On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 12:07:45PM -0400, Haines Brown wrote: <snip> > When I startx, I'm still in vesa (?) mode. The Xorg log file says it > is using configuration directory /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory. The > only error is: > > (EE) NOUVEAU(0): [COPY] failed to allocate class > > don't know what this means, and the Xorg wiki site no help. > > I did a # Xorg -configure to create a /root/xorg.conf.new. It has > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card(0)" > Driver "nouveau" > EndSection > > When I do # X -config /root/xconf.new, I'm taken to a blank screen and > I'm hung there and so have to delete the xorg.conf.new file and do a hot > reboot.
That "blank screen" is probably a sign of a successful X; try adding "-retro" to the options, and see if you see a root weave. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
