topic title: xserver-xorg-video-intel is causing me problems.
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#1
i just updated xserver-xorg-video-intel in sid, after reboot the system wasn't booting(it drops me to tty login). i rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then on reboot the system will boot. but the graphic is slow rendering, i guess no hardware acceleration, and if i play a movie i can hear only the sound, mplayer doesn't come up. so i enabled the testing repo downgraded the driver and i put the package on hold, the graphic is all good and i have hardware acceleration. the problem for me is the monitor blanking and off time. i need them to be at a defined value, but if i create xorg.conf and add the settings to it, the system won't boot again. is there a way that i can add them to another folder or recreate xorg.conf? the old one doesn't work anymore.

what i add to the xorg.conf

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Section"ServerFlags"

Option"BlankTime""3"
Option"OffTime""5"
Posts: 1,062
Dave
Joined: 20 Jan 2010
#2
Sorry ICE-M don't know of another file or folder to add those flags, but if I was in this situation I would run the live cd and copy that xorg.conf, modifying it for the different driver. That would be the simple solution. The next thing I would try and record the output of the commands"lspci |grep VGA"" ls /dev/input/mouse*" and"more /proc/bus/input/devices" to find all the correct devices for configuring your xorg.conf. Then take the xorg.conf from another computer or use this basic one that I used for my multiseat computer and change the bus, pointer device path, and keyboard path with the appropriate drivers to match your computer.

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Section"InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Keyboard0"
    Driver        "evdev"
    Option        "Device""/dev/input/event1"
    Option        "XkbModel""pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout""us"
    Option        "XkbOptions""compose:rwin"
EndSection

Section"InputDevice"
    Identifier    "Mouse0"
    Driver        "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol""ExplorerPS/2"
    Option        "Device""/dev/input/mouse0"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping""6 7"
EndSection

Section"Device"
    Identifier    "device0"
    Driver        "nvidia"
    VendorName    "NVIDIA Corp."
    BoardName     "NVIDIA GeForce4 (generic)"
    BusID         "PCI:0:13:0"
EndSection

Section"Monitor"
    Identifier    "monitor0"
    ModelName     "Flat Panel 1024x768"
    HorizSync       31.5 - 48.5
    VertRefresh     40.0 - 70.0
    ModeLine      "768x576" 50.0 768 832 846 1000 576 590 595 630
    ModeLine      "768x576" 63.1 768 800 960 1024 576 578 590 616
EndSection

Section"Screen"
    Identifier    "screen0"
    Device        "device0"
    Monitor       "monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection    "Display"
        Virtual     1024 768
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section"ServerLayout"
    Identifier    "seat0"
    Screen      0 "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice   "Mouse0""CorePointer"
    InputDevice   "Keyboard0""CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section"ServerFlags"
    Option"DontZap""Off"
        Option"AllowMouseOpenFail""true"
        Option"BlankTime""45" 
        Option"OffTime""60"  
EndSection
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#3

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 dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
I guess is out of the question Ice-M?
Posts: 609
dark-D
Joined: 02 Jun 2008
#4
dave, thanks for the tips. i tried the livecd before posting this.

i created the xorg.conf file again with only the monitor blank time and off time in it and the system boot-up just fine. i don't know why the moron didn't work the first time.

rokytnji, man as always you give a good advice, tried it as well before posting. that command doesn't seam to work anymore, maybe they depreciated it.

now i'm left to find out what the heck is wrong with the sid package. and i was thinking that sid became all boring on me. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#5
Maybe. Just Maybe this link will tell ya what is going on with Sid.

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xserver-xorg-video-all 29 Nov 10 1:7.5+8em1 xserver-xorg-video-all (= 1:7.5+8em1) depends on missing: - xserver-xorg-video-geode
Take a look see Ice-M

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oldhoghead
Site Admin
Joined: 01 Oct 2007
#6
nice links rok __{{emoticon}}__

cheers,
ohh