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Bug 279451 - [PATCH] x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel: 855GM Cannot find LVDS modes
Summary: [PATCH] x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel: 855GM Cannot find LVDS modes
Status: RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Linux
Classification: Unclassified
Component: [OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo X packagers
URL: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug...
Whiteboard:
Keywords: Inclusion
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2009-07-28 09:15 UTC by Martin Gysel (bearsh)
Modified: 2009-08-14 07:20 UTC (History)
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Description Martin Gysel (bearsh) 2009-07-28 09:15:31 UTC
X doesn't start after upgrading to 2.8.0...
Please include patch [1] proposed in xorg bugzilla [2]. see also debian bug for reference [3].

[1] "try the debug patch in which the DVO timing is obtained by using the DVO timeoffset in LVDS data entry" https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=27837
[2] https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22787
[3] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=538148

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. emerge =x11-drivers/xf86-video-intel-2.8.0
2. restart X


Actual Results:  
X doesn't start anymore, complaining about missing modes


after applying the above mentioned patch everything works fine
Comment 1 Wormo (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-07-29 01:04:59 UTC
Thanks for reporting the problem, and documenting the fix! Assigning to x11 maintainters.
Comment 2 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-07-29 07:47:39 UTC
Is the patch already in git?

Thanks
Comment 3 Martin Gysel (bearsh) 2009-07-29 08:02:34 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> Is the patch already in git?

it doesn't seem so...
Comment 4 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-07-29 08:17:50 UTC
I'll backport it once it hits master. Please don't hesitate to ping me once it goes there.

Thanks
Comment 5 Rémi Cardona (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2009-08-14 07:20:37 UTC
Let's track this upstream directly, I'll try to get the patch nominated for the 2.8 branch.

Thanks