Re: xorg-server failing on IBM NetVista with Intel 82815 video; was Re (6): Re^n: Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum
On Sat, 22 May 2010 03:13:06 -0400 (EDT), Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sat,22.May.10, 00:55:34, David Jardine wrote:
>> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>>
>>> I see. All comments. Which is about the same as not having one. Hmm.
>>
>> Or is it? I'm as baffled as anyone alse by xorg configuration, but
>> can't such a file, blank though it be, override some other config file?
>> Just a thought.
>
> It's not impossible to have different logic for when the file exists,
> even if entirely commented out[1]. I can think of two ways to check
> this:
>
> - read the source
> - diff Xorg.0.log files from starting X with an empty (or completely
> commented out) xorg.conf and one with an xorg.conf specifying the same
> driver X would choose.
>
> [1] at least in shell scripts it's much easier to check for the
> existence of a file than parsing its contents
That's a good point. That's another thing he can try: erasing or renaming
the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. But I suspect he's already tried that.
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