On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Peter J. Stieber<developer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > AF = Aldo Foot > AF>> One way to troubleshoot is to create a > AF>> new Xorg.conf and change the Driver line > AF>> to "vesa". You need to boot into runlevel 3, > > PS = Peter Stieber > PS> I always have inittab setup to boot to run > PS> level 3, then type startx after logging in. > > AF>> log in as root and do "Xorg -configure", > AF>> which will create a new config file at > AF>> /root/xorg.conf.new. To use it you'll > AF>> have to move it to /etc/Xorg.conf. > > PS> I did this and I have attached the resulting > PS> xorg.conf file. > PS> > PS> When I ran startx, it didn't work. I've > PS> attached the xorg log file. > > AF>> In it find the Device block, like: > AF>> > AF>> Section "Device" > AF>> Driver "vesa" > AF>> EndSection > > PS> I'll try this next. > > I finally got my local X server to work, but changing the Driver vesa was > not enough. Here's the xorg.conf file I used to get a display... > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "Card0" > Monitor "Monitor0" > DefaultDepth 24 > SubSection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1280x1024" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Monitor0" > HorizSync 36-52 > VertRefresh 36-60 > EndSection > > Section "Device" > Identifier "Card0" > Driver "vesa" > EndSection > > I had to put the monitor H sync and V refresh rates in the file for this to > work. I did this because I saw 36-0 values in the log and thought it was > strange. Is this worthy of a bug report? > > So I guess the initial problem was, the new xorg nouveau NVIDIA driver > doesn't work with my nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE]. Should I > file a bug report with Fedora or xorg? > > Pete I believe I've read threads of people mentioning that they could no use the xorg.conf, but with a bit of effort you got it going. Nicely done. Filing a bug would be informative to the folks who work on the nouveau driver. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
