Xorg with the default refresh rate looks ulgy (ATI Rage 128 + LCD)

Bug #243952 reported by Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański
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xserver-xorg-video-r128 (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I have:
 - ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF
 - LG Flatron L1953S

The default setting make Xorg looks ugly. After some investigation I found that it is dur to refresh rate set to 60 Mhz. Reseting it to 75 make everything looks much better. (I'm using fvwm-crystal so please do not advice any gnome settings). I've set the package to xserver-xorg, but it can be also something wrong with ati drivers.

Why the default setting are so bad?

What should I do to force Xorg starting with given refresh rate?

BTW. I've just run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and I'm going to see what happens (I tried to use Framebuffer as suggested by system).

Old xorg.conf in attachment and output of xrandr below.

niewod@madryt:~$xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024 60.0 75.0*
   1024x768 75.0 60.0 70.0
   800x600 75.0 60.0 72.0 65.0 56.0
   720x400 70.0
   640x480 75.0 60.0 73.0
   1280x960 60.0
   1280x800 60.0
   1152x864 75.0
   1280x768 60.0
   896x672 60.0
   960x600 60.0
   832x624 75.0
   840x525 60.0
   700x525 75.0 70.0 60.0
   640x512 75.0 60.0
   720x450 60.0
   640x400 60.0
   576x432 75.0
   640x384 60.0
   512x384 75.0 70.0 60.0
   416x312 75.0
   400x300 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0
   320x240 75.0 73.0 60.0
[lspci]
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570] (rev 02)
     Subsystem: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface [8086:2570]
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: ATI Technologies Inc Rage 128 Pro Ultra TF [1002:5446] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Fury Pro/Xpert 2000 Pro [1002:0018]

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :
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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

OK.

The Xorg couldn't start with FBDev. The xorg.conf file in attachment.

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

Next the new fallback config tool were started and I chose my Card and FlatPanel, but the created xorg.conf file looked awful (Virtual Screen etc.)

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Dereck Wonnacott (dereck) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Could you include the following information please? Then set the bug status to 'new' to signify that it is ready for triage / review.

Resolution, rate, or other parameter expected
Resolutions, rates, or other parameters actually obtained

/var/log/Xorg.0.log
output of sudo ddcprobe
output of xrandr

Changed in xorg:
status: New → Incomplete
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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :
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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

Output of Xrandr added in the first message and below:

niewod@madryt:~$xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1280x1024 60.0 75.0*
   1024x768 75.0 60.0 70.0
   800x600 75.0 60.0 72.0 65.0 56.0
   720x400 70.0
   640x480 75.0 60.0 73.0
   1280x960 60.0
   1280x800 60.0
   1152x864 75.0
   1280x768 60.0
   896x672 60.0
   960x600 60.0
   832x624 75.0
   840x525 60.0
   700x525 75.0 70.0 60.0
   640x512 75.0 60.0
   720x450 60.0
   640x400 60.0
   576x432 75.0
   640x384 60.0
   512x384 75.0 70.0 60.0
   416x312 75.0
   400x300 75.0 72.0 60.0 56.0
   320x240 75.0 73.0 60.0

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :
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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

Xorg starts in:
resolution 1280x1024 (fine)
refrash rate 60 ->should be 75

Keep in mind that I'm rather power user so , so please do not hesitate to ask any further question even if they are involving significant changes in the system.

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

I've attached requested information. Please review the report once more.

Thanks for your time,
Wawrzek

Changed in xorg:
status: Incomplete → New
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

Hi wawrzek,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Can you try with the latest development release of Ubuntu? (ISOs are available from cdimage.ubuntu.com)

If it remains an issue, could you also attach a new /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
Thanks in advance.

The output of lspci -vvnn would also be worth having.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-r128:
status: New → Incomplete
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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

lspci output

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

The latest Xorg.0.log.

Anything else? I'm still on LTS. I found some workarounds, but default refresh is wrong. I found RefreshRate on LCD panel general problem.

This is off topic.:
In my old works we had many Samsung SyncMaster 19'' (I don't remember the exact number) which were recognize as SyncMaster (CRT). We didn't use Ubuntu, but remember to have a problem with SLED 10; RHEL 3,4,5; Debian 4.0. - Sorry for OT, but we are much closer to Xorg than me.

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Wawrzyniec Niewodniczański (wawrzek) wrote :

I'm not entirely sure if it can be change to resolve, but display seems to be properly set after installation of 8.10. (I install 8.10 from scratch rather than perform update). I'm using GNOME rather than Crystal FVWM.

I think you can set is as "Resolved" and I would change it if I found other problems.

Bryce Harrington (bryce)
description: updated
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Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote :

Thanks for your update. Closing the report since it works in Ubuntu 8.10. Please reopen if it does not work in Jaunty (Ubuntu 9.04).

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-r128 (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
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