screen display shrunk and blurry after upgrade

grizzeledtop · 2010-11-30 12:45:48

rebooting after the latest pacman -Syu resulted in a reduced active screen area and a blurred font for the tty's as well as X.

The active dislpay is reduced to 468x260 mm from an availble 507x285.

I have reverted the ati-dri and libgl to the previous version, but to no avail

I don't think it is an X problem as the effect is present on the tty's as well as X.

any ideas?

 $: less /var/log/pacman.log  | grep '11-28' | grep upgraded
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded libdrm (2.4.21-2 -> 2.4.22-1)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded libgl (7.8.2-3 -> 7.9-1)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded ati-dri (7.8.2-3 -> 7.9-1)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded gcc-libs (4.5.1-1 -> 4.5.1-2)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded boost-libs (1.43.0-2 -> 1.45.0-1)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded flashplugin (10.1.102.64-1 -> 10.1.102.65-1)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded gcc (4.5.1-1 -> 4.5.1-2)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded gstreamer0.10-good (0.10.25-1 -> 0.10.25-2)
[2010-11-28 20:31] upgraded jfsutils (1.1.14-1 -> 1.1.14-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.35.8-1 -> 2.6.36.1-3)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libao (1.0.0-2 -> 1.0.0-5)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libtasn1 (2.6-1 -> 2.8-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libtorrent-rasterbar (0.15.4-2 -> 0.15.4-3)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libvpx (0.9.5-1 -> 0.9.5-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libx11 (1.3.5-2 -> 1.4.0-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded readline (6.1.002-1 -> 6.1.002-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded libxml2 (2.7.7-2 -> 2.7.8-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded madwifi (0.9.4.4133-2 -> 0.9.4.4133-3)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded mesa (7.8.2-3 -> 7.9-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded package-query (0.4-1 -> 0.5.1-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded pcre (8.10-1 -> 8.10-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded qbittorrent (2.4.10-1 -> 2.4.10-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded sdl (1.2.14-5 -> 1.2.14-6)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded uzbl-core (2010.08.05-3 -> 2010.11.25-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded uzbl-browser (2010.08.05-3 -> 2010.11.25-1)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded vlc (1.1.5-1 -> 1.1.5-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded xf86-video-ati (6.13.2-1 -> 6.13.2-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.9.2-1 -> 1.9.2-2)
[2010-11-28 20:34] upgraded xorg-server (1.9.2-1 -> 1.9.2-2)

The actual display parameters are given as:

 $: xdpyinfo | grep -A2 'screen #0'
screen #0:
  dimensions:    1920x1080 pixels (507x285 millimeters)
  resolution:    96x96 dots per inch

(in reality: 468x260)

Xorg.0.log exerpt:

$: grep -E '\((WW|EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    52.513] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[    52.604] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    52.841] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[    52.841] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[    52.903] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa

and dmesg:

 dmesg | grep failed
PM: Resume from disk failed.
ATK0110: probe of ATK0110:00 failed with error -2
failed to evaluate ATIF got AE_BAD_PARAMETER

Mr.Elendig · 2010-11-30 14:12:21

What card and driver? and are you using a vga cable?

grizzeledtop · 2010-11-30 14:30:52

I am not using a vga-cable, its an Asus eeePC

 $: lspci | grep vga
03:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 [Mobility Radeon HD 4500 Series]

 $: grep 'LoadModule' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    52.604] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    52.689] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    52.702] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    52.711] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    52.713] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    52.744] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    52.746] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[    52.764] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[    52.788] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    52.810] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    52.841] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[    53.172] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    53.188] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    53.188] (II) LoadModule: "exa"
[    53.203] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[    54.057] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"

grizzeledtop · 2010-11-30 18:14:48

solved! reverting to previous kernel solved the problem

  sudo pacman -fU /var/cache/pacman/pkg/kernel26-2.6.35.8-1-i686.pkg.tar.xz

the only difference in the system messages as compared to the latest kernel-2-6-36.1-3 is in the dmesg:

 $: dmesg | grep failed
PM: Resume from disk failed.
ATK0110: probe of ATK0110:00 failed with error -2

is in the now missing last line:
"failed to evaluate ATIF got AE_BAD_PARAMETER"

Am I really the only one experiencing this problem?

Last edited by grizzeledtop (2010-11-30 18:18:42)

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#1 2010-11-30 12:45:48

screen display shrunk and blurry after upgrade

#2 2010-11-30 14:12:21

Re: screen display shrunk and blurry after upgrade

#3 2010-11-30 14:30:52

Re: screen display shrunk and blurry after upgrade

#4 2010-11-30 18:14:48

Re: screen display shrunk and blurry after upgrade

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