X crashes when using a new monitor

[Benjamin Jiang]

Benjamin Jiang wrote:

> Douglas Furlong wrote:
>
>> ----- Message from kyrre at solution-forge.net ---------    Date: Mon, 
>> 07 Mar 2005
>> 18:51:56 +0100    From: Kyrre Ness Sjobak 
>> <kyrre at solution-forge.net>Reply-To:
>> Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
>> <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com> Subject: Re: X crashes when using a new
>> monitor      To: Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
>> <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com>
>>
>>> man, 07.03.2005 kl. 16.40 skrev Benjamin Jiang:
>>>
>>>> Douglas Furlong wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > ----- Message from bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca ---------    Date: Mon, 07 
>>>> Mar 2005
>>>> > 09:53:59 -0500    From: Benjamin Jiang <bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca>Reply-To:
>>>> > Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop
>>>> > <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com> Subject: Re: X crashes when 
>>>> using a new
>>>> > monitor      To: Jon Savage <jonathansavage at gmail.com>, 
>>>> Discussions about
>>>> > development for the Fedora desktop <fedora-desktop-list at redhat.com>
>>>> >
>>>> >> Jon Savage wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >>> On Mon, 07 Mar 2005 09:38:11 -0500, Benjamin Jiang
>>>> >>> <bjiang_ee at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>> Hi, all,
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>>> I installed a fresh copy of FC3 into my Dad's machine and 
>>>> everything
>>>> >>>> worked fine. However, when I brought the machine to my Dad's 
>>>> place and
>>>> >>>> plugged in his monitor (Acer 7154e), X crashes no matter what. 
>>>> I tried
>>>> >>>> config xorg.conf with the correct HorizSync and VertRefresh, 
>>>> but it
>>>> >>>> didn't even make any difference.
>>>> >>>>
>>>> >>> <snip>
>>>> >>> Try booting into runlevel 3 and then
>>>> >>> login as root and do system-config-display --reconfig.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> Bests
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> JS
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> >> Thanks, Jon.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I did that yesterday already and no difference made.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > When booting in to run level 3, log in as either a non privaliged
>>>> > user, or as
>>>> > root and running "startx", if X still crashes you should get some
>>>> > output in the
>>>> > terminal.
>>>> >
>>>> > Also look through the file /var/log/Xorg.0.log, as that will have 
>>>> some
>>>> > more
>>>> > information that may help us to help you.
>>>> >
>>>> > Doug
>>>> >
>>>> Doug, I pasted Xorg.0.log at the end of the first email I sent out.
>>>>
>>>> But, here is it again anyway:
>>>> Xorg.0.log:
>>>>
>>>
>>> My experience is that if X sends the wrong sync to a monitor, all that
>>> happens is that the monitor shows a borked picture, or nothing at all
>>> exept an error message. X doesn't crash...
>>
>>
>>
>> My expearience is slightly different.
>>
>> If X fails to start due to refresh rate issues, then it will fail to 
>> start, not
>> "crash" just will stop trying to load.
>>
>> However this error seems to suggest that it did "crash".
>>
>> It could be due to a damaged hard disk in transit? Causing a problem 
>> with some
>> of the libraries?
>>
>>
> Let me try to copy the whole /usr/X11R6 directory from a working FC3 
> machne then. Is that the only directory? Maybe /usr/lib/X11 as weel?
>
> Ben.
>
It worked! I coped /usr/X11R6 directory from a working FC3 and it works 
now. Thanks Douglas!

God, I feel stupid :-o.

Ben.