Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Xorg 1.9.2 and wrong display size

On Mon, Jan 03, 2011 at 06:53:05PM +0000, Mick wrote:

> I don't know because on my boxen I had the framebuffer modules built in the
> kernel.  Therefore I had to recompile the kernel with all the KMS settings as
> suggested in the article above and remove the framebuffer modules completely.
> ...
> I think that the solution is probably to go for the full KMS approach and
> remove the framebuffer modules as already suggested.  Then come back if it
> doesn't work.

I just tried this; no change to either the Xorg.log or the screen size.

> The xorg-server-1.8 migration is necessary if you need to configure particular
> devices.  HAL and its fdi files are no longer used.  In absence of any other
> configuration files under /etc/X11/*, xorg will use the files in
> /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/* which may or may not agree with your hardware.
> That's what the xorg-server-1.8 migration URL is for.

The only files in there are for evdev and the mouse.  Input works
fine, both keyboard and mouse.

Well, it will probably resolve itself one of these days, like so many
other gentoo screwups.  I've had LVM issues, USB issues by the ton, I
have forgotten most of the problems; they seem to eventually fix
themselves.  It's as if projects get out of sync, leapfrogging each
other, and I happen to hit them at some particularly bad leapfrog and
it takes a while for them to get back together.

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