On 2010-09-04 19:31 +0200, Gilbert Sullivan wrote: > However, just as I was about to roll up my sleeves and really start > messing the system up I got your response. I hadn't even thought about > reverting to vesa using /etc/X11/xorg.conf. > > I decided to experiment. The system seems to make an abortive attempt > at loading gdm with a different login background from the one I have > designated, and then it succeeds! I'm able to boot using the new > kernel! Is there any reason why I shouldn't just continue this way > (using vesa)?
Well, if the disadvantages of vesa do not bother you. It's slow and may not support your display's native resolution, but it works for basic 2D. > I can see that the system is slightly slower than it was, but it > honestly isn't enough to bother me. I use these systems strictly for > office applications, e-mail, remote access to other systems, and Web > browsing. Obviously with no proprietary stuff installed I don't use > them for watching movies or playing games online or anything like > that. That's good, when I last had to use the vesa driver and watched a DVD movie, I got warnings about dropped frames. Well, that was six years ago. > I'm thinking I should just forge ahead using the vesa driver and > keeping up with the updates. Do you think that's a tenable approach? Just watch out for future kernels that may re-enable KMS, the vesa driver is not compatible with that. You will have to switch back to intel (or fbdev) then. 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/871v99tmly....@turtle.gmx.de