Re: `Xorg -configure' failure
On 2011-10-06 20:00 +0200, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> writes:
>
>> It might have been easier to just restore the whole file. And
>> http://wiki.debian.org/XStrikeForce/HowToRandR12 might have some
>> additional useful information for you.
>
> I didn't see discussion of a bug that causes the mouse NOT to pan out
> into a Virtual screen size... although there is such a bug.
>
> I've had good help finding the appropriate xandr commands and can see
> the screen enlarge, but the mouse will not go past the edge. Far as I
> understood its because of code in some other aspect of things that is
> preventing it.
If you can't find a bug report about this problem, feel free to open one
yourself.
>> I get the same error, but there actually is an xorg.conf.new in the
>> current directory. "Xorg -configure" does not load the dri module,
>> which seems to be the cause for this error.
>
> This is pretty raunchy of me, but I never thought to look. There was
> no indication whatever that a file had been written. But there it is.
>
> Is the dri module essential for starting X?
I don't think so, but it's loaded automatically (when running Xorg
without the -configure switch), although this can be disabled.
> Do you know which package it is in.
It's in xserver-xorg-core.
> Also does the Nouveau driver prevent other drivers such as nv from
> loading.
Nouveau needs Kernel Modesetting, and both nv and vesa are not
compatible with that and will refuse to load if the nouveau.ko kernel
module is loaded with modesetting enabled (default).
> Or is nv even available anymore?
Not in Debian wheezy: http://bugs.debian.org/612189.
Sven
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