can't get X to work after installing F9

[Vadim Nasardinov]

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 1:48 PM, Rick Bilonick wrote in
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/msg00940.html:

> F9 seems to have a lot of problems with graphics hardware. Have you
> tried using the "vesa" driver? This might at least get you to the
> point of getting a graphical display (although it might not).

I had tried the "vesa" driver without much success.  Last night, I
tried again:

1. Change xorg.conf like so:

   | sh-3.2# cd /etc/X11
   | sh-3.2# sed -i.bak 's/"mga"/"vesa"/' xorg.conf
   | sh-3.2# diff -u xorg.conf.bak xorg.conf
   | --- xorg.conf.bak       2008-06-09 07:36:19.000000000 -0400
   | +++ xorg.conf   2008-06-09 22:08:17.000000000 -0400
   | @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   |
   |  Section "Device"
   |         Identifier  "Videocard0"
   | -       Driver      "mga"
   | +       Driver      "vesa"
   |  EndSection
   |
   |  Section "Screen"

2. Observe:

   | sh-3.2# startx
   | xauth:  creating new authority file /.serverauth.1515
   |
   | X.Org X Server 1.4.99.901 (1.5.0 RC 1)
   | Release Date: 5 September 2007
   | X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
   | Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5xen x86_64
   | Current Operating System: Linux localhost.localdomain \
   |  2.6.25-14.fc9.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu May 1 06:06:21 EDT 2008 x86_64
   | Build Date: 06 May 2008  03:25:57PM
   | Build ID: xorg-x11-server 1.4.99.901-29.20080415.fc9
   |         Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
   |         to make sure that you have the latest version.
   | Module Loader present
   | Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   |         (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   |         (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
   | (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Jun  9 22:10:26 2008
   | (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
   |
   |
   | (EE) VESA(0): Set VBE Mode failed!
   |
   | Fatal server error:
   | AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
   |
   | giving up.
   | xinit:  Connection refused (errno 111):  unable to connect to X server
   | xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.


I've attached the entire /var/log/Xorg.0.log for posterity.


> I tried F9 on a new HP 2133 mini-notebook (comes with SUSE Linux)
> but ended up installing F8 because I could not get a display on the
> notebook's lcd panel. You might have much better luck with F8 until
> better drivers are available for F9.

Truer words have never been spoken.  I'd seen the thread where you
described your fight against F9's X.org:

  Message-Id: <1212858813.3271.20.camel at localhost.localdomain>
  https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2008-June/thread.html#00759


I installed F8 this morning and it Just Works™.  My monitor has a
menu item that causes it to report the vital stats on the video signal
generated by the display adapter.  Under F8, I get this:

  Horizontal Frequency:  63.92
  Vertical Frequency:    59.96
  Pixel Clock:          108.03
  Resolution: 1280x1024
  Model No: L91C

I wonder if there was a way to get F9's Xorg to tell me what kind of
out-of-range signal *it* was generating.

I guess I'll have to skip F9 and wait for F10.
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