On 11/16/2011 09:59 PM, Ken Moffat wrote: > 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.
An old centos is the host and it works fine with kde 3.5.10 as the desktop. I have not had LFS/BLFS on this system. > > 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 I am going back throuh the build steps to see if I missed something, after that I will try the updated xorg-server and ati driver. Thanks -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
