[nzlug] hardy broke me baby...

[Michael Hutchinson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz [mailto:nzlug-bounces at linux.net.nz]
On
> Behalf Of Nevyn
> Sent: 7 May 2008 5:00 p.m.
> To: NZLUG Mailing List
> Subject: [nzlug] hardy broke me baby...
> 
> Well I've finally done it. I upgraded my system to Hardy.
> 
> Everything seems to have gone fine except.... x is broken.
> 
> While I was using vesa drivers before the upgrade, specifying vesa as
> the driver in xorg.conf results in it not working.
> 
> I've found that if I remove the driver line entirely, it does start
> but will not let me switch to a console with the ctrl-alt-F[whatever]
> combination. To get back to console I've found that I have to edit
> /etc/X11/xorg.conf and specify the driver as vesa again and then log
> out (effectively restarting the x server) before things go really
> funky and I'm unable to see anything at all on the screen.
> 
> Any debugging tips would be appreciated.

Sounds like they changed the driver for your card between versions of
X-Windows.

Sounds like an old video card, if you're using the VESA driver. Does
xf86cfg (s/xf86config? - can't remember which one) list a different
driver that would match your card?

Failing that I'd try and bring back the driver you were using before, to
use in your newer X - dunno about stability, but it might be worth a
"test".

Cheers,
Michael Hutchinson