On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 12:00 AM, Beni <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yep, this sounds exactly like the problem I ran into. The -configure option > segfaults before it writes a working configuration. So you need to write it > yourself. Using the xorg.conf.new file wont work because I doesn't come into > existence.
No in my case xorg.conf.new is written but the segfault happens *after* it is written. > Make sure you change the resolutions in the Xorg file to something supported > by your monitor. And depending on the monitor you might need a monitor > section in your Xorg. This takes quite some fiddling to get the settings > right for your hardware and whenever it doesn't work you need to reboot > because you cant switch back to the console. > Well the keyboard stops working and I am sure the whole machine is hung, I even suspect a kernel panic; anyway this does not logically make sense. Monitor resolution change cannot undo a kernel panic... > Maybe you could post a Xorg log where you don't provide a non existent > config file. Does it segfault then, too? It didn't for me. > I started with: # X -config xorg.conf.new and it won't segfault but kernel panic. ;) segfault is better since you get the machine to work with. Not with xdm or X in which case the machine just hangs. > What I didn't try yet but I'm considering it: Compiling and installing > current. Because the whole switching-back-to-console thing is said to be > fixed there. (Can't give you the link right now - I'm on very slow rural > area mobile web) I got the upstream current source thro' CVSup but the Xenocara compile would break. Perhaps I am doing something wrong. I am going to switch back to -stable and get a backtrace to Mathieu. -Girish -- Gayatri Hitech http://gayatri-hitech.com
