On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 2:23 PM, Mick <michaelkintz...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Monday 25 May 2009, Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > >> In make.config, I changed to >> VIDEO_CARDS="r128 vga fbdev vesa" >> and recompiled xorg-server. > [snip...] > >> Now when I try "startx" it still has problems, but I appear to be >> closer. On screen I see > [snip...] >> (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0) > > You probably have tried it already, but what gives when you remove > your /etc/X11/xorg.conf completely? You can create/modify your .fdi file as > per the upgrade guide.
That's what I quoted in the last email. I haven't any clear reason to modify the .fdi file, since I'm running pretty much a standard USA-English setup here. I have a short xorg.conf that I've sometimes tried, but not this time. > Also, check that you only have xf86-video-r128 emerged and not xf86-video-ati > and that you don't have any duplicate entries for radeon, ati, fglrx and what > have you in your VIDEO_CARDS within /etc/make.conf. VIDEO_CARDS is exactly as quoted above. There are 4 video drivers emerged, which match those names. Nothing else. > > HTH. > -- > Regards, > Mick > -- Kevin O'Gorman, PhD
