Scott Vargovich wrote: > Hi there, > > Here's my pastebin: > > http://pastebin.org/87336 > > I was hoping to not have any issues after upgrading to Squeeze, but > that's not the case. The upgrade went fine after I figured out how to > work around the broken packages issue. I now have 3 kernels - > 2.6.26-2-686, 2.6.30-2-686 and 2.6.32-trunk-686. I'm using squeeze also and it was a hassle free upgrade. > > When I initially booted to the 2.6.32 kernel - the xorg.conf.orig was > the /etc/X11/xorg.conf. With this one, the 2.6.32 kernel would boot, > but when GDM was supposed to put the login screen, it was instead a > blank black screen with a bit of backlighting. In the 2.6.30 kernel, > GDM started and then the screen went totally black - like the computer > was turned off. The 2.6.26 kernel worked fine. The only thing I had to > do was put a link in my startup files to start metacity because the > window dressings were gone. It's worked fine ever since. > > The xorg.conf.config was created by doing 'Xorg -configure' as root. > When I used it, none of the kernels worked right. > > When I renamed both files to what they are in the pastebin and had no > xorg.conf file, the same thing happened when the xorg.conf.orig was the > xorg.conf file. > This is a bit confusing, though I looked at your pastebin and it seems your system has gained an extra GPU since you were last running Lenny? Your second conf shows a dual head setup that Xorg -configure has detect for you. Have you tried removing your confs all together and restarting GDM?
> I haven't needed to work with X nor GDM for quite a while because the > distros I've used has been pretty much plug & play. I know there's a > way to fix this, but my computer specialty doesn't cover this area. Any > help or questions would be promptly answered and greatly appreciated. > Out of desperation did you try putting vesa in your conf instead of intel? > Thanks in advance, > Scott > > -- > <>< Scott Vargovich <>< > ------------------------------------------ > OpenPGP Key ID: F8F5DC7E > ------------------------------------------ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -- A healthy diet includes Linux, Linux and more Linux. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup
