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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11)
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:54:39
Message-Id: tkrat.d7f9daf08c5aff25@igpm.rwth-aachen.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11) by Justin
1 On 29 Jan, Justin wrote:
2 > Helmut Jarausch schrieb:
3 >> Hi,
4 >>
5 >> after reboot X11 fails with
6 >> (II) Initializing extension GLX
7 >> (EE) config/hal: couldn't initialise context: (null) ((null))
8 >>
9 >> I have
10 >> x11-base/xorg-x11-7.4
11 >> x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r1
12 >> installed on a x86-64 machine.
13 >>
14 >> Has anybody an idea what's going on?
15 >>
16 >> Many thanks for your help,
17 >> Helmut.
18 >>
19 > Can give some more infos please, USE etc?
20 >
21 Installed versions: 1.5.3-r1(09:46:41 01/29/09)(hal input_devices_evdev input_devices_keyboard input_devices_mouse ipv6 nptl sdl video_cards_nv xorg
22 x11-drivers/nvidia-drivers-180.22
23
24 I vaguely remember having removed the 'hal' use flag for some time.
25 Now, I have reinstalled x11-base/xorg-server after adding 'hal' to my
26 /etc/make.conf
27 But probably there are further x11 packages which need to be reemerged.
28
29 But on an another machine I'm running these x11 versions without 'hal'.
30 So, there must be a different cause of the problem.
31
32 Thanks,
33 Helmut.
34
35
36 --
37 Helmut Jarausch
38
39 Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
40 RWTH - Aachen University
41 D 52056 Aachen, Germany

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11) Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] [urgent] X11 fails after reboot (using a new X11) Justin <justin@×××××××××.net>