2006.0 x86 LiveCD is unable to autodetect and configure an IBM Netvista workstation's video. The chipset is Intel 815. After many attempts at reconfiguring xorg, even attempting use on another monitor known to work with this very same live cd, I gave up. When it boots it actually lists the proper video (meaning it detected it and echoed the correct name). However, when gdm goes to load I only get vertical bars of cycling colors. With some tweaking with sync rates I can get a scrambled, flickering image, instead of the default stationary vertical bars. If you need more information, please ask, I'm not very experienced at this. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I even toyed around with different mode numbers during boot, to no avail. Here is the default xorg config without a selected mode number during boot: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.Org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # PS/2 Mouse not detected # Serial Mouse not detected InputDevice "USB Mouse" "AlwaysCore" #No Synaptics touchpad found EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts" FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/arphicfonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/jisx0213" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/shinonome" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/baekmuk-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/kacst-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sgi-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unfonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-cp1251-misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8r-misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/xfonts-cronyx-koi8u-misc" EndSection Section "Module" Load "ddc" Load "vbe" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "bitmap" Load "speedo" Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "record" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:toggle,grp_led:scroll" Option "XkbVariant" ",winkeys" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Serial Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "PS/2 Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/misc/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics" Driver "synaptics" Option "Protocol" "event" Option "Device" "" Option "LeftEdge" "1900" Option "RightEdge" "5400" Option "TopEdge" "1900" Option "BottomEdge" "4000" Option "FingerLow" "25" Option "FingerHigh" "30" Option "MaxTapTime" "180" Option "MaxTapMove" "220" Option "VertScrollDelta" "100" Option "MinSpeed" "0.02" Option "MaxSpeed" "0.10" Option "AccelFactor" "0.0010" Option "SHMConfig" "on" EndSection # Auto-generated by mkxf86config Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- # sw_cursor is needed for some ati and radeon cards #Option "sw_cursor" #Option "hw_cursor" #Option "NoAccel" #Option "ShowCache" #Option "ShadowFB" #Option "UseFBDev" #Option "Rotate" Identifier "Card0" # The following line is auto-generated by x11-misc/mkxf86config Driver "vesa" VendorName "All" BoardName "All" # BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultColorDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Here is my lspci output: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82815 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio (rev 02) 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller (rev 01) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I would be willing to test any fixes that are made available for the good of the community.
At one time with these machines, you had to boot into the BIOS and allocate more system memory to video memory in order for any X to work. Have you allocated at least 8MB of video?
(In reply to comment #1) > At one time with these machines, you had to boot into the BIOS and allocate > more system memory to video memory in order for any X to work. Have you > allocated at least 8MB of video? > No I haven't, in fact it is not possible with this BIOS to raise the video memory above 1 MB. However, I know xorg to work properly in Ubuntu on the same box, even getting a resolution of 1280x1024, although with some strange glitches in the video. I reduce it to 1024x768 and it is rock solid. I tried increasing the amount of memory through xorgconfig (even though the BIOS allotted only 1 MB), but this didn't resolve it either. I'll look for an updated BIOS or something for this machine, maybe newer ones can reserve more memory. Thanks for the suggestion though.
*** Bug 127972 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Also, try changing the driver from "vesa" to "i810" and see if that helps, please.
*** Bug 141278 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Any word on this?
2006.1 is out. This *should* be fixed. If it is not, please REOPEN this bug.
