Out of sync error with Intel 945G when exiting X
Alan Hourihane
alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk
Sun Nov 5 12:57:21 PST 2006
On Sun, 2006-11-05 at 21:46 +0100, Roman Daszczyszak wrote:
> When I exit X (xorg-x11 7.1), instead of being returned to the command
> line, my monitor reports an 'input out of sync' error. The horizontal
> rate reported is 70.1 KHz (my monitor supports 30 - 83). while the
> vertical rate is 87 (my monitor only supports 50 - 76). I am not sure
> why it is being set to this upon exiting.
>
> I have also noticed the same behavior when I try to switch to one of
> the text-only consoles (Ctrl-Alt 1 - 4) while X is running. Can
> someone point me to the culprit, or at least to where I can find a
> clue of how to solve this? At the moment, when I've exited X, I can
> type at the command line, but can't see anything, so I can reboot,
> which "fixes" the problem until I run X again.
>
> I have an Intel 945G/GZ integrated card, on an HP A1530N desktop with
> a Pentium D 2.8 GHz processor. From searching around, I've read that
> this is likely something to do with what state the video BIOS reports
> to the Intel driver to use, but none described this problem, only a
> problem with getting X working in the first place. I am not sure why
> it cannot return to the same state it held before starting X.
>
> Part of my xorg.conf file is as follows:
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "HP"
> ModelName "HP vs17e"
> HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
> VertRefresh 50.0 - 76.0
> Modeline "1280x1024 at 60" 114.98 1280 1312 1744 1776 1024 1045 1055
> 1076
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "i810"
> VendorName "Intel Corporation"
> BoardName "945G/GZ Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
> BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
> VideoRam 65535
> Option "DRI" "True"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Viewport 0 0
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024 at 60"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> I get this at the end of my Xorg.0.log file:
> (--) Mouse0: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
> (II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices
> (WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring
> the saved state
> (II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with VBE 3 method.
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 4
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 1
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 3
> (II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 2
> (WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2)
> FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
>
> Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Make sure you are running the latest 1.7.2 driver first.
Alan.
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