upgraded to gutsy, killed my x server sort of

[sdowney717]

I decided to remove the restricted fglrx ati driver since it was not working. But now on restart I cant get back into x gui. The screen goes black and the monitor lights flash.
What is the command to redo the x server configuration at the prompt?

[bethaviv]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

[jaimz]

if you're using the open source ati drivers
it might be trying to put an out of range resolution

had that problem with my x800
& well to get it working I had to enable the resolution 1600x1024 or 1400x900 somewhere around there
which actually loaded the login screen

edit - my monitor only goes up to 1280x1024
so I found it odd how the login screen tried forcing the above resolutions when I didn't even set those resolutions when I reconfigured x

[sdowney717]

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

does not do anything like before. I get no options to change anything, it just claims it is overwriting the previous xorf.conf
Did they take the user out of this?

I think I am stuck with a bad xorg file.

Is there a safe mode with netowrking?
So I could get back to the gui and reinstall the ATI restricted driver?

[sdowney717]

ok, If I boot from the menu and select one of the recovery options, And get to a prompt. I can type startx and get into the gui.

BUT there is no networking. How can I start the networking so I can redo the restricted drivers?

[sdowney717]

ok

I managed to bbot into gui.
I edited my xorg to say "radeon" instead of "ati"

Now, it is working but the screen is really messed up. There is a band on the right side about an inch wide and the screen is squashed.

take a look and tell me what is bad here.


# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf(5) manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
Driver "radeon"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 28-64
VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

[sdowney717]

root@scott-desktop:~# glxgears
Xlib: extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":1.0".
5451 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1086.209 FPS
5763 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1145.032 FPS
5650 frames in 5.0 seconds = 1127.189 FPS
X connection to :1.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
root@scott-desktop:~#


used to run around 3000

also when I type in it is soSLOW to post to the screen.
It used to do this when I ran an xgl session before i would type in compiz --replace emerald
One second for eack letter

This is not going to work

[sdowney717]

I did reinstall restricted drivers. that solved the screen size issue, but the text to the screen is at a crawl.