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xserver-xorg-video-intel package

  1. Bug #198849
  2. Comment #36

Comment 36 for bug 198849

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TheKorn (ubuntu-thekorn) wrote : [hardy alpha 5] xserver autoconfigure fails ONLY over HDMI (Intel G35)

Binary package hint: gdm

monitor: hanns-g hc194d
graphics chipset: intel G35
motherboard: asus p5e-vm hdmi
OS version: hardy alpha 5, patched on 3/5/2008

DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=8.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=hardy
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu hardy (development branch)"

gdm:
  Installed: 2.20.3-0ubuntu6
  Candidate: 2.20.3-0ubuntu6
  Version table:
 *** 2.20.3-0ubuntu6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com hardy/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

When monitor is connected via VGA D-sub cable, everything works great! When monitor is connected via DVI cable (w/ DVI-HDMI adapter), monitor shows "unsupported display mode".

FWIW, this exact combo works GREAT under gutsy (even under HDMI).

more info: I'm rebooting in between swapping cables, and at no point in time are both cables connected to the machine. Sequence is to power down, swap VGA for DVI cable (or vice-versa), power up, see BIOS and then ubuntu splash screens, then when the login screen should come up (I hear the bongo sound, and can log in blind or administer via SSH) that's when I get unsupported display mode. So I'm not crashing at all, it's just not exactly working quite right.