Bug 120275

Summary:	X server can´t find graphics card any more after BIOS reconfig
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	Michael Stather <kontakt>
Component:	Basesystem	Assignee:	Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch>
Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None
Version:	Alpha 1
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
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Found By:	Other	Services Priority:
Business Priority:		Blocker:	---
Marketing QA Status:	---	IT Deployment:	---
Attachments:	lspci output with SATAII disabled lspci output with SATAII enabled (graphics card is not found) xorg.conf

Description Michael Stather 2005-10-04 22:23:36 UTC

I set up my system with an SATAII onboard controller disabled in the BIOS. When
I enable it, the X server can´t find the graphics card any more. I get "could
not find device at PCI:XXXXXXX where XXXXXX is the device ID of my (nVidia TNT2
M64 AGP4x) card. IMO this should be changed to allow changing of PCI cards
without a reinstall/reconfigure.

Comment 1 Dr. Werner Fink 2005-10-05 09:16:18 UTC

IMHO this is a BIOS bug.  Normaly the bus id of the graphic card
does not change.

Comment 2 Stefan Dirsch 2005-10-05 09:31:15 UTC

Could you add the output of "lspci -n" before and after reconfiguring the BIOS?

Comment 3 Michael Stather 2005-10-09 23:07:32 UTC

Created attachment 52051 [details]
lspci output with SATAII disabled

Comment 4 Michael Stather 2005-10-09 23:07:59 UTC

Created attachment 52052 [details]
lspci output with SATAII enabled (graphics card is not found)

Comment 5 Michael Stather 2005-10-09 23:08:58 UTC

I attached both files.
I wouldn´t be surprised if this is a BIOS bug, there are other things as the
SATAI controller freezing on boot when the onboard sound is dieabled. I think
I´ll dump this crappy board.

Comment 6 Stefan Dirsch 2005-10-10 04:59:57 UTC

Indeed, the bus id of the graphics changes. 
   
-03:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:002d (rev 15)   
+04:00.0 Class 0300: 10de:002d (rev 15)   
   
AFAIK it's not required to specify the BusID in xorg.conf unless you have more  
than one "Device" section. Could you add your /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

Comment 7 Michael Stather 2005-10-10 14:32:21 UTC

Created attachment 52086 [details]
xorg.conf

Comment 8 Michael Stather 2005-10-10 14:33:07 UTC

I attached the xorg.conf.
I removed one line from the "Device" section because I wanted to try out the
proprietary driver (which didn´t work), but this shouldn´t matter.

Comment 9 Stefan Dirsch 2005-10-10 14:43:55 UTC

Just talked with our SaX2 author/maintainer. The behaviour will not be changed
because it might trigger other problems. So you need to live with manually
editing the xorg.conf file or reconfiguring X11. --> WONTFIX

Comment 10 Michael Stather 2005-10-10 14:47:09 UTC

I think I´ll buy a new board instead. I hate crappy hardware.
Thanks for your help :)