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From: Stephen Powell on 19 May 2010 17:30 On Wed, 19 May 2010 15:32:01 -0400 (EDT), Peter Easthope wrote: > Stephen Powell wrote: >> Please post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf file as well. > > It contains only commented lines from previous > experiments. Hasn't changed since the log was > recorded. Should be visible here. > > http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/dalton.xorg.conf > I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm. Well, going back to an earlier post: On Tue, 11 May 2010 16:29:39 -0700, Peter Easthope wrote: > dalton:/home/peter# startx > ... > (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory > SELinux: Disabled on system, not enabling X server > > waiting for X server to shut down ... > > dalton:/home/peter# What puzzles me is the message, "waiting for server to shut down". What caused that error? Did you do a Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to request a shutdown? Or did it shutdown automatically? If so, what caused the error? Was it the "/dev/fb0: No such file or directory" error? Or was it SELinux-related? I've never had any SELinux-related problems on my system. Just for grins, let's try an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that looks like this: ----- Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" Driver "intel" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Configured Monitor" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Configured Video Device" Monitor "Configured Monitor" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" EndSection ----- This forces it to use the intel driver or die. It won't try any other. And it gives it three standard resolutions to try. Maybe we can tweak it later, but let's see if it will at least display something. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/422028168.273101.1274304558003.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com
From: Stephen Powell on 22 May 2010 19:50
On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:13:06 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote: > On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote: >> Stephen Powell wrote: >>> >>> I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm. >> >> Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but >> can't such a file, blank though it be, override some other config file? >> Just a thought. > > It's not impossible to have different logic for when the file exists, > even if entirely commented out[1]. I can think of two ways to check > this: > > - read the source > - diff Xorg.0.log files from starting X with an empty (or completely > commented out) xorg.conf and one with an xorg.conf specifying the same > driver X would choose. > > [1] at least in shell scripts it's much easier to check for the > existence of a file than parsing its contents That's a good point. That's another thing he can try: erasing or renaming the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. But I suspect he's already tried that. -- .''`. Stephen Powell : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1270201588.348778.1274572124208.JavaMail.root(a)md01.wow.synacor.com |