Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-savage package

XORG chooses wrong video card driver, IBM Thinkpad T20, "Alternate" CD installer version

Bug #159599 reported by NKJensen on 2007-11-02

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	xserver-xorg-video-savage (Ubuntu)	Invalid	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Install with all default settings using 7.10 alternate CD on a IBM Thinkpad T20 machine (I choose Danish keyboard layout but that is probably not causing the probem)

Installer runs smoothly but first run after install hangs completely: Black screen, dead keyboard.

Running:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

and choosing VESA driver fixes the problem.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Nov 2 20:41:13 2007
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 7.10
Package: hal 0.5.9.1-6ubuntu5
PackageArchitecture: i386
SourcePackage: hal
Uname: Linux ubuntu 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Sun Oct 14 23:05:12 GMT 2007 i686 GNU/Linux

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NKJensen (nkj) wrote on 2007-11-02:

Dependencies.txt Edit (1.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2008-07-31:

It chooses the correct driver, but it fails to work for whatever the reason. Please try 8.04.1 or 8.10 alpha3 to see if it works there.

Changed in xorg:
status:	New → Incomplete

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NKJensen (nkj) wrote on 2008-08-05:

I just finished testing 8.10 alpha 3 on my IBM T20 - disk image called:

intrepid-alternate-i386.iso

I ran the "alternate" CD, selected nothing special besides UTC time and Danish keyboard settings.

First boot: Black screen, dead keys.

Second boot: ESC -> recovery -> "Fix X server" -> resume -> Perfect graphics.

I had not downloaded any sw updates at that time.

In other words - the bug is still alive and kicking.

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Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton) wrote on 2008-08-21:

So in the other bug you said that there were a lot of memory errors, which would indicate that the hardware is dodgy. Anything can happen then, so I'm closing this bug.