Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing freeze

[Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>]

------- Doorgestuurd bericht -------
Van: "Peter Miller" <peterg.miller@gmail.com>
Aan: Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>
Cc:
Onderwerp: Re: Fwd: Gnome/X/Display device issues since before Testing  
freeze
Datum: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 02:41:06 +0100

Wow! floris, for the

update-alternatives --config glx

I chose the option:

  1            /usr/lib/mesa-diverted   5         manual mode

And that fixed it! After about 3 weeks I now have a system back thanks to
you.

Much appreciated.

On 28 November 2014 at 01:13, Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> wrote:
> Op Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:10:37 +0100 schreef Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl>:
>
> > Op Tue, 25 Nov 2014 02:09:10 +0100 schreef Peter Miller
> > <peterg.miller@gmail.com>:
> >
> > > I've had the "Oh no! Something went wrong" screen for a couple of
> > > weeks now, since just before Testing went into freeze.
> > >
> > > I've looked everywhere I can and tried all sorts of things, but
> > > nothing solves the problem. I recently upgraded to sid to see if that
> > > helped, but still no luck.
> > >
> > > In the included journal file below, it seems the problem lies in the
> > > "cannot determine display-device" entry, but I can't tell what is
> > > causing that.
> > >
> > > I have a lot more diagnostic output, but I can't have attachments,
> > > apparently.
> > >
> > > I would file a bug report, but I am not sure which package to report
> > > under.
> > >
> > > One thing I have not been able to work out if is whether the memory
> > > conflict message is an issue, and, if it is, how to solve it...
> > >
> > > Thanks for any assistance...
> >
> > Can you tell us what kind of VGA card, and which module you use?
> > And the output of:
> > journalctl -e /usr/bin/Xorg
> > (after a crash)
> >
> > Success,
> >
> > floris
>
> The only weird thing I can found in your log is:
> ...
> > Kernel driver in use: i915
>
> an Intel module
> ...
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: (II) LoadModule: "glx"
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: (II) Loading
> > /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libglx.so
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA
> > Corporation"
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: compiled for 4.0.2, module  
> > version
> > = 1.0.0
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: Module class: X.Org Server
> > Extension
> > Nov 25 07:39:58 pete gdm-Xorg-:0[795]: (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  340.46
>
>
> Xorg is loading a Nividia module
>
> Maybe you can use:
> update-alternatives --config glx
> and select the mesa option.
> Or if you have a Nvidia Optimus configuration, try to use the Bumblelee
> drivers:
> http://bumblebee-project.org
>
> Success,
>
> floris
>
>
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