[plug] XWindows failure on Debian sarge

[Bret Busby]

On Tue, 2 May 2006, Peter F Bradshaw wrote:

> 
> Hi;
>
> Your problem seems to be in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. I suspect that you
> have a mismatch the video specified in that file and your hardware.
>
> Do you have a backuped copy of that file. If so move the present
> /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 to one side and restore the backed up copy. That
> may fix your problem.
>
> In addition you may be missing some XFree86 modules.
>
>

I do not have a backup copy of the file.

In checking, the file was created when I tried to reconfigure XWindows, 
to try to get it working again. It is unfortunate, that, when a new 
version of the file is created, the old version is not automatically 
backed up, like with some of the log files, and, like in VAX-VMS, which 
used to retain up to 7 file versions.

I have just tried searching the Internet using Google, on Cyberblade/i1 
and Debian sarge, and a history of problems appears to be present.

Maybe we managed to find a workaround in the past, to get the video 
working. I do not remember.

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Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
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