On Mon, November 10, 2014 14:42, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Hi, James,
One thing that puzzles me:
James B. Byrne wrote:
So,
- I installed a minimal CentOS-7.
- I then installed epel-release.
- I then installed etckeeper from epel.
- I then ran yum update -y.
- I then rebooted (kernel update).
- I then ran "yum groups install "X Window System"
- I then ran "yum groups "MATE Desktop"
- I then ran startx.
Result: Graphical destop wallpaper appears, spinning disc in center for 2-3 seconds then this:
X.Org X Server 1.15.0 Release Date: 2013-12-27
<SNIP> > [ 77.150] (II) Loading sub module "fb" > [ 77.150] (II) LoadModule: "fb" > [ 77.150] (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/libfb.so > [ 77.162] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation" > [ 77.162] compiled for 1.15.0, module version = 1.0.0 > [ 77.162] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4 > [ 77.162] (II) Loading sub module "dri2" > [ 77.162] (II) LoadModule: "dri2" > [ 77.162] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in > [ 77.162] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting" > [ 77.162] (II) Unloading modesetting > [ 77.162] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev" > [ 77.162] (II) Unloading fbdev > [ 77.162] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw" > [ 77.162] (II) Unloading fbdevhw > [ 77.162] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa" > [ 77.162] (II) Unloading vesa > [ 77.162] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp > [ 77.172] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete > [ 77.172] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i965 > [ 77.172] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 1280x1024 stride > 5120, > tiled <snip> I don't understand why a) it tries framebuffer, then tries vesa, then unloads framebuffer, *then* unloads vesa.
A question, and some thoughts:
- what make video card?
On board chipset.
lspic -vv reports
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev03) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3048 . . .
- have you tried telling it no framebuffer on the grub kernel line?
Not yet. But mate works without rebooting if I install Gnome3
- how 'bout telling it vesa on that line?
- what happens if you close an generic /etc/X11/xorg.conf?
What do you mean by 'close an generic ...'?