On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 09:06:07PM -0500, scrat wrote: > > > Was X working ok before this happened, or are you still at the > > "test the build and the configuration" stage ? > > I had just finished compiling and installing it. > > Xorg -configure - no error, makes xorg.conf.new > > X -retro -config ~/xorg.conf.new - causes this issue > > I don't know how to trace this when this happens, so I need to learn. > I'm not familiar with what should happen when building X "by-the-book", so I can't make sensible suggestions about the config, if indeed it is wrong. > > > What video card are you using, and which version of the server and > > the video driver ? > > ATI radeon X200 in a Dell lapdog using the ati driver from the xorg > driver section in the book >
Have you had Xorg working on this machine before ? If so, look at any xorg.conf in that system and compare it to your xorg.conf.new, particularly for the video options. I'm not sure of the versions you have built, but I'd be inclined to try the latest xorg-server from the same series (I guess that will be 1.9.5), and similarly the latest ati video driver from the same series, and if that doesn't help, the latest video driver (6.14.something, when I last looked) - if that will build (might need newer dependencies somewhere). ĸen -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, das andere Mal als Farce -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
