145111 – Dual-head broken (Cannot read V_BIOS)

Bug 145111 - Dual-head broken (Cannot read V_BIOS)

Summary: Dual-head broken (Cannot read V_BIOS)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Current packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo X packagers

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Reported:	2006-08-25 14:14 UTC by Rick Jenkins
Modified:	2006-08-26 12:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Full log of failed Xorg session (Xorg.0.log,30.26 KB, text/plain) 2006-08-25 14:15 UTC, Rick Jenkins	Details
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Description Rick Jenkins 2006-08-25 14:14:10 UTC

The KM400 video card is reported as unrecognised, the s3virge card BIOS cannot be read, in the following log. Note that the recognition of the KM400 is patchy - some sections seem to see it correctly. Error lines, excerpted from full log:

(EE) VIA(0): Unknown Card-Ids (1043|80F9), report this to the driver maintainer ASAP
(EE) S3VIRGE(1): Cannot read V_BIOS

Needless to say, the result is a black screen, and one must reboot to get out.

Complete log attached.

Comment 1 Rick Jenkins 2006-08-25 14:15:02 UTC

Created attachment 95086 [details]
Full log of failed Xorg session

Comment 2 Donnie Berkholz (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-25 18:04:06 UTC

This should be fixed in 7.1 if you'd like to use the ~arch xorg-server and drivers. It's purely an issue on dual-head systems. To reassure you, they're not ~arch because they're unstable but because we haven't yet stabilized compatible binary drivers.

Comment 3 Rick Jenkins 2006-08-26 12:05:19 UTC

Thanks Donnie, works perfectly.