[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
This page gives the supported modes for this Samsung TFT monitor: http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=610&page=5 Resolution Freq Hor. Freq Ver. Pixel Clock Standard 640x350 31.5kHz 70Hz25.2MHz VGA 720x400 31.5kHz 70Hz

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Tormod Volden
Can you please file a new bug with the "0 Hz" mode seen with the VESA driver in comment #41? -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Peter Belew
When I connected without the KVM switch, I used no special cables or adapters - the monitor's cable was plugged directly into the gBox computer. By the way I haven't recorded the output of the get-edid | parse-edid on the gBox - I couldn't install those for Jaunty and the installed system on that

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-21 Thread Tormod Volden
Thanks, the two logs are practically identical, so maybe the kvm switch is not at fault for the missing EDID info. Do you have any other special arrangements, like socket adapters or long cables? This belongs to the other bug though. Anyway, it confirmed that my patch worked, since it came up with

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
I got the same resolutions with the monitor plugged back into the kvm switch. Another log appended! "MiniView" 2-port KVM ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - Jaunty - using kvm switch now." http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21493740/Xorg.0.log -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSava

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-20 Thread Peter Belew
I just ran the 2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod3 driver, and it started into 800x600 mode (with allowable modes 800x600, 640x480, ). At the moment I have the monitor plugged directly into the gBox computer. I'll retry with the kvm switch. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.conf using the

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-20 Thread Tormod Volden
BTW, please test as before using the kvm switch (which you didn't mention here...). This particular bug only kicks in when there is no EDID. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Tormod Volden
Please test the 2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod3 in my PPA. It should fix the invalid (0 Hz) mode issue, so X should start with the default sync ranges (using the default xorg.conf or none at all). Not having EDID info, and thus not starting in the monitor's 1024x768 mode is a separate i

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks! Now I'm going to revisit bug #255561 - which refers to the same Samsung display but a different display card on a Dell machine. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Tormod Volden
Thanks, that was successful! I think we are circling in on the issue. This graphic card is a laptop chipset and usually has an LCD connected. The driver is able to detect that the LCD is not there, but looks up the sync range information from the panel driver anyway, which is just nulls. This is ad

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
Log file for second case ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log for second case" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21440895/Xorg.0.log4 -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Peter Belew
1) I tried first editiing the original xorg.conf, changing 'vesa' to 'savage'. 2) Then I tried the above way: booting with "text", but not specifying safe mode. In each case, a compatible screen mode was not found, and the X server failed to start. Here, I have attached the log file for the fi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-19 Thread Tormod Volden
The simplest is if you boot with the "text" parameter, leave the xorg.conf as it is (savage should be picked anyway) and install and run the new driver. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you a

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-18 Thread Peter Belew
I think the xorg.conf generated when the system started up in failsafe mode specifies "vesa" just because the system was started in failsafe mode. So I should have changed "vesa" to "savage". Now my xorg.conf with all the screen parameters does specify "savage", so the right driver would have been

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-18 Thread Peter Belew
This evening I repeated the experiment, this time with my old xorg.conf file containing explicit driver settings, such as: Section "Device" Identifier "S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]" Driver "savage" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-18 Thread Tormod Volden
It can be seen in the log that X started with the "vesa" driver - the one used by "failsafe mode", instead of the debug savage driver. I don't know why, it worked fine with my own savage laptop. Well, I now included the debug stuff in the new xserver-xorg-video-savage 2.2.1+git20081230 .aea0496f-0u

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-17 Thread Peter Belew
The date in the log file is in UTC - I hadn't set the time zone. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-17 Thread Peter Belew
I tried the new debug package containing a screen driver. It was able to start X , arriving at a screen resolution of 848x600 at 61 Hz. Once I started, the user switcher was aborted (as usual) I suspect that is due to my starting with 'startx' rather than a login. Trying to switch screen modes,

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-17 Thread Tormod Volden
BTW, Guido's bug 212510 was a bit different, because he had EDID transfer working. You have two problems: 1) EDID can't be retrieved from the monitor. The monitor should be fine (since Guido has the same) but there is something specific to your prosavage card that fails. 2) In lack of probed s

