how to downgrade X server

Will Parsons varro at nodomain.invalid
Mon Mar 28 20:59:26 UTC 2016


Shane Ambler wrote:
> On 27/03/2016 02:38, Will Parsons wrote:
>> Shane Ambler wrote:
>>> On 26/03/2016 04:22, Will Parsons wrote:
>>>> I purposely held off on upgrading the to new X server for over a year
>>>> now for fear of breakage, but yesterday I upgaded to the latest Xorg
>>>> server along with the associated video and input drivers and am left
>>>> with a black screen upon starting the X server.
>>>
>>> Why did you expect it to break? do you need an older nvidia driver that
>>> is not supported in xorg 1.14+
>>
>> A general fear that a major change would be dangerous, which was
>> apparently well-justified, since when i actually did attempt to
>> 'upgrade' I am left will an unusable system.
>>
>
> Have you tried starting X without your old config? looked at the xorg 
> log to see what is wrong?

I haven't been using one.  The Xorg log shows:

[  1028.074] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[  1028.074] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[  1028.075] (--) Using syscons driver with X support (version 2.0)
[  1028.075] (--) using VT number 9

[  1029.087] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[  1029.087] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[  1029.087] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[  1029.087] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[  1029.087] (EE) LoadModule: Module fbdevhw does not have a fbdevhwModuleData data object.
[  1029.087] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdevhw"
[  1029.087] (II) Unloading fbdevhw
[  1029.087] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdevhw" (invalid module, 0)
[  1029.087] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[  1029.087] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[  1029.087] (II) intel(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
	"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[  1029.087] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[  1029.087] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[  1029.087] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[  1029.087] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 3000
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): Relaxed fencing enabled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): Wait on SwapBuffers? enabled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): Triple buffering? enabled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): Framebuffer tiled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): Pixmaps tiled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): 3D buffers tiled
[  1029.088] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
[  1029.088] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
[  1029.088] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 has no monitor section
[  1029.107] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[  1029.112] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 has no monitor section
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 has no monitor section
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: LGD  Model: 2e3  Serial#: 0
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Year: 2010  Week: 0
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34  vert.: 19
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4 
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): redX: 0.613 redY: 0.371   greenX: 0.350 greenY: 0.606
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.152 blueY: 0.099   whiteX: 0.313 whiteY: 0.329
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing:
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): clock: 70.0 MHz   Image Size:  344 x 194 mm
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): h_active: 1366  h_sync: 1402  h_sync_end 1450 h_blank_end 1492 h_border: 0
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): v_active: 768  v_sync: 771  v_sync_end 776 v_blanking: 782 v_border: 0
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0):  LG Display
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0):  LP156WH4-TLB1
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): EDID (in hex):
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	00ffffffffffff0030e4e30200000000
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	00140103802213780a09159d5f599b27
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	19505400000001010101010101010101
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	010101010101581b567e50000e302430
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	350058c2100000190000000000000000
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	00000000000000000000000000fe004c
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	4720446973706c61790a2020000000fe
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): 	004c503135365748342d544c42310001
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "1024x768" (doublescan mode not supported)
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1
[  1029.121] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1366x768"x60.0   70.00  1366 1402 1450 1492  768 771 776 782 -hsync -vsync (46.9 kHz eP)
[  1029.122] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
[  1029.122] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
[  1029.122] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
[  1029.122] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: EPI  Model: e781  Serial#: 4909
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Year: 2002  Week: 30
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Analog Display Input,  Input Voltage Level: 0.700/0.700 V
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Sync:  Separate
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 34  vert.: 27
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): DPMS capabilities: Off; RGB/Color Display
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): redX: 0.640 redY: 0.347   greenX: 0.302 greenY: 0.587
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.143 blueY: 0.099   whiteX: 0.321 whiteY: 0.338
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Supported established timings:
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 720x400 at 70Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 60Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 67Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 72Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 640x480 at 75Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 56Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 60Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 72Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 800x600 at 75Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 832x624 at 75Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 1024x768 at 60Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 1024x768 at 70Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 1024x768 at 75Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 1280x1024 at 75Hz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing:
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): clock: 135.0 MHz   Image Size:  340 x 270 mm
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): h_active: 1280  h_sync: 1296  h_sync_end 1440 h_blank_end 1688 h_border: 0
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): v_active: 1024  v_sync: 1025  v_sync_end 1028 v_blanking: 1066 v_border: 0
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Serial No: T7KB27AG04909
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Ranges: V min: 55 V max: 75 Hz, H min: 30 H max: 80 kHz, PixClock max 135 MHz
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Monitor name: EN-7100s
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): EDID (in hex):
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	00ffffffffffff00160981e72d130000
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	1e0c010368221b782af596a3584d9624
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	195256bfef0001010101010101010101
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	010101010101bc34009851002a401090
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	1300540e11000018000000ff0054374b
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	42323741473034393039000000fd0037
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	4b1e500d000a202020202020000000fc
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): 	00454e2d37313030730a2020202000ea
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output VGA1
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 -hsync -vsync (80.0 kHz eP)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x75.0  135.00  1280 1296 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (80.0 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x75.1   78.80  1024 1040 1136 1312  768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync (60.1 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x70.1   75.00  1024 1048 1184 1328  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (56.5 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "832x624"x74.6   57.28  832 864 928 1152  624 625 628 667 -hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x72.2   50.00  800 856 976 1040  600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync (48.1 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x75.0   49.50  800 816 896 1056  600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync (46.9 kHz e)
[  1029.140] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2   36.00  800 824 896 1024  600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x75.0   31.50  640 656 720 840  480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync (37.5 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x72.8   31.50  640 664 704 832  480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x66.7   30.24  640 704 768 864  480 483 486 525 -hsync -vsync (35.0 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x60.0   25.20  640 656 752 800  480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[  1029.141] (II) intel(0): Modeline "720x400"x70.1   28.32  720 738 846 900  400 412 414 449 -hsync +vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[  1029.145] (II) intel(0): EDID for output HDMI1
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DP1
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 connected
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 disconnected
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output DP1 disconnected
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Using fuzzy aspect match for initial modes
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1024x768
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 using initial mode 1024x768
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
[  1029.154] (II) intel(0): Kernel page flipping support detected, enabling
[  1029.154] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[  1029.154] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[  1029.154] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[  1029.154] (II) Loading /usr/local/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[  1029.155] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[  1029.155] 	compiled for 1.17.4, module version = 1.0.0
[  1029.155] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[  1029.155] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[  1029.155] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[  1029.155] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[  1029.155] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[  1029.155] (II) Unloading fbdev
[  1029.155] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[  1029.155] (II) Unloading vesa
[  1029.155] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[  1029.155] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[  1029.155] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[  1029.155] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 1024x768 stride 4096, tiled
[  1029.156] (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
[  1029.156] (II)         solid
[  1029.156] (II)         copy
[  1029.156] (II)         composite (RENDER acceleration)
[  1029.156] (II)         put_image
[  1029.156] (II)         get_image
[  1029.156] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[  1029.156] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[  1029.156] (II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
[  1029.156] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[  1029.157] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[  1029.157] (==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder enabled
[  1029.157] (II) intel(0): Set up textured video
[  1029.157] (II) intel(0): [XvMC] xvmc_vld driver initialized.
[  1029.157] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
[  1029.470] (--) RandR disabled


So there are errors, but I don't know what to do about them.



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