how to fix x problem

[gnu joey]

i cant startx in etch - my system freezes. i am using the
xserver-xorg-video-i810 driver. I see that there are bug reports for this.
But am having trouble understanding how these can help me.

i need to know:
1. how do i find out if there is any patch / fix for this driver?

2.If there is a fix or patch how can i install it?

thaks

[Hadron]

gnu joey <gnu...@home.net> writes:

Have you tried just using the vesa driver?

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-vesa

change your line in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use the vesa driver.

e.g where you have something like

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce 8800 GTS"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Screen 0
EndSection

change the Driver to "vesa", hot "Ctl-Alt-del" to restart x if its
already running.

Good luck. Video issues can be a pain in the arse and there are still a
lot of rough edges for some HW combinations.

[Joe]

Vesa has problems too, in Sid at least. My laptop uses vesa and I've
just had to revert from 2.0 to 1.3 using aptitude. Ctrl-alt-backspace
does not even return to a prompt, just a blank screen, but using another
console is OK. There is a patch but I couldn't be bothered recompiling
when 1.3 will do the job for me until the fix arrives in the repositories.

--
Joe

[SINNER]

* Hadron wrote in alt.os.linux.debian:

[...]

> "Ctl-Alt-del" to restart x if its
> already running.

s/b ctl+alt + backspace to restart x

--
David

[Hadron]

SINNER <arcade...@gmail.com> writes:

Quite correct. Apologies.