Gentoo Archives: gentoo-alpha

From: Don Wilburn <bodhisattva@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-alpha@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Xorg installation
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 18:07:53
Message-Id: 518FDA7D.1050602@gt.rr.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-alpha] Xorg installation by Brian Parkhurst
1 >>What kernel version are you running?
2
3 3.7.10-gentoo
4
5 That's what the install CD runs. I tried to follow the installation
6 guide when compiling my own. The make menuconfig choices are a bit
7 different now.
8
9 Meanwhile, I tried editing the xorg.conf file to force different video
10 drivers. The fbdev won't start at all, so no lockup. The vesa driver
11 crashes and exits to SRM, which doesn't work and requires a hard reboot.
12 The nv results were previously described.
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14 Not knowing any better, I may scare up the original Matrox card and
15 temporarily install it instead. I don't objectively know it's the video
16 card/driver's fault, but that's my best guess.
17
18 Adios, DW

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