Re: X4.0 -> X4.1 -> bother
On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Adam McDaniel wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 13, 2001 at 12:08:39AM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> > Hurrah - woody upgraded to X4.1 and now it's broken :(
> very easy way to fix this problem.
wrong unfortunately :(
>
> Goto a console, and as root, check to see if you have an /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
> and an /etc/X11/XF86Config.
>
> In my case, I had my original config files under XF86Config but the upgrade
> created XF86Config-4 with default info in there. The -4 file gets priority
> as the config file when starting X.
>
> I deleted the XF86Config-4 file and ran startx, everything was cool.
>
> Now, if you originally had a XF86Config-4 file, that might have been overwritten
> with the new info for X. In that case, re-run the xf86config script as root
> and re-configure X.
>
I have an XF86Config-4 and an XF86Config file - one is for (X3.3.6).
The -X4 one was as it should be.
X3.3.6 runs fine (all I do is simlink the X3 server to /etc/X11/X and it
runs without a hitch (minus all the nice things in X4 of course)
X4 still scrambles the screen - and the only way I can restore it is to
reboot. <-- yes really
I haven't yet checked whether or not X is killed properly with
ctl+alt+bksp, so I might get out my old atari and use it as a dumb
terminal to try and figure what's going on.
but to all intents and purposes it seems like the X server is killed
properly - and the screen is still scambled :(
For what it's worth I have a 4MB Diamond Stealth II S220 card using the
rendition driver under X4.
sigh
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