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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict
Date: Sat, 23 May 2009 23:35:56
Message-Id: 9acccfe50905231635y377a9469j10ac0975a864f37c@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict by Mark Knecht
1 On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:
2 > On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 3:22 PM, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
3 >> David Relson wrote:
4 >>>
5 >>> On Sat, 23 May 2009 14:57:32 -0700
6 >>> Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
7 >>>
8 >>>> Summary: X is hosed.
9 >>>>
10 >>>
11 >>> A couple of weeks back, I made the transition to the current versions
12 >>> of xorg-server and ati-drivers, i.e. the versions in the message
13 >>> subject.  I had to do a bit of work with xorg.conf before all was
14 >>> good.  If I recall details, keyboard and mouse weren't working and,
15 >>> after correcting that, fonts weren't being found.  All is now working
16 >>> fine.  Below is my xorg.conf.  Hope it helps.
17 >>>
18 >>> Regards,
19 >>>
20 >>> David
21 >>>
22 >>> ### Begin xorg.conf ###
23 >>>
24 i
25 >>> ### End xorg.conf ###
26 >>
27 >> This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all.  If it works, it is probably
28 >> running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps).  You need to run
29 >> "aticonfig --initial" as root first.
30 >
31 > Or he might have it in autoload already and it gets loaded at boot time?
32 >
33 > - Mark
34
35 When I tried aticonfig with my original xorg.conf, it got a seg fault.
36 The same thing happens when I use David's.
37
38 Things are not going well.
39
40 ++ kevin
41
42
43
44 --
45 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD

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