On 21/03/17 05:58 AM, G. Branden Robinson wrote: > On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 08:56:58PM +0100, Sven Joachim wrote: >> On 2017-03-20 15:18 -0400, G. Branden Robinson wrote: >> >>> I'm at a loss, then. As you originally suspected, maybe it is a >>> graphics driver issue. Attaching Xorg.log[2]. >> >> Apparently you have an Intel GPU and use the modesetting(4) driver (the >> default). You could try to disable acceleration >> (Option "AccelMethod" "none" in xorg.conf) or use the intel driver >> (cp /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-intel/xorg.conf /etc/X11), and see >> if that makes a difference. > > I beg your indulgence. If you don't have it to spare, just tell me to JFGI > and > I will, but I see some humor and irony in my situation. Plus I like > reconnecting with old Debian colleagues. > > I don't precisely know how to do this. I've never had to actually fight with > a > modularized xorg.conf file before. I have, however, consulted xorg.conf(5) > and > modesetting(4). > > Here's what I think I need to do: > 1) Create /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. (done) > 2) Write a file to put in there. (in progress)
Just modify or create /etc/X11/xorg.conf directly. The xorg.conf.d mechanism is for snippets shipped in packages. > The problem is that an Identifier is mandatory for the Device Section I am > writing, and I cannot tell from my Xorg.0.log file what identifier is > "autodetected". How do I figure this out? The identifier doesn't matter, it would only be used for referring to the Section "Device" from other sections in the configuration. > I am attaching my untested conf file. Looks like that should just work. -- Earthling Michel Dänzer | http://www.amd.com Libre software enthusiast | Mesa and X developer