[pkg-nvidia-devel] Bug#462139: nvidia-kernel-source: monitor EDID stopped working

[Elias Pschernig]

Package: nvidia-kernel-source
Version: 169.07-2
Severity: grave
Justification: renders package unusable

After upgrading, I get the follow in Xorg.log:

(WW) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Unable to read EDID for display device CRT-1

Which somehow causes X11 to run in a 640x480 mode making it completely unusable. Likely the real bug is how X11 chooses 640x480 as fallback, but still, the cause apparently is this EDID thing whatever it is.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.23-2008-01-21 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source depends on:
ii  debhelper                     6.0.3      helper programs for debian/rules
ii  dpatch                        2.0.28     patch maintenance system for Debia
ii  make                          3.81-3     The GNU version of the "make" util
ii  sed                           4.1.5-5    The GNU sed stream editor

Versions of packages nvidia-kernel-source recommends:
pn  devscripts                    <none>     (no description available)
ii  kernel-package                11.001-0.1 A utility for building Linux kerne
ii  nvidia-glx                    169.07-2   NVIDIA binary Xorg driver

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