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Re: getting xorg working on an old box .....



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On 01/11/07 16:59, Michael Fothergill wrote:
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> 
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>> From: Kevin Mark <kevin.mark@verizon.net>
>> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>> Subject: Re: getting xorg working on an old box .....
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 17:51:24 -0500
>>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 10:40:07PM +0000, Michael Fothergill wrote:
>> Dear Debianists,
> 
>> The error was
> 
>> (EE) AIGLX screen 0 is not DRI compatible
> 
>> and a few other lines followed
>> by
>> killed.
> Hi Michael,
> this error is not sufficient to stop an X server, it is just a bit of
> info that states that this card does not have this advanced feature
> (used for eyecandy). Show us more lines that have EE,WW,II or similar.
> Cheers,
> Kev
> 
>> Hmmm....  THis is worrying because this was the only error I saw on the
>> terminal.  MInd you maybe there was one of these other errors elsewhere
>> in the log file that didn't appear on the terminal................
> 
>> Would the log file be in e.g. /var/log/xorg.0.log or something like that?

Close.  /var/log/Xorg.0.log.  Do you use startx or xdm?

>> I could boot up the machine and go in the file and sniff around for more
>> errors.
> 
>> I will see what I can find and come back at you guys later.
> 
>> Thank you for this advice.



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