Lines with string "unknown" in second and/or third column should be removed from /lib/discover/pci.lst
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baltix |
New
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
| discover-data (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Low
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Unassigned | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: discover1-data
There are lost of problems when /lib/discover/
100271c4 unknown unknown M56GL [ATI Mobility FireGL V5200]
These lines couses discover1 parse error's, when discover1 is called during xserver-
There are several bugs already reported about such problems, when in /lib/discover/
Look at the lines from /lib/discover/
grep -n "10de0244" /lib/discover/
2731: 10de0244 unknown unknown C51 PCI Express Bridge
grep -n "53338d01" /lib/discover/
6949: 53338d01 video unknown 86C380 [ProSavageDDR K4M266]
grep "100271c4" /lib/discover/
100271c4 unknown unknown M56GL [ATI Mobility FireGL V5200]
Discover1 output when there are lines with strings "unknown" :
:~$ sudo discover --disable=
parse error reading X server string `unknown'
parse error reading X server string `unknown'
nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge unknown unknown
Discover1 output when there are lines with strings "unknown" are removed:
:~$ sudo discover --disable=
nVidia Corporation NVIDIA Default Card XFree86 nv
Another solution for such problems is to patch discover1 tool to ignore X server string `unknown' and behave identifically, like when this string is removed (choose default driver for video card manufacturer).
| Kyle McMartin (kyle) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in discover-data: | |
| importance: | Undecided → Low |
| status: | New → Confirmed |
| Tormod Volden (tormodvolden) wrote | #2 |
| Przemek K. (azrael) wrote | #3 |
| Petter Reinholdtsen (pere-hungry) wrote | #4 |
So the problem is that claiming it is unknown results in discover not attempting to guess? This sounds like the right thing to do in this case, frankly. Choosing "vesa" is a lot better than it choosing wrong resulting in no X server starting...