** Summary changed:
- Automatic X configuration doesn't work, Radeon X-850+Compaq P1100 monitor
+ Bulletproof-X configuration repeatedly restarts
** Description changed:
-
- The automated X configuration does not work with Radeon X850 + Compaq P1100
monitor. Would repeatedly boot into garbled login screen with wrong sync again
and again - only way to stop it was to repeatedly <CTL><ALT><BS> the X server
until it gave up and quickly delete xorg.conf and replace it with an old
manually generated working version that uses the proprietary driver. This used
to be working fine with FGLRX drivers + Beryl under Feisty, now FGLRX is
unusable for this card. Thankfully I had backed up a working xorg.conf or I
would be in a real mess. The "bulletproof" X was worse than useless, since I
couldn't easily shut it off to fix things!
+ The automated X configuration does not work with Radeon X850 + Compaq
+ P1100 monitor. Would repeatedly boot into garbled login screen with
+ wrong sync again and again - only way to stop it was to repeatedly
+ <CTL><ALT><BS> the X server until it gave up and quickly delete
+ xorg.conf and replace it with an old manually generated working version
+ that uses the proprietary driver. This used to be working fine with
+ FGLRX drivers + Beryl under Feisty, now FGLRX is unusable for this card.
+ Thankfully I had backed up a working xorg.conf or I would be in a real
+ mess. The "bulletproof" X was worse than useless, since I couldn't
+ easily shut it off to fix things!
Also, the automated configuration does not have a Compaq P1100 and there is
no way to manually enter information for a monitor that isn't in the list. If
it helps, here is the contents of my manually tweaked xorg.conf that actually
works. With this file I can get my monitor to work at 2048x1536 with a 66 Hz
vertical sync. Regrettably, I need the proprietary drivers to make it work,
since fglrx is now busted - at least for my card.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbOptions" "lv3:ralt_switch"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
HorizSync 28.0 - 121.0
VertRefresh 43.0 - 66.0
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
Option "FSAAEnable" "on"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "2048x1536" "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Disable"
EndSection
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Bulletproof-X configuration repeatedly restarts
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