Re: screen freezes, ooffice with *.ppt, ATI, and xorg; was, Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop
On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Teodor wrote:
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:43:07 +0200
From: Teodor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: screen freezes, ooffice with *.ppt, ATI, and xorg; was,
Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop
Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:42:05 + (UTC)
Resent-From: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 15:11:53 -0500
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On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 10:33:40AM -0600, Don Montgomery wrote:
I rebooted with xorg.conf disabled, and X autoconfigured
to a higher resolution than I have been able to get
before, so something has changed, for sure. I will carry
on for a while, see if my crashes still occur, and report
back.
What do you mean by "rebooted with xorg.conf disabled"? Just
rename/remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file?
I renamed xorg.conf to xorg.conf.donotuse, and rebooted.
When the machine came back up, a splash labeled
"autoconfiguration" displayed across the monitor, while
the screen resolution changed around rapidly. When I
logged in, my desktop was at a higher resolution than I
had seen previously, with the windows I had left open at
logout shrunk to about 2/3 of their former physical screen
coverage. Regardless of whether it fixes the problem of
the freezing system, the higher resolution is a real
improvement.
However, I woke up this morning, and the screen came to
life, just like before I dist-upgraded to lenny, so things
look promising on that front, too.
Don
Neat! autoconfiguration really works! That's as opposed to it being
intended to work.
Autoconfiguration on my system does not work (v7.3-7), at the first
sight being related to the "kernel framebuffer". On all systems this
option is disabled but the XORG auto detection tries to activate it and
because of this it fails.
Cheers
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Re: screen freezes, ooffice with *.ppt, ATI, and xorg; was, Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop
On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 15:11:53 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 10:33:40AM -0600, Don Montgomery wrote: > > > > I rebooted with xorg.conf disabled, and X autoconfigured > > to a higher resolution than I have been able to get > > before, so something has changed, for sure. I will carry > > on for a while, see if my crashes still occur, and report > > back. What do you mean by "rebooted with xorg.conf disabled"? Just rename/remove the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file? > Neat! autoconfiguration really works! That's as opposed to it being > intended to work. Autoconfiguration on my system does not work (v7.3-7), at the first sight being related to the "kernel framebuffer". On all systems this option is disabled but the XORG auto detection tries to activate it and because of this it fails. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: screen freezes, ooffice with *.ppt, ATI, and xorg; was, Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop
On Sun, Dec 09, 2007 at 10:33:40AM -0600, Don Montgomery wrote: > > I rebooted with xorg.conf disabled, and X autoconfigured > to a higher resolution than I have been able to get > before, so something has changed, for sure. I will carry > on for a while, see if my crashes still occur, and report > back. > > Thanks very much, Don Neat! autoconfiguration really works! That's as opposed to it being intended to work. -- hendrik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
screen freezes, ooffice with *.ppt, ATI, and xorg; was, Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop
I rebooted with xorg.conf disabled, and X autoconfigured to a higher resolution than I have been able to get before, so something has changed, for sure. I will carry on for a while, see if my crashes still occur, and report back. Thanks very much, Don On Fri, 7 Dec 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 12:38:34 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: lenny amd64 for Desktop Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2007 18:05:20 + (UTC) Resent-From: debian-amd64@lists.debian.org On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 12:24:54PM -0500, Andrew Syrewicze wrote: Open your Xorg configuration in a text editor. (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) In the "Device" section. You'll see Driver "ATI" for x.org driver Or Driver "fglrx" for ATI binary driver. I thought the new xorg didn't need an xorg.conf file, though it uses it if you have one. Maybe renaming it temprarily to xorg.conf.donotuse and rebooting would enable xorg to autoconfigure and maybe work differently? -- hendrik -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
