On 12/25/2012 04:41 AM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote:
On Tue, Dec 25, 2012 at 12:58 AM, Beni <navig...@grindcore.ch> wrote:
I think you ran into the known sandy bridge problem. It the X server
fails it wont be able to resume to a console. So all you get is a black
screen.
Yes.
That is what I got even after the config you suggested.
# X -config xorg.conf.new
Same result.
You need to fix your Xorg configuration. What command did you use to
start X? This
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file: "/roo /xorg.conf.new"
looks like you try to use a nonexistent config file. Try to provide a
/etc/X11/xorg.conf which sets the graphics device to the intel driver:
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel"
Driver "intel"
EndSection
I did.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1080" "1024x768" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Hope this helps.
Beni
Thanks for your effort.
But it did not work.
I did exactly as you suggested.
If I try and
# X -configure
it segfaults.
This is for your info.
-Girish
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.
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.
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.
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)
beni
