[arch-general] xorg-server 1.5 upgrade screen problem.

[Javier Vasquez]

On 12/1/08, Javier Vasquez <jevv.cr at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/30/08, Jan de Groot <jan at jgc.homeip.net> wrote:
>> On Sun, 2008-11-30 at 16:29 -0600, Javier Vasquez wrote:
>>> Also, the server flag:
>>>
>>> Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
>>>
>>> Doesn't help getting this solved...
>>
>> Input devices have nothing to do with video devices.
>> I think it's a conflict between your framebuffer console and xorg which
>> causes this problem. Framebuffer consoles and Xorg videodrivers have
>> always been a problem here, it's two direct hardware access things
>> competing against eachother. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
>
> Well, it wasn't a problem before the last update to 1.5.3.  I had the
> following uncommented in the device section:
>
> #	Option      "UseFBDev"              "true"
>
> Now that I have commented it out, I still got the problem (of course
> after rebooting since I can't restart X).  Moreover, just in case, I
> also removed atyfb (modprobe -r, and then startx), and the problem
> persists...
>
> So I'm not sure if the problem is a frame buffer one.
>
> --
> Javier

OK, I'm done with trials, no luck...  I filed a bug then, 12327...

thanks,

-- 
Javier