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Date:      Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:28:53 +0200 (CEST)
From:      "P.U.Kruppa" <ulrich@pukruppa.net>
To:        Jeremy Messenger <mezz7@cox.net>
Cc:        freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: xorg-7.3 and gdm
Message-ID:  <20070919152610.R6398@small>
In-Reply-To: <op.tyv0j6j29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>
References:  <20070915075634.T10066@small> <op.typc1e1x9aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com> <20070915232723.O10066@small> <op.tyv0j6j29aq2h7@mezz.mezzweb.com>

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On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Jeremy Messenger wrote:

> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:28:10 -0500, P.U.Kruppa <ulrich@pukruppa.net> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007, Jeremy Messenger wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 01:02:45 -0500, P.U.Kruppa <ulrich@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.
There must have been another update of xorg-drivers some days 
ago, since then everything works fine (no problems with 
gnome-2.20 either).

Greetings,

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




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