Nouveau - Aug 2010 - [Bug 29729] New: VT/Frame Buffer Blank..X screens are cloned instead of one virtual screen

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29729

           Summary: VT/Frame Buffer Blank..X screens are cloned instead of
                    one virtual screen
           Product: xorg
           Version: git
          Platform: x86 (IA32)
        OS/Version: Linux (All)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: medium
         Component: Driver/nouveau
        AssignedTo: nouveau at lists.freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: shaun.reich at kdemail.net
         QAContact: xorg-team at lists.x.org


I believe this occurred because of a system upgrade..but I can't exactly
pinpoint it from the pacman logs. It could have occurred when linux-firmware
was upgraded, I am really unsure.

Basically, I am running kernel26 2.6.35.2 on ArchLinux, linux-firmware
20100807, and have tried xf86-video-nouvea-git (the AUR package) as of (now).

So..my computer boots up, vesa fb takes over initially, as usual. Then right
when nouveau normally loads, my display(s) go into a power-off state. (amber
light).

I can login (fyi, I boot straight to terminal and manually run startx) and call
startx. KDE4 then starts up properly and I can use kwin effects perfectly as
usual (like present windows) via xrender.

Also, what is weird, is my displays are clones of each other instead of being
one whole virtual screen, like I have set in my xorg.conf (and have not
changed).

For anything else, just ask..obviously I'm anxious to get this fixed,
especially since college starts very soon ;-)

Attached is xorg.conf. more incoming.

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--- Comment #1 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
15:57:38 PDT ---
Created an attachment (id=38051)
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dmesg log

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--- Comment #2 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
15:58:22 PDT ---
Created an attachment (id=38052)
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xorg log

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--- Comment #3 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
16:00:34 PDT ---
Created an attachment (id=38053)
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xrandr --verbose

Okay, that is my xorg log, and dmesg log, and just for the hell of it, I also
attached the xrandr verbose output. 

Not sure if that is useful for you guys or not.

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--- Comment #4 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
16:07:13 PDT ---
Created an attachment (id=38054)
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xorg conf

oops, almost forgot my xorg.conf.

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--- Comment #5 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
17:16:00 PDT ---
Okay, xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --right-of DVI-I-4

fixes my problem for now. But the real question that I am wondering, is why
does the xorg.conf virtual screen stuff not work? Is it related? Or is it just
something that changed in xorg, nouveau, and is now deprecated/non-functional?

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--- Comment #6 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-08-21
18:06:12 PDT ---
Uhh..seems the "screen clone" issue was fixed after I re-labeled the
DVI
outputs in my xorg.conf. I didn't realize they were non-const...because they
obviously changed.

So now it's kind of just the framebuffer issue...although that still seems
errata ;-)


Also, when I am in the X virtual terminal, and switch to a non-...the display
is frozen with the same image (stand-still) until I switch back.

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Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz at gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #7 from Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz at gmail.com>
2010-08-22 02:11:40 PDT ---
try to boot with kernel option "fbcon=map:1"
if it will help enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY

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--- Comment #8 from Shaun Reich <shaun.reich at kdemail.net> 2010-09-10
09:26:48 PDT ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> try to boot with kernel option "fbcon=map:1"
> if it will help enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY
The first had no affect. 

The second requires compiling my own kernel, no? Can't really do that at the
moment

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Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> changed:

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--- Comment #9 from Ilia Mirkin <imirkin at alum.mit.edu> ---
It appears that this bug report has laid dormant for quite a while. Sorry we
haven't gotten to it. Since we fix bugs all the time, chances are pretty
good
that your issue has been fixed with the latest software. Please give it a shot.
(Linux kernel 3.10.7, xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.9, mesa 9.1.6, or their git
versions.) If upgrading to the latest isn't an option for you, your
distro's
bugzilla is probably the right destination for your bug report.

In an effort to clean up our bug list, we're pre-emptively closing all bugs
that haven't seen updates since 2011. If the original issue remains, please
make sure to provide fresh info, see http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Bugs/
for what we need to see, and re-open this one.

Thanks,

The Nouveau Team

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