[nmglug] still no screen

[Ted Pomeroy]

Brian, Good luck. I find that installs sre a way to move forward. I am using
Debian Lenny and have the /,/home,/swap set up as recommended. home is about
5 times larger than /. You might also just write or recall your desired list
of apps and re-install these, too. Do backup files so you can retain those.
Yours, Ted P.

On 10/18/09, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:
>
>  Thanks Ted. I've looked at all of the xorg.conf files and tried any that
> were different from the current one (or was the current one). None of them
> produce a different result. It's not just the xserver, I don't think,
> because I can't toggle back into a console when x doesn't start. Or x is
> starting but w/o a display showing up and then locking up the box?
> Am backing everything up and getting ready to do a clean install. I'm
> wondering what directories I'll be able to copy into the new install to
> replace what is installed? I'd like to get all my apps, etc. along with my
> home directory. Maybe I'll put home on it's own partition. I'll need
> help.....
>
> Ted Pomeroy wrote:
>
> Brian, I have had X11 problems and did fix it by copying an edited
> xorg.conf into the X11 folder. Be sure to save the non-working original by
> re-naming it, just in case you needit later.
> I was using an older Thinkpad, but if you know that one version of
> xorg.conf worked you can copy it and use  it if it works. You note as well
> that you updated 3 or 4 items. I am not sure which or what is not working.
> That is why I recommend saving the original xorg.conf file by re-naming. I
> am not able to speak to all the possibilities or tthe Toshiba architecture.
> Good luck.  Ted P.
>
> On 10/17/09, BrianO'Keefe <okeefe at cybermesa.com> wrote:
>>
>> Still trying to find out why I have no screen in Jaunty. I have booted
>> into recovery mode and reconfigured the xserver with dpkg as well as with "X
>> -configure". the last command created a nice xorg.conf in /root/X11. The
>> xorg.conf in /etc/X11 is sparse by comparison. However, running "startx"
>> from the prompt just goes to a slightly lit but black screen. Can't get back
>> to the command line with ctrl+alt+F2.
>> The question is if I should copy the /root/X11/xorg.config to the
>> /etc/X11/xorg.config?
>>
>> Details below:
>>
>>
>>
>> /root/X11/xorg.conf.new
>>
>> Section "ServerLayout"
>> 	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>> 	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>> 	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>> 	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
>>
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Files"
>> 	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
>> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
>> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
>> 	FontPath     "*/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/*:unscaled"
>>
>>
>> 	FontPath     "*/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/*:unscaled"
>> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
>> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
>> 	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
>>
>>
>> 	FontPath     "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Module"
>> 	Load  "record"
>> 	Load  "extmod"
>> 	Load  "dbe"
>> 	Load  "dri2"
>>
>>
>> 	Load  "dri"
>> 	Load  "glx"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>> 	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>> 	Driver      "kbd"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "InputDevice"
>>
>>
>> 	Identifier  "Mouse0"
>> 	Driver      "mouse"
>> 	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
>> 	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
>> 	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
>>
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> 	Identifier   "Monitor0"
>> 	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
>> 	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Device"
>>
>>
>>         ### Available Driver options are:-
>>         ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
>>         ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
>>
>>
>>         ### [arg]: arg optional
>>         #Option     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
>>
>>
>>         #Option     "CacheLines"         	# <i>
>>         #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "DRI"                	# [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "NoDDC"              	# [<bool>]
>>
>>
>>         #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
>>         #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"       	# <i>
>>         #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
>> 	Identifier  "Card0"
>>
>>
>> 	Driver      "intel"
>> 	VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
>> 	BoardName   "Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller"
>> 	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>>
>> 	Identifier "Screen0"
>> 	Device     "Card0"
>> 	Monitor    "Monitor0"
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>> 		Depth     1
>> 	EndSubSection
>>
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>>
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>> 		Depth     4
>> 	EndSubSection
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>> 		Depth     8
>> 	EndSubSection
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>>
>> 		Depth     15
>> 	EndSubSection
>>
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>> 		Depth     16
>> 	EndSubSection
>> 	SubSection "Display"
>> 		Viewport   0 0
>> 		Depth     24
>> 	EndSubSection
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>>
>> Section "Device"
>> 	Identifier	"Configured Video Device"
>> 	Option		"UseFBDev"		"true"
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Monitor"
>> 	Identifier	"Configured Monitor"
>>
>>
>> EndSection
>>
>> Section "Screen"
>> 	Identifier	"Default Screen"
>> 	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
>> 	Device		"Configured Video Device"
>> EndSection
>>
>>
>>
>>
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