xorg.conf gets reset on 2nd boot after a kernel update
Dan Hensley
dan at dshensley.com
Sat Nov 12 04:28:51 UTC 2005
On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 23:07 +0530, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Dan Hensley wrote:
>
> >Why is it that FC4 overwrites my xorg.conf on a kernel update?
> >
> >The process for me is that I do a yum update, and install the new
> >kernel. I then reboot into initlevel 3, update my nVidia driver, and
> >then telinit 5 for a normal login. After I shut down and restart the
> >machine, my xorg.conf gets overwritten by a default file. At this point
> >my keyboard and mouse do not work correctly for the graphical login, and
> >I have to hit the reset button on my computer and repeat the initlevel 3
> >and fix the xorg.conf file.
> >
> >How do I keep FC4 from doing this incredibly annoying thing?
> >
> >
> My guess is that you installed the proprietary Nvidia driver and did a
> yum update which included a new kernel got installed for which a
> equivalent Nvidia module was not available. The Nvidia package probably
> has some logic in it to check whether a equivalent module is available
> and if not rewrite xorg.conf to fallback on the Xorg open source 'nv'
> driver included in Fedora. There might be some packaging bug that does
> it incorrectly causing your X login to fail. You have to report that to
> the package maintainers if thats the case.
The order of events was,
1. yum update to install the new kernel.
2. Reboot, runlevel 3.
3. Run sh NVIDIA*.run to install the nVidia proprietary drivers.
4. Verify xorg.conf. No changes, everything is fine.
5. telinit 5. Everything is fine.
6. Reboot. My xorg.conf has been blasted, and I have to hit the Reset
button to recover.
Which package would I submit the bug report against? Note that I used
the exact same procedure on my old computer running FC3, and I never had
this problem.
Dan
>
> regards
> Rahul
>
>
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