[ltp] T22 xorg.conf

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 27 Sep 2009 21:37:45 +0100


Sebastian Anding wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:54:47PM +0100, Richard Neill wrote:
>>
>> Sebastian Anding wrote:
>>> Hi List,
>>>
>>> does anyone has an working configuration file xorg.conf for X11R7.4?
>>> When i start xdm on my system, i got a blinking cursor and nothing else
>>> happens.
>>>
>> It's a fair bet that X has auto-detected the wrong graphics driver. Do  
>> you get anything sensible in /var/log/Xorg.0.log ?  Try forcing the  
>> graphics to VESA.
>>
>> Here is a minimal xorg.conf file which works on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty),  
>> and allows everything to be auto-detected except the graphics card.
> X -configure detects the correct card a savage chipset, which is in this
> laptop.


Try forcing it to vesa anyway. It's possible that the current version of 
the savage driver is broken.

Richard