X crashes when using a new monitor

[Benjamin Jiang]

Douglas Furlong wrote:

> ----- Message from kyrre at solution-forge.net ---------    Date: Mon, 07 
> Mar 2005
> 18:51:56 +0100    From: Kyrre Ness Sjobak 
> <kyrre at solution-forge.net>Reply-To:
> Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
> <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com> Subject: Re: X crashes when using a new
> monitor      To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
> <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com>
>
>> man, 07.03.2005 kl. 16.40 skrev Benjamin Jiang:
>>
>>> Douglas Furlong wrote:
>>>
>>> > ----- Message from bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca ---------    Date: Mon, 07 
>>> Mar 2005
>>> > 09:53:59 -0500    From: Benjamin Jiang <bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca>Reply-To:
>>> > Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
>>> > <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com> Subject: Re: X crashes when using 
>>> a new
>>> > monitor      To: Jon Savage <jonathansavage at gmail.com>, 
>>> Discussions about
>>> > development for the Fedora desktop <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com>
>>> >
>>> >> Jon Savage wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:38:11 -0500, Benjamin Jiang
>>> >>> <bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Hi, all,
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I installed a fresh copy of FC3 into my Dad's machine and 
>>> everything
>>> >>>> worked fine. However, when I brought the machine to my Dad's 
>>> place and
>>> >>>> plugged in his monitor (Acer 7154e), X crashes no matter what. 
>>> I tried
>>> >>>> config xorg.conf with the correct HorizSync and VertRefresh, 
>>> but it
>>> >>>> didn't even make any difference.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>> <snip>
>>> >>> Try booting into runlevel 3 and then
>>> >>> login as root and do system-config-display --reconfig.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Bests
>>> >>>
>>> >>> JS
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >> Thanks, Jon.
>>> >>
>>> >> I did that yesterday already and no difference made.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > When booting in to run level 3, log in as either a non privaliged
>>> > user, or as
>>> > root and running "startx", if X still crashes you should get some
>>> > output in the
>>> > terminal.
>>> >
>>> > Also look through the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, as that will have 
>>> some
>>> > more
>>> > information that may help us to help you.
>>> >
>>> > Doug
>>> >
>>> Doug, I pasted Xorg.0.log at the end of the first email I sent out.
>>>
>>> But, here is it again anyway:
>>> Xorg.0.log:
>>>
>>
>> My experience is that if X sends the wrong sync to a monitor, all that
>> happens is that the monitor shows a borked picture, or nothing at all
>> exept an error message. X doesn't crash...
>
>
> My expearience is slightly different.
>
> If X fails to start due to refresh rate issues, then it will fail to 
> start, not
> "crash" just will stop trying to load.
>
> However this error seems to suggest that it did "crash".
>
> It could be due to a damaged hard disk in transit? Causing a problem 
> with some
> of the libraries?
>
>
Let me try to copy the whole /usr/X11R6 directory from a working FC3 
machne then. Is that the only directory? Maybe /usr/lib/X11 as weel?

Ben.