xorg-7.3 and gdm

[Jeremy Messenger]

On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:28:10 -0500, P.U.Kruppa <ulrich at pukruppa.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:02:45 -0500, P.U.Kruppa <ulrich at pukruppa.net>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>  after upgrading to xorg-7.3 some drivers don't seem to work anymore.  
>>> A simple
>>> # startx
>>> will result in
>>> 	------------------------------
>>> [...]
>>> (EE) module ABI major version (1) doesn't match the server's version  
>>> (2)
>>> (EE) Failed to load module "s3virge" (module requirement mismatch, 0)
>>> (EE) No drivers available.
>>> [...]
>>> 	------------------------------
>>>  On some gentoo mailing list I found I can start X by
>>> # startx -- -ignoreABI
>>> which of course only starts xorgs twm window manager.
>>>  How can I pass this to gdm?
>>> I tried to play around with /usr/local/etc/gdm/custom.conf
>>> but all I get are segmentation faults.
>>
>> I don't have xorg 7.3 yet, but I will need to use -ignoreABI too for  
>> nvidia-driver when I update xorg to 7.3. I have went in gdmsetup and  
>> poke around. I haven't test it yet. In the bottom of gdm/custom.conf  
>> now looks like this:
>>
>> =======================================
>> [server-Standard]
>> name=Standard server
>> command=/usr/local/bin/X -audit 0 -ignoreABI
>> chooser=false
>> handled=true
>> flexible=true
>> priority=0
>> =======================================
>
> That doesn't work for me :(

It works great for me with GNOME 2.20.0. Ummm, are you using composite by  
any chance? If you do, then you should try to disable it. I am not sure if  
it matters for your video driver, but it does for nvidia. If you don't,  
then I don't know.

Cheers,
Mezz

> Uli.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Mezz
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>  Uli.
>>>   Peter Ulrich Kruppa
>>> Wuppertal
>>> Germany


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