https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=310305#c44 --- Comment #44 from Dean Hilkewich <deanjo@sasktel.net> 2007-09-17 22:12:12 MST --- Created an attachment (id=172919) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=172919) xorg.conf Beta3plus (In reply to comment #42 from Stefan Dirsch)
Dean, could you *please* remove the xorg.conf files written by nvidia-xconfig before you do any tests? Thanks.
I always do. I was just posting the xorg.conf written by nvidia-xconfig showing what does work. Non of my issues have been reported using anything but the base install. Upon further investigation, the MX510 does indeed set the correct metamodes upon initial installation if it is used BUT subsequent sax2 sessions write no xorg.conf nor do they pickup the correct metamodes for the monitor. The G5 does not as sax fails upon writing the initial config. So in summary, Fresh install with a MX510 results in the initial successful xorg.conf but any changes through sax2 fail to write a xorg.conf Fresh install with a G5 results in a immediate failure to write a working xorg.conf because of the evdev bug, and sax2 cannot launch. After patching for the G5, sax2 will launch but still does not detect the correct metamodes nor save a xorg.conf. Sooooo after discovering that I then did a fresh web installs of openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64) Beta3plus with the G5 attached. This time upon first attempt to boot to the desktop the monitor starts in a endless loop of attempts to sync with the monitor, you could see the x of the cursor pop up for a second and then it would try again to resync. So I reboot start at runlevel 3 and apply your patches. Good news is that sax2 will again launch after applying the patches but still will not write a xorg.conf. Now what I used to do before is keep a known good xorg.conf laying around and just copy it over to /etc/X11/xorg.conf which was the only way of me getting a functional desktop before. Figuring this would work as well with Beta3plus I did the same thing and copied it over. The result though this time was quite different. Even with the known good xorg.conf in place X still refused to launch. I could never get to the desktop even as I made one final stab at the cat with installing the nvidia blobs and tried using their nvidia-xconfig with the same results. This is really getting me puzzled. The next step I did was once again do another install but this time swapping out the video card for another nvidia series (5200) and replaced the monitor with another multisync crt of different brand and make (Hyundai Deluxscan 5870). The results with the different card and monitor were the EXACTLY the same. I've now done a total of 8 reinstalls since I last posted with different combinations of crt monitors, videocards (even switched heads on the cards as a stab in the dark), motherboards, installation media, patched and unpatched all failing except at least with the Beta3 ISO and previous I could at least copy over a known good xorg.conf and get to the desktop even though sax2 was completely useless. I do believe your latest G5 patches are working at least because after applying them sax2 will at least launch but again it just refuses to write a new xorg.conf. Can someone please do me the favor of trying with the fully patched sax2-ident to save a new xorg.conf while using a multisyc crt monitor? For what it is worth I will attached the xorg that was generated by the installer with Beta3plus. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.