Re: Can't start X after upgrade to Lenny

[Marc Shapiro <mshapiro_42@yahoo.com>]

Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 20:21:19 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote:
>   
> > Florian Kulzer wrote:
> >     
> > > Maybe this is related:
> > >
> > > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=474504
> > >   
> > >       
> > This seems to be exactly the problem that I am having.  If this problem  
> > has been around since at least April of last year and had not been  
> > resolved by August, you would think that there would be more emphasis on  
> > trying to resolve it.
> >     
>
>   
> You can use the web interface of the BTS to send a follow-up message,
> stating that you have the problem, too. Ask if there is any possibility
> that this can be addressed before the release of Lenny and what you can
> do to help. The maintainers will let know what kind of information you
> can contribute if someone starts working on the problem.
>
> You can also check out http://bugs.freedesktop.org to see if anything
> relevant has happened upstream since last May.
>   
I have not, yet posted a bug report
> Yon can try if Xorg from experimental and/or kernel 2.6.28 improve the
> situation. (Did you try to put additional options into xorg.conf as I
> suggested earlier?)
>   
I have tried all options, one at a time, that seem to apply to my 
chipset.  I also tried the VESA driver with its options.  Unfortunately, 
none of this produced any change in behavior.
> I would probably be tempted to buy an nvidia or ati card and dump the
> sis driver.
>   
It worked fine in Etch and I really don't want to spend money on a new 
card if I don't have to.

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Marc Shapiro
mshapiro_42@yahoo.com