SOLVED installation by failsafe mode - Page 2

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 18:29

ok
log in as root
backup and remove the xorg.conf file by
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf
then type slim
do not logg in, press control and alt and f1 to go to the original screen
press control c
then type Xorg -configure (must be capital X)
then mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
type slim again
log in and see the display for grandr
if it is 1920 x 1080 then remove that option, and all others till disired resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (same as adding before)
save and reboot

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 18:37

do not logg in, press control and alt and f1 to go to the original screen

i had it to auto login... and i don't know how to change it back...(darn!)

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 18:41

does not really matter was a time saving tip

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 18:54

if it is 1920 x 1080 then remove that option, and all others till disired resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (same as adding before)

you mean that i should leave only 1 mode?

in grandr there are a bunch of different modes...

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 18:56

well if you would like the resolution to always stay at one set resolution, yes. Otherwise no, but you will need to change it with grandr if you leave any higher ones

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 18:59

i have no problem with the 1920x1080.. the problem was that in case i needed to change it, it wouldn't stay after reboot..

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 19:04

ok if you would like a lower one at reboot you should remove the higher ones. I believe grandr should do that, ( maybe you are not running as root? ) but I always do it manually anyway

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 19:12

so now i'm in grandr..

i'll need to keep 1440x900 as default.
you say that i just have to delete from the grandr modes-bar all the higher resolutions right?

in case i'll need the 1920x1080 back as default i should just repeat your steps?

------log in as root
backup and remove the xorg.conf file by
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.conf
then type slim
do not logg in, press control and alt and f1 to go to the original screen
press control c
then type Xorg -configure (must be capital X)
type slim again
log in and see the display for grandr
if it is 1920 x 1080 then remove that option, and all others till disired resolution in /etc/X11/xorg.conf (same as adding before)
save and reboot ----

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 19:22

No, I was trying to say that you need to remove all the higher modes from xorg.conf, for example from earlier in the post

change this

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SubSection"Display"
Depth 8
Modes"1920x1080""1440x900""1280x800""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection

to this

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SubSection"Display"
Depth 8
Modes"1440x900""1280x800""1024x768""800x600"
EndSubSection

but as I was trying to say earlier, grandr makes this change to xorg.conf, if you run it as root. When there is no Xorg.conf file It cannot change the file. This is why it would not save it when you tried it before then rebooted, there was no xorg.conf.

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 19:34

ok so...

after i ctrl+alt+f1, i made the steps including the restore of xorg.conf.

i get in config files from the control center and i see that the xorg.conf has detected my monitor's details but in the screen section there is no resolution(!)

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"
FontPath"built-ins"
EndSection

Section"Module"
Load"glx"
Load"dri"
Load"record"
Load"dbe"
Load"dri2"
Load"extmod"
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"
#DisplaySize 470 260 # mm
Identifier"Monitor0"
VendorName"PHL"
ModelName"Philips 221T"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 56.0 - 76.0
Option"DPMS"
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"SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option"HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option"NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option"ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option"UseFBDev" # [<bool>]
#Option"Rotate" # [<str>]
#Option"VideoKey" # <i>
#Option"FlatPanel" # [<bool>]
#Option"FPDither" # [<bool>]
#Option"CrtcNumber" # <i>
#Option"FPScale" # [<bool>]
#Option"FPTweak" # <i>
#Option"DualHead" # [<bool>]
Identifier"Card0"
Driver"nv"
VendorName"nVidia Corporation"
BoardName"NV11 [GeForce2 MX/MX 400]"
BusID"PCI:1:0:0"
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

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 19:42

ok add the line in xorg.conf subsection display

Modes"1440x900"
example

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SubSection"Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes"1440x900" 
EndSubSection

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 19:59

it worked dave!
thank you so much!

it boots in 1440x900!
i guess that if i want 1920x1080 i'll just replace 1440x900 in xorg right?

should depth be 32 instead of 24? i don't think i'll mind though...

so what we've done was to boot without x so as to make the system detect and make a fresh xorg file right?

Dave · posted: 2011-02-21 20:09

ok as a recap to what we had done,
1. we had detetermined the original (failsafe xorg.conf) was a generic one to run the generic driver so it would work on all systems
2. removed that xorg.conf and let the events manager configure and setup a its own xorg.conf that does not actually exist
3.outside of X we invoked the Xorg server to create a hard copy of the new xorg.conf specifically for your system, and moved that to its happy home in /etc/X11
4. modified the new xorg.conf so that 1440x900 was your desired resolution mode

and yes if you would like 1920x1080 you are correct, you just replace 1440x900 with 1920x1080. you could try 32 colour depth, but chances are that if the new xorg.conf that was specifically set to your system does not include it it will not work. Its always worth a try to me though __{{emoticon}}__

Glad you spent the time to get it to work lots of people give up in this situation, including me when I was configuring my multiseat. I went back on it and figured it out, and I am glad I did now 3 people can use the same computer at once.

kwstas · posted: 2011-02-21 20:25

lets start making the multiseat to my pentium! lol

i'm too stubborn to give up that and of course the truth is that
since another person tries for my problem there is no chance i would give up.

thanks __{{emoticon}}__

Hal343 · posted: 2011-02-21 20:58

Dave said to edit your first post on the topic and you will be able to edit the title.