no DVI output after upgrading to xorg 6.8.2

[Palle Girgensohn]

--On fredag, mars 18, 2005 21.20.46 +0100 Dejan Lesjak 
<dejan.lesjak at ijs.si> wrote:

> On Friday 18 of March 2005 21:06, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>> --On fredag, mars 18, 2005 19.46.34 +0100 Dejan Lesjak
>>
>> <dejan.lesjak at ijs.si> wrote:
>> > On Friday 18 of March 2005 18:27, Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>> >> Hi!
>> >>
>> >> After upgrading xorg to 6.8.2, my Radeon 9600 SE refuses to send any
>> >> output on the DVI connector. Not even in BIOS during boot. VGA works
>> >> fine. Before upgrading it worked just fine.
>> >>
>> >> Here's what Xorg.0.log says about it:
>> >>
>> >> (II) RADEON(0): Primary:
>> >>  Monitor   -- CRT
>> >>  Connector -- VGA
>> >>  DAC Type  -- Primary
>> >>  TMDS Type -- NONE
>> >>  DDC Type  -- VGA_DDC
>> >> (II) RADEON(0): Secondary:
>> >>  Monitor   -- NONE
>> >>  Connector -- DVI-I
>> >>  DAC Type  -- TVDAC/ExtDAC
>> >>  TMDS Type -- Internal
>> >>  DDC Type  -- DVI_DDC
>> >> (II) RADEON(0): PLL parameters: rf=2700 rd=12 min=20000 max=40000;
>> >> xclk=19900
>> >> (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to detect secondary monitor, MergedFB/Clone
>> >> mode disabled
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I've shut down the system and tried all sorts of things. I went back
>> >> to 6.8.1, but that didn't help (why should it, even in BIOS I don't
>> >> get a signal). Is the card broken, or is it some "burnt in" config
>> >> that happened? In the latter case, how can I fix it?
>> >>
>> >> I've enclosed the xorg log and config.
>> >
>> > Unfortunately it seems that this list doesn't like attachments, could
>> > you put  them somewhere and point to them.
>> > I would suspect (given that downgrading to 6.8.1 doesn't help and
>> > furthermore  even video before you get to X not working) hardware
>> > failure, but I might be  wrong. You might want to ask at
>> > xorg at lists.freedesktop.org as even if this is  a problem with X.Org
>> > server, it most probably would not be FreeBSD specific  and there is a
>> > better chance you might find someone that has the same  hardware there.
>> >
>> >
>> > Dejan
>>
>> OK, thanks for the input. I've nailed it down to the motherboard,
>> actually, been switching screens, cords, graphic adapter, the
>> motherboard fails. This must surely be hardware. I can configure X, using
>>
>>    Option          "MonitorLayout" "TMDS, NONE"
>>
>> so it will work through the DVI output, but BIOS and console are black :(
>> (probing problem?)
>>
>> Luckily, there is be another month of warranty on the board, so I'll
>> start there.
>
> One thing you might try is installing Windows on it. They have ATI's own
> drivers (or you can grab them from webpage) so just in case X.Org did
> confuse  video somehow, that should be able to restore it.

Yeah, that might be a good idea.

> I'd be also
> suspicious  about xorg-documents first failing and then succeeding
> though. If there were  more things failing in that way, it would
> certainly point to hardware  troubles.

I just ran gnome_upgrade and portupgrade -a... I doubt there is some 
general problem with the hardware, just something about probing the graphic 
adapter?

> Anyway, good luck with the motherboard!

Thanks!

/Palle