[opensuse] Does anyone have a good copy of xorg.conf.install?
Hi, After installing VirtualBox 4.3.20 from Tumbleweed yesterday, X didn't want to use my Nvidia drivers anymore. After looking into the Xorg.0.log, I noticed that X loaded vboxvideo and eventually ended up with using the VESA driver. I made nvidia-xconfig create a new xorg.conf but that was ignored. I also saw that X loads /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install So I emptied that file, copied the Device section of the new xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf and restarted the display-manager service. After all these changes, I finally got my desktop back in shape. Then I started hunting for the reason of the issue. My first guess was that installing VirtualBox caused it but snapper told me the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install was from last year. So I'm a bit puzzled what caused the problem. I also couldn't file a package which installs /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install. Does anyone have a known good copy? Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://blog.pdark.de/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Aaron Digulla composed on 2015-02-07 10:31 (UTC+0100):
After installing VirtualBox 4.3.20 from Tumbleweed yesterday, X didn't want to use my Nvidia drivers anymore.
After looking into the Xorg.0.log, I noticed that X loaded vboxvideo and eventually ended up with using the VESA driver.
I made nvidia-xconfig create a new xorg.conf but that was ignored.
I also saw that X loads /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install
So I emptied that file, copied the Device section of the new xorg.conf to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-device.conf and restarted the display-manager service.
After all these changes, I finally got my desktop back in shape. Then I started hunting for the reason of the issue. My first guess was that installing VirtualBox caused it but snapper told me the file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install was from last year.
So I'm a bit puzzled what caused the problem. I also couldn't file a package which installs /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install. Does anyone have a known good copy?
13.1, 13.2 & TW installs in the past week all have the same 874 bytes file but with timestamps from when installation was performed. Here's one without any tripled newlines: Section "Device" Identifier "vboxvideo" Driver "vboxvideo" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "vboxvideo" Device "vboxvideo" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "vmware" Driver "vmware" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "vmware" Device "vmware" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "modesetting" Driver "modesetting" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "modesetting" Device "modesetting" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "fbdev" Driver "fbdev" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "fbdev" Device "fbdev" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "vesa" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "vesa" Device "vesa" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout" Screen "vboxvideo" Screen "vmware" Screen "modesetting" Screen "fbdev" Screen "vesa" EndSection If you want a skeleton to build from, several in the following might serve better: http://fm.no-ip.com/Share/Linux/ http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/ Some find it easier to use xorg.conf.d/ instead of xorg.conf. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 07.02.2015 um 10:49 schrieb Felix Miata:
So I'm a bit puzzled what caused the problem. I also couldn't file a package which installs /etc/X11/xorg.conf.install. Does anyone have a known good copy?
13.1, 13.2 & TW installs in the past week all have the same 874 bytes file but with timestamps from when installation was performed. Here's one without any tripled newlines:
Section "Device" Identifier "vboxvideo" Driver "vboxvideo" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "vboxvideo" Device "vboxvideo" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "vmware" Driver "vmware" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "vmware" Device "vmware" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "modesetting" Driver "modesetting" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "modesetting" Device "modesetting" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "fbdev" Driver "fbdev" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "fbdev" Device "fbdev" EndSection
Section "Device" Identifier "vesa" Driver "vesa" EndSection
Section "Screen" Identifier "vesa" Device "vesa" EndSection
Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout" Screen "vboxvideo" Screen "vmware" Screen "modesetting" Screen "fbdev" Screen "vesa" EndSection
Okay, my file looks the same. I think my problem is that X ignored the files in xorf.conf.d and used xorg.conf.install, first. It then tried every option until it ended up with fbdev or vesa, I don't remember which one. Under which circumstances would X prefer the file xorg.conf.install over /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/? Does it matter when the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ only contain comments? Regards, -- Aaron "Optimizer" Digulla a.k.a. Philmann Dark "It's not the universe that's limited, it's our imagination. Follow me and I'll show you something beyond the limits." http://blog.pdark.de/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Aaron Digulla composed on 2015-02-07 16:08 (UTC+0100):
Okay, my file looks the same. I think my problem is that X ignored the files in xorf.conf.d and used xorg.conf.install, first. It then tried every option until it ended up with fbdev or vesa, I don't remember which one.
If you want to know, initialize the installer again the same way you did last time, then on tty2 after X starts but before doing any clicking, take a look at the one just created.
Under which circumstances would X prefer the file xorg.conf.install over /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/?
I'm pretty sure xorg.conf.install only ever gets used when X is started by yast.
Does it matter when the files in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ only contain comments?
Those files always contain only comments unless a user changes them. They amount to nothing but doc files unless and until a user makes any non-comment changes in them. As long as it has only comments, xorg.conf does not exist, and you have not created any valid alternative for X to use, X runs purely on automagic. With Nvidia gfxchips, no valid configs means an installed system should be running on the nouveau driver. For several years, most FOSS video driver users have been running X entirely on automagic. What driver does your current /var/log/Xorg.0.log say is being used? Does it have EE lines in it? If so, help from here will probably depend on you sharing that file. What's on the VGA line(s) in your lspci output? -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Aaron Digulla composed on 2015-02-07 16:08 (UTC+0100):
Under which circumstances would X prefer the file xorg.conf.install over /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/?
I'm pretty sure xorg.conf.install only ever gets used when X is started by yast.
No, it gets used when you select the failsafe mode grub boot entry, which includes the "x11failsafe" kernel option. Once booted, I think there is another method to trigger this X11 mode. but I don't know/remember which. The file corresponds to what YaST uses during installation as X configuration. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iF4EAREIAAYFAlTWuXMACgkQja8UbcUWM1yuKQD+M8U2GKO5r9kMg80ximRMQvpI H9gJX5u9Tg60SIZ7qtEA/jsfzzS9XIlAXCdlc9dCXe2nkuTI4EBD3PpSG/PLiXMg =W0Cn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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