** Description changed: Binary package hint: base-installer The latest and the greatest Ubuntu Edgy Eft installer CD (beta) does not co-operate with Matrox Parhelia graphics adapters. Dapper installer worked nicely on same computer (no hardware components has been changed) - not sure if I had to choose "safe gfx" when I installed Dapper (I just don't remember), but it worked anyway and I was able to install Dapper. However, back to Edgy Eft beta installer problem - It does not matter which graphics mode I select - not even the safe mode works. How it behaves? Well, the first initial screen displays nicely (the screen where you can select your keyboard, gfx mode etc.) and the next one also where you have the Ubuntu logo and progress bar. However, after that (I suppose Gnome starts up here) the screen goes messy. Half of the screen is blank (lower part of the screen) and the other half (upper part of the screen) is like rasterized so that you can't really make sense what is displayed and everything is copied 5 times - if I move the mouse I can see 5 badly displayed mouse pointers moving. I have uploaded a picture of this - I took this picture with my cellphone camera, so the quality is not the best possible. This picture is taken of the left upper corner of the screen, so you can only see part of the screen (ubuntuedgyinstaller.jpg): See attachment! Photo of the problem can be found in the attachment. I'm not sure if DRI setting in xorg.conf does this, but it might have something to do with it. Vesa in itself works with Matrox Parhelia cards - it works with Dapper and many other distributions without any problems. Hardware: Processor: Intel Pentium 4 Northwood 2.8Ghz Motherboard: Intel D875PBZ http://www.intel.com/design/motherbd/bz/index.htm 2GB RAM Matrox Parhelia P650 AGP adapter Monitor: IBM 9494-HBO T860 18" 1280X1024 Max Resolution .28 MM Dot Pitch LCD Monitor (I was able to get to the console with ALT+F1 and was able to see that xorg.conf had the correct model configured - it was listed in monitor section as "T860") DVI display cable used. + + === + + EDIT: + + CONFIRMED - Ubuntu Dapper Drake installer CD / Live CD works out of the + box while Edgy does not on this very same hardware with default display + settings. + + Here's the xorg.conf of Dapper installer after system has been rebooted + with Dapper installer CD - this works: + + # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) + # + # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using + # values from the debconf database. + # + # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. + # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) + # + # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* + # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg + # package. + # + # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated + # again, run the following command: + # sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg + + Section "Files" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi" + FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi" + # path to defoma fonts + FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" + EndSection + + Section "Module" + Load "i2c" + Load "bitmap" + Load "ddc" + Load "dri" + Load "extmod" + Load "freetype" + Load "glx" + Load "int10" + Load "type1" + Load "vbe" + EndSection + + Section "InputDevice" + Identifier "Generic Keyboard" + Driver "kbd" + Option "CoreKeyboard" + Option "XkbRules" "xorg" + Option "XkbModel" "pc104" + Option "XkbLayout" "us" + EndSection + + Section "InputDevice" + Identifier "Configured Mouse" + Driver "mouse" + Option "CorePointer" + Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" + Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" + Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" + Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" + EndSection + + Section "InputDevice" + Driver "wacom" + Identifier "stylus" + Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to + # /dev/input/event + # for USB + Option "Type" "stylus" + Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY + EndSection + + Section "InputDevice" + Driver "wacom" + Identifier "eraser" + Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to + # /dev/input/event + # for USB + Option "Type" "eraser" + Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY + EndSection + + Section "InputDevice" + Driver "wacom" + Identifier "cursor" + Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to + # /dev/input/event + # for USB + Option "Type" "cursor" + Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY + EndSection + + Section "Device" + Identifier "Generic Video Card" + Driver "vesa" + BusID "PCI:1:0:0" + EndSection + + Section "Monitor" + Identifier "IBM T860" + Option "DPMS" + HorizSync 28-64 + VertRefresh 43-60 + EndSection + + Section "Screen" + Identifier "Default Screen" + Device "Generic Video Card" + Monitor "IBM T860" + DefaultDepth 24 + SubSection "Display" + Depth 1 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + SubSection "Display" + Depth 4 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + SubSection "Display" + Depth 8 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + SubSection "Display" + Depth 15 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + SubSection "Display" + Depth 16 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + SubSection "Display" + Depth 24 + Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" + EndSubSection + EndSection + + Section "ServerLayout" + Identifier "Default Layout" + Screen "Default Screen" + InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" + InputDevice "Configured Mouse" + InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents" + InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents" + InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents" + EndSection + + Section "DRI" + Mode 0666 + EndSection
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