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* [gentoo-user] Re: xorg 1.9
  @ 2011-01-19  4:58 99% ` Nikos Chantziaras
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From: Nikos Chantziaras @ 2011-01-19  4:58 UTC (permalink / raw
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On 01/19/2011 06:46 AM, dan blum wrote:
> I upgraded my xorg from 1.76 to 1.9 yesterday, including downloading the
> most recent drivers. When the new system did not work, I checked the
> xorg log (attached) and I thought that the problem was the mode setting.
> So in the kernel, I "enabled the modesetting by default" and now the
> card does not send any signals to the screen at all.
>
> I can go back to the old kernel settings. But does anyone know what was
> the initial problem, and what needs to be done to correct this.
>
> Thanks for any advice.

You seem to be using kernel 2.6.32.  That *might* be the problem. Try 
2.6.36.

Other than that, the usual stuff applies: Delete your xorg.conf (so that 
X.Org can automatically configure everything) and make sure you don't 
have VESAFB enabled in the kernel.




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