Bug#479724: xserver-xorg-core: xserver fails to start with a conf that has been good for half a year

[Petri Kaurinkoski <Petri.Kaurinkoski@iki.fi>]

Hi Brice,

I commented out the lines you suggested, and that did the trick: xserver
starts now as expected. From my poin of view, the bug could be closed.

Thanks a lot for your help!

Petri

On Tue, 2008-05-06 at 14:03 +0200, Brice Goglin wrote:
> Petri Kaurinkoski wrote:
> > I updated my Debian/testing system yesterday as I regularly do almost
> > every
> > day, and after the  updates Xserver would not start. I did not change the
> > configuration files or install any additional packages.
> >
> > xserver complains to Xorg.0.log:
> >
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> 
> It could be caused by the RandR 1.2 support in the radeon driver not
> liking your obsolete lines in /etc/X11/Xorg.conf
> See below.
> 
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier    "Generic Monitor"
> >     Option        "DPMS"
> >     HorizSync    63.9
> >     VertRefresh    60
> > EndSection
> 
> Please comment out HorizSync and VertRefresh above.
> 
> > Section "Monitor"
> >     Identifier    "ViewSonic VX2235wm Monitor"
> >     Option        "DPMS"
> >     HorizSync    65
> >     VertRefresh    60
> > EndSection
> 
> Here too.
> 
> > Section "Screen"
> >     Identifier    "Default Screen"
> >     Device        "ATI Technologies Inc RV280 [Radeon 9200 SE]"
> > #    Monitor        "Generic Monitor"
> >     Monitor        "ViewSonic VX2235wm Monitor"
> >     DefaultDepth    24
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    1
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    4
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    8
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    15
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    16
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> >     SubSection "Display"
> >         Depth    24
> >         Modes    "1680x1050" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
> >     EndSubSection
> > EndSection
> 
> Please comment out all the above "Modes" lines.
> 
> If it doesn't help, you might want to try with no xorg.conf at all.
> Please send the corresponding log.
> 
> Brice

-- 
 Petri Kaurinkoski <Petri.Kaurinkoski@iki.fi>