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Tormod Volden
The EDID transfer (over DDC) fails so the driver can not retrieve the sync ranges from the monitor. I can imagine that Hardy used to supply some default sync ranges, which made it come up in 800x600. When you specify the wider ranges in xorg.conf, 1024x768 is found to be possible. I am not sure if

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
This Xorg.0.log file was generated as requested - with no xorg.conf file. There was no crash - no screen was found, as the log file says, so console 1 stayed in text mode. Putting in the old xorg.conf (as in the previous posting) allows X to start. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - no xorg.conf

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here's the xorg.conf file - we seem to have some problem getting the right files! :) ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf - jaunty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/21273903/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bu

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Tormod Volden
Great! But this is supposed to work out-of-the-box without any modified xorg.conf. Can you please try without any xorg.conf? It might be a challenge to fish out the log if the monitor goes off, but there are some ways: On a virtual console (alt-F2 for instance, not the one where you run startx),

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the latest xorg.conf that works with the 9.04 driver The log file shows complaints about things like nonexistent fonts, nothing serious. The real remaining issue, in my opinion, is whether the installer will recognize which driver to use, and set up the right screen mode, and when that wi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the latest xorg.conf that works with the 9.04 driver The log file shows complaints about things like nonexistent fonts, nothing serious. The real remaining issue, in my opinion, is whether the installer will recognize which driver to use, and set up the right screen mode, and when that wi

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
That was the wrong xorg.conf file. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Peter Belew
With that driver, I was able to startx ok! The only glitch was that the user-switcher applet wouldn't start (or kept stopping each time I clicked on the popup which announced that it was failing). I'll attach the log file here. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - jaunty" http://launchpadlibrar

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-16 Thread Tormod Volden
Yes, that is the right file. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https:

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
The nearest file I find is xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod_i386.deb (96.6 KiB) On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > The right version for Jaunty would be xserver-xorg-video-savage - > 1:2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod . On the PP

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
I can't find the file. Could you send me the exact URL for the page it's on? On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > The right version for Jaunty would be xserver-xorg-video-savage - > 1:2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod . On the PPA page there is a > column called "Series

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
Thanks! I'll download that tonight or tomorrow, and try it. I suspect it will work. And I'll post my results. It's good this is going upstream - this problem affects not only Ubuntu and Debian, but Fedora as well, when I've tried recent live CDs. Probably several other distros, including Gentoo. I

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Tormod Volden
The right version for Jaunty would be xserver-xorg-video-savage - 1:2.2.1+git20081230.aea0496f-0ubuntu0tormod . On the PPA page there is a column called "Series" which tells which versions are for Jaunty. I am sorry if this was not clear. The reason I am pestering you to get a ModeDebug log from J

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-15 Thread Peter Belew
I went back to trying the 8.10 Intrepid live CD - using 'text' and eliminating 'splash' in the boot line enables it to boot in text mode, then using the old xorg.conf from 7.04 enables X to start. On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:49 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > If you add "text" to the boot parameters (th

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the log, trying to startx with the driver on the Jaunty alpha disk. As I said above, I was unable to install the driver under development: xserver-xorg-video-savage_2.2.1+git20081117.aea0496f- 0ubuntu0tormod_i386.deb ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log 14 Jan 2009" http://launchpadlib

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
I made some progress - I was able to boot into text mode after modifying the boot parameters - adding 'text' and removing the 'splash', and specifying the vesa mode. At this point, I was able copy files to this system from another, using scp. I then copied the experimental driver and my old xorg

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
Oh, good. I was wondering whether there was a way to boot in text mode. That will make it MUCH easier to proceed! Also removing the splash progress bar might help, I'll see. I'll be home in a couple of hours to try this! Then I can try either the new driver, or my old xorg.conf file, or both. I e

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Tormod Volden
If you add "text" to the boot parameters (the kernel line, F6 in the CD boot menu), it will not start X. You can then log in on the console and install the driver like mentioned above. To start X an X session, type "startx". I don't think the driver is trying out different modes, it's just the mon

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-14 Thread Peter Belew
I just tried again to boot the 9.04 'jaunty' CD - I was unable to get a console with ctrl-alt-F1, trying several times before and after the screen started displaying the little windows saying the current screen mode. Apparently the driver is trying a number of modes, and doesn't get feedback from t

