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Hardy Alpha 1 missing xorg.conf on Thinkpad R31

Bug #173552 reported by jerrylamos
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Bug Description

Hardy Alpha 1 CD Live on IBM Thinkpad R31 splash video mode O.K. then screen goes flickering blank.
Ctrl-Alt-F2 command line active. Note on screen displays:
sed: can't read /etc/X11/xorg.conf no such file.
indeed ls /etc/X11 did not show xorg.conf.
I copied dmesg, lspci -vvnn, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/Xorg.0.log onto USB drive casper-rw. I'll attempt to attach these files in successive notes since I don't know how to attach more than one file to a bug report.

Yesterday I tried sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg which did start the manual screen video mode definitions however it then said it failed to write /etc/X11/xorg.conf.deb??????? I forget the exact words but will try to redo after entering this note. Still blank screen.

Booted up Feisty which has been installed on the hard drive on this R31 for months and just for jollies copied the xorg.conf onto USB casper-rw.

Booted Hardy Alpha 1 CD Live, screen went flickering blank. Using command line F2 copied Feisty's xorg.conf into Hardy Alpha 1's /etc/X11.
Did sudo killall gdm and startx.
Amazing, it did, first getting the classic X window screen with X in the middle, then switched to the Gnome screen. A couple of "panel switch closed unexpectedly" occurred, then after a couple hiccups came up.

I'm entering this bug from the Thinkpad R31 CD Live Hardy Alpha 1 with Feisty xorg.conf.

Any suggestions anyone? Any further info I can provide?

By the way, MD5SUMS checked, and this same CD runs on my 1.2 gHz Celeron and my 2 gHz IBM NetVista (with some bugs which I've been reporting).
Thanks, Jerry

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

lspci -vvnn from Hardy Alpha1 on Thinkpad R31

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

dmesg from Hardy Alpha1 on Thinkpad R31

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

/var/log/syslog from Hardy Alpha 1 on Thinkpad R31

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

Hardy Alpha 1 Xorg.0.log from Thinkpad R31

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

Still on Thinkpad R31 blank screen, I tried:
Ctrl-Alt-F2 command line, sudo killall gdm
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
ran through the setup screens. On completion:

"xserver-xorg postinst warning: error while preparing new Xorg Xserver configuration file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.dpkg-new; not attempting to update existing configuration"

As in the beginning of the note, there isn't any existing configuration.
Any ideas anyone?
Thanks, Jerry

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Which live CD where you using? the Alpha or the Daily Live at http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ ?

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jerrylamos (jerrylamos) wrote :

20071203 Hardy Alpha 1 fixed the problem. Graphical display mode came up O.K. on the Thinkpad R31, and in fact there is an /etc/X11/xorg.conf.

I'll continue some testing when I get the chance. It appears the problem is resolved, however that is marked on the bug header.

Thanks much! Jerry

p.s. It's the cdimage daily-live current, however I don't download it every day so I put the level I'm using in the description. That info's imbedded in the dmesg which is in the attachments above.

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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at [WWW] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status . Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Feel free to submit any future bugs you may find.

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