found 375830 8.28.8-1 severity 375830 serious thanks Hi,
It escalated :( This version of the fglrx driver, after I boot the machine, decides to ignore my configuration in xorg.conf, it boots up improperly with something like "EnableMonitor tv" (notice: no crt!), and then proceeds to blithely *OVERWRITE* my xorg.conf with its broken version! But then, when I zap X, revert to my own xorg.conf, and re-start it again, all is well! This is just horrible. I worked around it by doing chattr +i xorg.conf, but I can't imagine how confused a newbie would be with this. This *needs* to be fixed. BTW, the same behaviour happens both on i386 and on amd64. Right now the diff between a bad and a working startx in the log is: --- /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old 2006-09-22 16:09:11.000000000 +0200 +++ /var/log/Xorg.0.log 2006-09-22 16:09:26.000000000 +0200 @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. -(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 22 16:09:04 2006 +(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Sep 22 16:09:23 2006 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]" (0) @@ -613,9 +613,7 @@ (II) LoadModule: "drm" (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 -drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) -drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) -drmOpenDevice: Open failed +drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is 6, (OK) drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 @@ -1038,9 +1036,9 @@ drmGetBusid returned '' (II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM interface version 1.0 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0" -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000 -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x2b960648f000 -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0x3000 +(II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0xd000 +(II) fglrx(0): [drm] mapped SAREA 0xd000 to 0x2b065aae9000 +(II) fglrx(0): [drm] framebuffer handle = 0xe000 (II) fglrx(0): [drm] added 1 reserved context for kernel (II) fglrx(0): DRIScreenInit done (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information: @@ -1054,11 +1052,11 @@ (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: yes (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000 -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x00004000 +(II) fglrx(0): [drm] register handle = 0x0000f000 (II) fglrx(0): [pcie] 131072 kB allocated with handle 0xdeadbeef (II) fglrx(0): [drm] ringbuffer size = 0x00100000 bytes (II) fglrx(0): [drm] DRM buffer queue setup: nbufs = 100 bufsize = 65536 -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0x00008000 +(II) fglrx(0): [drm] texture shared area handle = 0x00013000 (II) fglrx(0): shared FSAAScale=1 (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull! (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xd0000000 FBMappedSize: 0x00701000 @@ -1134,56 +1132,3 @@ Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/, removing from list! Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/, removing from list! -(II) Loading sub module "ddc" -(II) LoadModule: "ddc" -(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so -(II) fglrx(0): Check EDID for requested display: TV on TVDAC -(II) fglrx(0): Display1: No EDID information from DDC. -(II) fglrx(0): Derived EDID from BIOS and internal tables for Display1: -(II) fglrx(0): Display1 EDID data --------------------------- -(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer: PNP Model: 9fe Serial#: 0 -(II) fglrx(0): Year: 1990 Week: 0 -(II) fglrx(0): EDID Version: 1.3 -(II) fglrx(0): Analog Display Input, Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.300 V -(II) fglrx(0): Sync: -(II) fglrx(0): Max H-Image Size [cm]: H-Size may change, V-Size may change -(II) fglrx(0): Gamma: 1.00 -(II) fglrx(0): DPMS capabilities: StandBy Suspend Off; Non RGB Multicolor Display -(II) fglrx(0): First detailed timing not preferred mode in violation of standard!(II) fglrx(0): redX: 0.000 redY: 0.000 greenX: 0.000 greenY: 0.000 -(II) fglrx(0): blueX: 0.000 blueY: 0.000 whiteX: 0.000 whiteY: 0.000 -(II) fglrx(0): Supported VESA Video Modes: -(II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -(II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -(II) fglrx(0): [EMAIL PROTECTED] -(II) fglrx(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0 -(II) fglrx(0): End of Display1 EDID data -------------------- -(II) fglrx(0): Primary Controller - DFP on internal TMDS -(II) fglrx(0): Total of 11 modes found for primary display. -(--) fglrx(0): Virtual size is 1280x1024 (pitch 1280) -(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "1024x768": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "1024x768" 42.95 1024 2320 2336 2730 768 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "800x600": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "800x600" 42.95 800 2320 2336 2730 600 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "720x576": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 50.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x576" 42.95 720 2320 2336 2730 576 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "720x480": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "720x480" 42.95 720 2320 2336 2730 480 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): *Mode "640x480": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x480" 42.95 640 2320 2336 2730 480 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x432": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x432" 42.95 640 2320 2336 2730 432 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "640x400": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "640x400" 42.95 640 2320 2336 2730 400 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "512x384": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "512x384" 42.95 512 2320 2336 2730 384 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "400x300": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "400x300" 42.95 400 2320 2336 2730 300 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x240": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x240" 42.95 320 2320 2336 2730 240 483 485 525 interlace -(**) fglrx(0): Default mode "320x200": 43.0 MHz (scaled from 0.0 MHz), 15.7 kHz, 60.0 Hz (I) -(II) fglrx(0): Modeline "320x200" 42.95 320 2320 2336 2730 200 483 485 525 interlace -(++) fglrx(0): DPI set to (100, 100) -(II) fglrx(0): Enabled display: TV on TVDAC -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel -(II) fglrx(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0x2000 at 0x2b960648f000 -FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing. -- 2. 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