xorg failure after update

[Richard Mancusi]

On 8/22/06, Gertjan Hofman <gertjan_hofman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I too am now the owner of something slightly more
> useful than a door-stop after last nights apt-install
> upgrade of the xorg server.
>
> My machine is a Toshiba A70. Lspci tells me:
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon 9100
> IGP AGP Bridge
> 01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies
> Inc RS300M AGP [Radeon Mobility 9100IGP]
>
> i.e. an ATI 9100 IGP graphics card. I see nothing
> unusual in my log files, but I can attach them later
> today if there is interest. Is this bug related to:
> http://www.gatago.com/linux/debian/laptop/20843752.html
>
> by any chance ?
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Gertjana

Interesting link.  I had "the problem" last night on the same Thinkpad
(T40p) and several others:
T30(1280x1024), T30(1400x1050), T41(1280x1024), Compaq EVO 610c

Which is every box I updated.  I doubt sincerely that the comment of
"... only effected 2% ..." has any validity.

Rich