On 2010-06-03 21:06 +0200, Kent West wrote: > On 06/03/2010 12:01 PM, Kent West wrote: >> I've been running stable for the past half-year, but because I >> couldn't get my printer to work with the hplij in stable, decided to >> dist-upgrade to testing which has a version that supports my >> printer. >> >> But when I dist-upgraded, my dual-monitor setup freezes my computer. >> >> If I remove my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, I can run X on a single monitor. >> >> If I run "X -configure" to create a new xorg.conf file, I get a >> "Segmentation fault at address (nil)". >> >> I'm not sure where to go from here other than to post my >> /var/log/Xorg.0.log from my attempt to run "X -configure".
IIRC this segfault is a known problem of the vmware driver. You could try to remove the xserver-xorg-video-vmware package. >> I'll also attach my xorg.conf file which used to work in stable. >> > > So I figured I'd push on to Sid/unstable, to see if maybe I'd get > newer drivers that might solve this issue. > > How interesting.....! > > Now when I reboot (into the newly installed 2.6.32-5-686 #1 SMP > kernel, text on my screen prior to X starting is limited to just > larger than the top-left quadrant of my monitor's real estate. The sid kernel has a new framebuffer driver for Nvidia cards called nouveau. Looks like it did not detect your monitor's resolution correctly. > When X > is started, the same problem exists in that the displayed graphics are > limited to just larger than the upper-left quadrant of the > monitor. Without an xorg.conf you're probably using the fbdev X driver right now, since the nv driver is not compatible with the kernel modesetting implemented by nouveau. This will be fixed as soon as a new version of xserver-xorg-core hits the mirrors; for now you can use the minimal /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/examples/xorg.conf. > Any clue how I go about fixing these issues? You may try booting with the video=… option, e.g. video=1280x1024 or whatever your monitor's resolution is. Sven -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87eign7vuo....@turtle.gmx.de
