man, 07.03.2005 kl. 20.39 skrev Benjamin Jiang: > Douglas Furlong wrote: > > > ----- Message from kyrre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------- Date: Mon, 07 > > Mar 2005 > > 18:51:56 +0100 From: Kyrre Ness Sjobak > > <kyrre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>Reply-To: > > Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop > > <fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: X crashes when using a new > > monitor To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop > > <fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > >> man, 07.03.2005 kl. 16.40 skrev Benjamin Jiang: > >> > >>> Douglas Furlong wrote: > >>> > >>> > ----- Message from bjiang_ee@xxxxxxxx --------- Date: Mon, 07 > >>> Mar 2005 > >>> > 09:53:59 -0500 From: Benjamin Jiang <bjiang_ee@xxxxxxxx>Reply-To: > >>> > Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop > >>> > <fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: X crashes when using > >>> a new > >>> > monitor To: Jon Savage <jonathansavage@xxxxxxxxx>, > >>> Discussions about > >>> > development for the Fedora desktop <fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >>> > > >>> >> Jon Savage wrote: > >>> >> > >>> >>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:38:11 -0500, Benjamin Jiang > >>> >>> <bjiang_ee@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>> >>> > >>> >>>> Hi, all, > >>> >>>> > >>> >>>> I installed a fresh copy of FC3 into my Dad's machine and > >>> everything > >>> >>>> worked fine. However, when I brought the machine to my Dad's > >>> place and > >>> >>>> plugged in his monitor (Acer 7154e), X crashes no matter what. > >>> I tried > >>> >>>> config xorg.conf with the correct HorizSync and VertRefresh, > >>> but it > >>> >>>> didn't even make any difference. > >>> >>>> > >>> >>> <snip> > >>> >>> Try booting into runlevel 3 and then > >>> >>> login as root and do system-config-display --reconfig. > >>> >>> > >>> >>> Bests > >>> >>> > >>> >>> JS > >>> >>> > >>> >>> > >>> >> Thanks, Jon. > >>> >> > >>> >> I did that yesterday already and no difference made. > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > When booting in to run level 3, log in as either a non privaliged > >>> > user, or as > >>> > root and running "startx", if X still crashes you should get some > >>> > output in the > >>> > terminal. > >>> > > >>> > Also look through the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, as that will have > >>> some > >>> > more > >>> > information that may help us to help you. > >>> > > >>> > Doug > >>> > > >>> Doug, I pasted Xorg.0.log at the end of the first email I sent out. > >>> > >>> But, here is it again anyway: > >>> Xorg.0.log: > >>> > >> > >> My experience is that if X sends the wrong sync to a monitor, all that > >> happens is that the monitor shows a borked picture, or nothing at all > >> exept an error message. X doesn't crash... > > > > > > My expearience is slightly different. > > > > If X fails to start due to refresh rate issues, then it will fail to > > start, not > > "crash" just will stop trying to load. > > > > However this error seems to suggest that it did "crash". > > > > It could be due to a damaged hard disk in transit? Causing a problem > > with some > > of the libraries? > > > > > Let me try to copy the whole /usr/X11R6 directory from a working FC3 > machne then. Is that the only directory? Maybe /usr/lib/X11 as weel? > > Ben. Urk?!? If you are running slackware, go ahead. Since you are running fedora, i would probably more suggest to remove xorg by rpm and then reinstall it (maybe just use --nodeps when removing it, as you are going to plug it right back in again) from known good media -- Fedora-desktop-list@xxxxxxxxxx http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-desktop-list
