Out of sync error with Intel 945G when exiting X

[Roman Daszczyszak]

On 11/5/06, Alan Hourihane <alanh at fairlite.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.
>
>
I wasn't (had 1.6.5), thanks.. but after installing the 1.7.2-r1
ebuild Gentoo has, I still get the same error; no change.  Anywhere
else I can check?

Roman