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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

optiplex gx150, slow booting and video problems [i815]

Bug #140879 reported by joewski
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xserver-xorg-video-intel (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The Optiplex gx150 is a standard Dell 800Mhz with a intel 815 video chipset using latest A11 bios.

After a slow buggy bootup Ubuntu 7.10 tribe 5 finally boots up. The screen is corrupt but is fixed by pressing ctrl+alt+backspace.
To install Ubuntu 7.10 tribe you need to press ctrl+alt+backspace again to make the sample directory and install link appear on the desktop.
Ubuntu uses the i810 video drivers for the i815 video chipset.

In resolution 1280x1024 faint vertical lines appear about every 1 inch. Bug reported elsewhere. (Note at this stage this is the most stable the system has been, and that has been able to boot. Previous version 6.06 and other versions of Ubuntu 7.04 including Xubuntu, Ubuntu also have sluggish slow loading.

Now if the system is updated via the web the x.org drivers cause a thick black horizontal line to appear on the desktop in all resolutions. Bug reported elsewhere.

Now more updates are made from the web, now the system booting takes a long time and eventually locks up displaying ata1.00 over and over with different messages. I have also seen this reported

The system is duel booting with window xp pro sp2 with no problems, so there are no hardware issues.

I found that the 815 driver is open sourced by intel http://support.intel.com/support/graphics/intel815/ so I think the driver needs to be reviewed.

I'll add more info as I experiment more with the system.

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joewski (joewski) wrote :

I have since found that the 1280x1024 needs to be changed from 24bit to 16bit to get rid of the faint vertical lines in xorg.conf.

The other issue regarding the slow booting have been reported elsewhere, so should be ignored here as a duplicate entry.
The Black horizontal line has been fixed in another post.

Thanks.

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unggnu (unggnu) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in xserver-xorg-video-intel.
Could you please attach the files '/etc/X11/xorg.conf', '/var/log/Xorg.0.log' and '~/.xsession-errors' and the output of 'of lspci -vvnn '?

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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is past the expiration date with no response. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-intel:
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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