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Bug#479724: xserver-xorg-core: xserver fails to start with a conf that has been good for half a year



Hi Brice,

I am sorry to disturb you more, but I have to revert back from closing
the issue completely. I just noticed the virtual screens 1-6 changed to
be shaded (I can not come up with a better description) while the
X-window behaves as previously. The interesting part here is that when
the system boots, the text is clear white text on black background, but
after Xserver is started, the virtual screens go shaded. The texts are
printed as expected, but they are hardly readable: it is as if a filter
or curtain was drawn on to of the screen.

I attach the Xorg.0.log if that gives you any clue about what is going
on.

Best regards,

Petri


On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 21:45 +0300, Petri Kaurinkoski wrote:
> Hi Brice,
> 
> I commented out the lines you suggested, and that did the trick: xserver
> starts now as expected. From my poin of view, the bug could be closed.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> 
> Petri
> 
> On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 14:03 +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> > Petri Kaurinkoski wrote:
> > > I updated my Debian/testing system yesterday as I regularly do almost
> > > every
> > > day, and after the  updates Xserver would not start. I did not change the
> > > configuration files or install any additional packages.
> > >
> > > xserver complains to Xorg.0.log:
> > >
> > > Fatal server error:
> > > no screens found
> > 
> > It could be caused by the RandR 1.2 support in the radeon driver not
> > liking your obsolete lines in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf
> > See below.
> > 
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > >     Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
> > >     Option        "DPMS"
> > >     HorizSync    63.9
> > >     VertRefresh    60
> > > EndSection
> > 
> > Please comment out HorizSync and VertRefresh above.
> > 
> > > Section "Monitor"
> > >     Identifier    "ViewSonic VX2235wm Monitor"
> > >     Option        "DPMS"
> > >     HorizSync    65
> > >     VertRefresh    60
> > > EndSection
> > 
> > Here too.
> > 
> > > Section "Screen"
> > >     Identifier    "Default Screen"
> > >     Device        "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
> > > #    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
> > >     Monitor        "ViewSonic VX2235wm Monitor"
> > >     DefaultDepth    24
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    1
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    4
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    8
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    15
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    16
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > >     SubSection "Display"
> > >         Depth    24
> > >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> > >     EndSubSection
> > > EndSection
> > 
> > Please comment out all the above "Modes" lines.
> > 
> > If it doesn't help, you might want to try with no xorg.conf at all.
> > Please send the corresponding log.
> > 
> > Brice

-- 
 Petri Kaurinkoski <Petri.Kaurinkoski@iki.fi>

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