displays ok, X11 not. only connecting another CRT while X11 was running uncovered the problem: the newer monitor showed the X11 display and that monitor's info pannel showed that the signal is "hsync 90 kHz and vsync 85 Hz" which is way above the limit of the original/old monitor which are shown in the logfile: [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): Monitor name: MD1772xe [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): Serial No: 23145 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): Ranges: V min: 50 V max: 120 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 70 kHz, PixClock max 110 MHz [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): EDID (in hex): [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 00ffffffffffff0034a40517695a0000 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 210901020c1f17a7e894a49e584a9c27 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 10484ca0420045596159818001010101 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 0101010101015e1a2010315821201060 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 030036e610000000000000fc004d4431 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 37373278650a20202020000000ff0032 [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 333134350a20202020202020000000fd [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): 0032781e460b000a202020202020008f [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "MED", prod id 5893 the log file does not give any hint that would output higher sync frequencies, looking for 1280x1024 I only find this [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) [ 30.039] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) [ 30.896] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) [ 674.489] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x0.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz) looking for "Hz" in the logfile the peak hsync frequency is 68.7 kHz : grep -i Hz Xorg.0.log| less |sort -t\( +3n| tail -1 [ 674.489] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x0.0 94.50 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync (68.7 kHz) I'll attach Xorg.0.log and dmesg output ... BTW, about the dmesg output and KMS : what's the reason that kms/drm is blocked with these msgs? [ 3.275471] [drm] set up 7M of stolen space [ 3.304358] [drm] initialized overlay support [ 3.461258] composite sync not supported [ 3.478959] fb: conflicting fb hw usage inteldrmfb vs VESA VGA - removing generic driver [ 3.483346] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25 [ 3.651064] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 156x60 [ 3.693453] fb0: inteldrmfb frame buffer device [ 3.693683] registered panic notifier [ 3.693876] [drm] Initialized i915 1.6.0 20080730 for 0000:00:02.0 on minor 0 my friend told me the full "modules ..." output of "mkinitrd" and we checked INITRD_MODULES in /etc/sysconfig/kernel -- I did not find any hint that fbdev drivers or similar are explicitly loaded. is this a known problem for updated intel systems ? any idea how to fix this or what to test next? -- Configure bugmail: http://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.