F10 -> F11 X server problem with /dev/fb0

[Aldo Foot]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Peter J. Stieber<developer at toyon.com> wrote:
> AF = Aldo Foot
> AF>> One way to troubleshoot is to create a
> AF>> new Xorg.conf and change the Driver line
> AF>> to "vesa".  You need to boot into runlevel 3,
>
> PS = Peter Stieber
> PS> I always have inittab setup to boot to run
> PS> level 3, then type startx after logging in.
>
> AF>> log in as root and do "Xorg -configure",
> AF>> which will create a new config file at
> AF>> /root/xorg.conf.new. To use it you'll
> AF>> have to move it to /etc/Xorg.conf.
>
> PS> I did this and I have attached the resulting
> PS> xorg.conf file.
> PS>
> PS> When I ran startx, it didn't work.  I've
> PS> attached the xorg log file.
>
> AF>> In it find the Device block, like:
> AF>>
> AF>>   Section "Device"
> AF>>      Driver "vesa"
> AF>>   EndSection
>
> PS> I'll try this next.
>
> I finally got my local X server to work, but changing the Driver vesa was
> not enough.  Here's the xorg.conf file I used to get a display...
>
> Section "Screen"
>  Identifier "Screen0"
>  Device     "Card0"
>  Monitor    "Monitor0"
>  DefaultDepth 24
>  SubSection "Display"
>    Depth     24
>    Modes     "1280x1024"
>  EndSubSection
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
>  Identifier   "Monitor0"
>  HorizSync    36-52
>  VertRefresh  36-60
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
>  Identifier  "Card0"
>  Driver      "vesa"
> EndSection
>
> I had to put the monitor H sync and V refresh rates in the file for this to
> work.  I did this because I saw 36-0 values in the log and thought it was
> strange.  Is this worthy of a bug report?
>
> So I guess the initial problem was, the new xorg nouveau NVIDIA driver
> doesn't work with my nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 LE].  Should I
> file a bug report with Fedora or xorg?
>
> Pete

I believe I've read threads of people mentioning that they could no use
the xorg.conf, but with a bit of effort you got it going.  Nicely done.
Filing a bug would be informative to the folks who work on the nouveau driver.

~af