01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Electronics Systems Ltd. Millennium G550 (rev 01) David Haller composed on 2016-08-20 15:38 (UTC+0200):
On Sat, 20 Aug 2016, Felix Miata wrote:
Entire log: http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/Xorg/xorg.0.log-mga0XorgTW
This was the first machine I built to be a LAN & web server, most likely with SuSE 8.2. It doesn't see much use lately: 2015-02-11 15:26:34|install|kernel-desktop|3.16.7-7.1|i686||Update... # 2015-05-20 19:47:18 kernel-desktop-4.0.3-1.1.i686.rpm installed ok 2015-05-20 19:47:18|install|kernel-desktop|4.0.3-1.1|i686||OSS... # 2015-09-12 13:12:27 kernel-desktop-4.1.6-3.2.i686.rpm installed ok 2015-09-12 13:12:27|install|kernel-desktop|4.1.6-3.2|i686||OSS I installed kernel-pae-4.2.3 with rpm Oct 2015 and kernel-default-4.6.4 same right before starting this thread. X worked well as ever until this last update round.
Looks like your fb/console config conflicts with the xorg config.
This is something new that started in between Oct 2015 and 4.6.4. For years this machine's kernel cmdline had included: splash=0 vga=791 video=1024x768@60 mainly because that's what's on most of the hundreds of cmdlines here, even though I see with non-KMS gfxcards that video= doesn't have any detectable effect.
Please show the output of:
$ tr ' ' '\n' < /proc/cmdline | egrep 'vga|video'
Removing vga=791 from cmdline allows X to work. video=1024x768@60 seems to be entirely inert.
and the
Section "Device"
from xorg.conf / xorg.conf.d/*
Nothing but the identifier and a commented out norandr line in that section.
You might need to set the VideoRam explicitly and use the matroxfb module for framebuffer (e.g. 'video=matrox:vesa:789' instead of vga=*).
Stripping vga=791 and video=1024x768@60 from cmdline solved $SUBJECT, but created a new one. X now works as expected without any xorg.con* modifications, but vttys are stuck in 80x25 mode. Including video=matrox:vesa:789 instead of vga=791 video=1024x768@60 produces 80x25 too. Fbset was deprecated and removed from Factory long ago. Matroxfb, which I never found necessary with new enough firmware in the Matrox gfxcards, doesn't seem to exist any more. What's supposed to take its place in TW? -- "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