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frenchy

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From: France

Registered: 2008-10-14

Posts: 10

[solved] [xorgserver 1.6.1] and the minimalist xorg.conf

Hello new xorgserver users

According to the recent xorgserver upgrade to 1.6.1 I've got blackscreen eachtime I started X. The only way to solve that problem (I'm driving a nvidia desktop) was to replace nvidia driver with xf86-video-nv and no use xorg.conf anymore (otherwise X crashes).

But ctrl+alt+backspace miss me

And I try to use a minimal xorg.conf with the only three lines :

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

X crashes on start, my Xorg.0.log :

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux archibald 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 8 12:47:56 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:09:10AM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Apr 19 15:27:19 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Parse error on line 2 of section ServerFlags in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Unexpected EOF. Missing EndSection keyword?
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
     at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.

(WW) xf86CloseConsole: KDSETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor
(WW) xf86CloseConsole: VT_GETMODE failed: Bad file descriptor

some archers use this minimal xorg.conf. Why can't I ?

Last edited by frenchy (2009-04-19 15:51:35)

wonder

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From: Bucharest, Romania

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Re: [solved] [xorgserver 1.6.1] and the minimalist xorg.conf

Parse error on line 2 of section ServerFlags in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Unexpected EOF. Missing EndSection keyword?
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Dontzap need to be added to ServerLayout section

Last edited by wonder (2009-04-19 14:02:29)

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frenchy

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From: France

Registered: 2008-10-14

Posts: 10

Re: [solved] [xorgserver 1.6.1] and the minimalist xorg.conf

Hy wonder

The wiki says "ServerFlags"...

Anyway, the ServerLayout give me (xorg.0.log) :

Parse error on line 2 of section ServerLayout in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Unexpected EOF. Missing EndSection keyword?
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

schuay

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From: Austria

Registered: 2008-08-19

Posts: 564

Re: [solved] [xorgserver 1.6.1] and the minimalist xorg.conf

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option         "DontZap" "no"
EndSection

this is from my xorg.conf - afaik serverflags works fine.
check for any strange invisible chars - retype your xorg.conf in nano or similar..

frenchy

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From: France

Registered: 2008-10-14

Posts: 10

Re: [solved] [xorgserver 1.6.1] and the minimalist xorg.conf

And the winner is... schuay, thks !

Retyping the tree lines on xterm : $ sudo nano... did the trick ! Or maybe "no" rather than "false", who knows

Maybe I can try reuse nvidia driver with this new brand xorg.conf