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-12 Thread Tormod Volden
Is it not possible to switch to a console with ctrl-alt-F1? I was hoping you could get X running with the vesa driver, and then install the patched driver from the internet. If you have it already downloaded on the hard drive, that's even better, especially in the case vesa won't work. As long as

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Peter Belew
I can't get the Jaunty CD to boot into X, even in 'safe' mode. The Samsung Syncmaster display won't accept any of the modes the driver tries. Peter On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 12:04 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > This certainly looks wrong in your original log file: > (II) SAVAGE(0): Configured Monitor

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Peter Belew
So I should download the normal Jaunty live CD, boot in failsafe vesa mode, also have your downloaded driver on my HD. How do I install your driver from where it is? Peter On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Tormod Volden wrote: > Please also add > Option "ModeDebug" "true" > to the Device sectio

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Tormod Volden
Please also add Option "ModeDebug" "true" to the Device section of your xorg.conf. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubunt

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2009-01-11 Thread Tormod Volden
This certainly looks wrong in your original log file: (II) SAVAGE(0): Configured Monitor: Using hsync value of 0.00 kHz (II) SAVAGE(0): Configured Monitor: Using vrefresh value of 0.00 Hz It would be nice if you could test Jaunty and provide an Xorg.0.log. Unfortunately there are reports that the

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I finally succeeded in getting a log file from an attempt to boot the 8.10 disk. Also I was able to get the screen to start in a 1024x768 mode. I was able to get into a console after identification of the display failed. At that point, I was able to save the Xorg.0.log file, as before. it is alrea

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I also have the xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files from Hardy 8.04.1 attached above. I'll make another attempt to get the files from the failed attempts to boot or to start installing 8.10. -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread Peter Belew
I sent the 8.04 Feisty xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log files on 2008-11-08 - see above. I can send hardy 8.04 files if that will help - that's a case where I had to overwrite the xorg.conf with the Feisty version. I'll see what I can do regarding 8.10 files. I didn't get very far into the live boot or i

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-13 Thread jacobS
Peter send the xorg.conf generated at 7.04 via attach mail, when boot at 800 x 600 download the xorg.conf and overwrite this in 8.10, This impossible? -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
This is marked as 'incomplete'. What is needed? -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@list

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
xorg.conf file from alternate install of hardy 8.04.1 The maximum screen resolution with this file was 800x600. I was able to get 1024x768 resolution by replacing this with the xorg.conf from Feisty 7.04 (see above). ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf from hardy alternate install" http://launchp

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is an Xorg.0.log file generated from installing hardy on the same system, using the alternate CD. An attempt to boot from the live CD (desktop CD) failed. I wasn't able to save the log file from that failed attempt. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log from alternate install of hardy 8.04.1"

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the xorg.conf file generated by booting feisty as a live CD. This file may be used to solve resolution problems under Hardy as well. ** Attachment added: "xorg.conf on feisty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19496270/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 htt

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-08 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log from booting Feisty 7.04. The display was initialized properly in 1024x768 resolution, the maximum supported byt the Samsung display. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log - feisty" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19496191/Xorg.0.log -- No signal with Samsung SyncMas

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-07 Thread Peter Belew
Here is the /var/log/Xorg.0.log In this case, I went through the motions of an actual install, rather than a live boot. The boot failed, without installing anything, but ended up in a shell, so that I could copy the log file to the hard disk. A quick glance at the file tells me there is useful in

Re: [Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-07 Thread Peter Belew
That would be from hardy, since I can't boot intrepid and get at a shell. On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 1:26 AM, Bryce Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi peterbe, > > > Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your > /var/log/Xorg.0.log? > > > ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-07 Thread Bryce Harrington
Hi peterbe, Thanks for including the attached files. Could you also include your /var/log/Xorg.0.log? ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-savage (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/294899 You receiv

[Bug 294899] Re: No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage8

2008-11-06 Thread Peter Belew
** Attachment added: "This is the xorg.conf file which works under hardy, generated by booting a 7.04 CD. lspci shows VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19441069/xorg.conf -- No signal with Samsung SyncMaster 750s and ProSavage