[plug] Xorg and slow startup times...

[Bob Linus]

Plugin a knoppix cd to see if it is software or hardware related? :)
(or any other software/OS you can boot into)

Not sure you could steal the xorg config settings from knoppix or not,
probably older files than gentoo provides.

On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 18:42:46 +0000, Lyndon Maydwell <maydwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> X takes too long to start up, and does so in an odd manner.
> 
> The trouble started right after I upgraded my kernel to the new
> 2.6.9-gentoo-r9 kernel. So imediately I started fiddling options
> in the kernel to fix it. However after giving up and going back
> to my old kernel the same problem persisted...
> 
> X takes forever (about two minutes) to start, when previously
> it took ~ 1 second. I fear though that this may be due to my
> videocard dying, as initially I get a black screen with the plain
> "X" Xorg cursor, then I go back to the terminal to check the
> error messages while it does it's stuff, and when I return to X,
> this time it has weird green and white stripes across the top
> of the screen. and finally after checking for error messages
> again, when I come back to X it has loaded fluxbox fine and is
> running as per usual, although, maybe a little slower than
> normal.
> 
> I think that the cause could also be a wrong refresh-rate setting
> in /etc/X11/xorg.conf. As I changed a few things around in there
> after updating my kernel. But I have returned it to how it was
> before to the best of my knowledge, and the problem remains,
> even when I use the kernel I was running previously.
> 
> What should I be checking to find out what the true problem is?
> Especially any test to see if the video-card is failing would be
> extremely useful.
> 
> The card is a "Saphire Radeon 9200 SE"
> The monitor is a Hyundai ImageQuest F770D
> 
> I've attached a copy of my xorg.conf for a little light reading.
> 
> Any help would be much appreciated.
> 
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