[SOLVED] Upgrade 8.04-8.10: XORG doesn't work anymore

[bulbulred]

Hi everyone

Yes i am one of the many people who upgraded AND lost Compiz abilities. My situation was: dual screen + compiz. Before the upgrade there were never any issues

I have a GeForce 8500 GT graphics card from Gigabyte/NVIDIA.

My xorg.conf looked like this and no longer works:


# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder58) Wed Oct 1 15:12:53 PDT 2008

# xorg.conf.failsafe (X.Org 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 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

#test->
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection

#Section "Files"
# RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
#EndSection

#<-test
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"

Option "TwinView" "True"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "LeftOf"
Option "UseEdidFreqs" "True"
Option "MetaModes" "1024x768" #ea
Option "UseDisplayDevice" "VGA,DVI"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
SubSection "Display"
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection


Now one of my screens doesn't work anymore and my Xorg was changed to a default xorg.conf.

This is the output of xdebconfigurator:

VIDEO CARD: Xdebconfigurator Card
VIDEO CARD DEVICE:
VIDEO CARD VENDOR:
VIDEO DRIVER: nv
VIDEO DRIVER SRC: discover
VIDEO MEMORY:
POSSIBLE XSERVER: xorg
XSERVER 3:
XSERVER 4: xfree86
DEBIAN PACKAGE: xserver-xorg
MOUSE DEVICE SRC: hwinfo
MOUSE DEVICE: /dev/input/mice
MOUSE PROTOCOL: ImPS/2
MOUSE WHEEL: 0
KEYBOARD RULES: xorg
MONITOR: Xdebconfigurator Monitor
MONITOR ID:
SUGGESTED METHOD: Simple
MONITOR SIZE: 15 inches (380 mm)
MONITOR MODES: 2048x1536, 1920x1200, 1680x1050, 1600x1200, 1440x900, 1400x1050, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, 640x400, 320x240, 320x400, 320x200
MONITOR MODES SRC: hwinfo
MONITOR MODE: 1024x768 @ 70Hz
MONITOR MODE SRC: default
MONITOR DEFAULT DEPTH: 16


Output of this command: `sudo compiz --replace`

Checking for Xgl: not present.
No whitelisted driver found
aborting and using fallback: /usr/bin/metacity


No whitelisted driver found... but in /usr/bin/compiz there is one:

# Driver whitelist
WHITELIST="nvidia intel ati radeon i810 fglrx"




I am wondering...

How do i correctly (re)configure my Xorg.conf? (+dual screen)
Will my fancy cube ever see daylight again?

[Peter09]

These days xorg is not used by the graphics driver unless you need to specify something special. Try renaming your xorg file to something else. Reboot and see what happens. My xorg is blank

[bulbulred]

I know but i would really like to use my
- dual screen
- compiz
again.

I am going to try some things and get back to the forum with information.

If anyone has some tips or knows how to solve this thread, please advice. Thanks a mill

[Peter09]

I have a dual screen nvidia card - here is my xorg which was setup automatically.


Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
# Driver "kbd"
# Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
# Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
# Option "XkbLayout" "gb"
#EndSection

# commented out by update-manager, HAL is now used
#Section "InputDevice"
# Identifier "Configured Mouse"
# Driver "mouse"
# Option "CorePointer"
#EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Maxdata (RogenTech) Bel2225S1W"
HorizSync 30.0 - 84.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 77.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Configured Video Device"
Driver "nvidia"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8600 GT"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Configured Video Device"
Monitor "Configured Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "TwinView" "1"
Option "TwinViewXineramaInfoOrder" "CRT-0"
Option "metamodes" "CRT: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DFP: 1280x1024 +1680+0"
EndSection

[bulbulred]

Solved by reinstalling the nvidia drivers and removing compiz.

After that suddenly my nvidia-settings showed me more information AND 2 screens. I configured everything and saved to xorg.conf.

Then i installed compiz and now everything runs again.