[mdlug] Mybuntu 11.04 -> Mythbuntu 11.11 causes X server to break
R KANNAN
rk111810 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 8 21:36:15 EST 2012
Thanks. It worked.
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com> wrote:
> Try: sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
>
> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 3:21 PM, R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I found out the issue is with LDM (Light Display Manager) used with
> Ubuntu
> > 11.11. I could do the following and get X going..
> >
> > sudo service lightdm stop # Stop LDM
> > sudo service gdm start # Start the old Graphics display manager
> >
> > after renaming custom.conf file in /etc/gdm which had auto log-on
> enabled.
> >
> > How do I make 'gdm' my default login display manager?
> >
> > BTW, The graphics card information on my laptop is as below.
> >
> > 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> > Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) (rev 0c) (prog-if 00 [VGA
> > controller])
> > Subsystem: Lenovo T61
> > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
> > Memory at f8100000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
> > Memory at e0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
> > I/O ports at 1800 [size=8]
> > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled]
> > Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
> > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
> > Kernel modules: intelfb, i915
> >
> > 00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960
> Integrated
> > Graphics Controller (secondary) (rev 0c)
> > Subsystem: Lenovo T61
> > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> > Memory at f8200000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
> > Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 3
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:22 PM, R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks. But I cannot find the Xorg file with valid screen, device
> sections
> >> anywhere. I don't know where it is getting it from (maybe it is using
> >> defaults). All I did with gdm was to remove custom.conf file which was
> >> soing auto log on.
> >>
> >> Let me look into ldm settings.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Tony Bemus <tony at bemushosting.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Im not sure about Mythbuntu but Ubuntu changed from GDM to LDM (Light
> >>> Display Manager) for the login manager. I had a similar problem when I
> >>> did my upgrade and I removed my xorg.conf file and rebooted. After
> that
> >>> everything worked.
> >>> Tony-
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, 2012-01-07 at 09:15 -0500, R KANNAN wrote:
> >>> > I looked at /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and found the following
> >>> >
> >>> > [ 77.000] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Jan 7
> >>> > 08:35:29 2012
> >>> > [ 77.000] (==) Using system config directory
> >>> "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> >>> > [ 77.000] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
> >>> > [ 77.000] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
> >>> > [ 77.000] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
> >>> > [ 77.000] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
> >>> > [ 77.000] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen
> >>> Section".
> >>> > Using a default monitor configuration.
> >>> > [ 77.001] (==) Automatically adding devices
> >>> > [ 77.001] (==) Automatically enabling devices
> >>> > [ 77.001] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does
> not
> >>> > exist.
> >>> >
> >>> > So there is no configuration but using defaults. The conf files under
> >>> > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d did not have Screen or Monitor sections.
> They
> >>> > had several input sections similar to
> >>> >
> >>> > Section "InputClass"
> >>> > Identifier "evdev pointer catchall"
> >>> > MatchIsPointer "on"
> >>> > MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
> >>> > Driver "evdev"
> >>> > EndSection
> >>> >
> >>> > So I tried to create a new configuration file with
> >>> >
> >>> > Xorg -configure
> >>> >
> >>> > I ot the following:
> >>> >
> >>> > (EE) Failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0)
> >>> > (EE) vmware: Please ignore the above warnings about not being able
> to to
> >>> > load module/driver vmwgfx
> >>> > (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
> >>> > (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
> >>> > Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
> >>> > Configuration failed.
> >>> > ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
> >>> >
> >>> > I cannot understand where the two screens are coming from.
> >>> >
> >>> > At one time with my old configuration I had added an external monitor
> >>> and
> >>> > disabled it in Xfwm window manager. I tried turning the external
> >>> monitor on
> >>> > without any luck.
> >>> >
> >>> > Someone had suggested that I should turn off the autologon off
> >>> > (/etc/gdm/custom.conf). That did not help.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks
> >>> >
> >>> > On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Jeff Hanson <jhansonxi at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > > Try adding "nomodeset" to the kernel boot line in Grub2.
> >>> > >
> >>> > > On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 8:09 PM, R KANNAN <rk111810 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>> > > > Hello,
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I had a working version of Mythbuntu 11.04 on my laptop and I
> gave
> >>> in to
> >>> > > > frequent suggestions from it to upgrade to Ubuntu 11.00 this
> >>> afternoon.
> >>> > > > Friday afternoon is not a good time to update. After installing
> the
> >>> > > > updates, it restarted and I found that the X server is broke.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I can login to the consoles Alt-F1...Alt-F5 fine but the X server
> >>> shows a
> >>> > > > blank seen. The Myth backend seems to be running fine and so is
> >>> Mythweb
> >>> > > web
> >>> > > > server (Apache). The file system seems OK but the X-display
> flashes
> >>> for a
> >>> > > > few times and there is a blank screen. I have tried..
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > init 3
> >>> > > > init 5
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > to restart the X server with the same result.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I see an error message flash by just after grub but I cannot make
> >>> out
> >>> > > > anything. It switches then to purple splash screen before the
> >>> flashing
> >>> > > > followed by
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > I thought the update should not change the configuration files
> and
> >>> so
> >>> > > > should work as before.
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > Any ideas?
> >>> > > >
> >>> > > > Thanks
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