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Lenny Xserver-Xorg-Core Upgrade Goes Bad
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MEPIS Enthusiast   Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:45 pm Posts: 4872 Location: Penn's Woods Has thanked: 538 times Have thanks: 398 times 
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Post # 252729
 Lenny Xserver-Xorg-Core Upgrade Goes BadI upgraded xserver-xorg-core to 2:1.4.2-10lenny3 yesterday. When I rebooted this morning, I was informed that compositing was turned off by another application.
 I restarted compositing using System Settings and verified that OpenGL was selected; however, none of the KDE 4.3 compositing effects worked -- I had a "flat" desktop.
I restored my system from a backup partition image and now the compositing effects work again. I suspect the upgrade messed up xorg.conf, but I would like to know exactly what happened and how to fix it if I apply the upgrade again. In the meantime, I pinned the xerver-xorg-core package to the previous version. T.I.A. _________________ SimplyMEPIS is SimplyTHEBEST Mepis 8.5; 2.6.32-1-mepis-pae (Internal 2.6.32-12); 4GB RAM 2.4GHz AMD Athlon 4600+ NVidia GeForce 6150 LE; 304.51 Display Driver |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 12:50 pm |
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Post # 252730
I think you just need to run sgfxi again to rebuild the nvidia driver for the updated xserver-xorg-core package. I believe the nvidia driver (in addition to being built for the kernel you are using) is built to a specific version of xserver-xorg-core. I know sgfxi does a test for the xorg version to see if it has changed since the nvidia driver was previously built/installed. |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:06 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast  Joined: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:13 am Posts: 6450 Location: Geneva NY Has thanked: 1387 times Have thanks: 1037 times
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Post # 252733
Too bad that a little pop-up does not indicate that after installation, huh?
_________________ A Wiki only works when many eyes are on it. 32bit, 2.6.36-1-mepis-pae, KDE 4.6.5, AMD Phenom 9650 Quad-Core, Dell SP2309W with integrated webcam, Nvidia GeForce 6150SE, 4 GB DDR2 |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:14 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast Joined: Mon Feb 12, 2007 1:45 pm Posts: 4872 Location: Penn's Woods Has thanked: 538 times Have thanks: 398 times
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Post # 252734
That makes sense. When I have some time to spare, I'll try upgrading xserver-xorg-core again and then re-install the NVidia driver. Thanks. _________________ SimplyMEPIS is SimplyTHEBEST Mepis 8.5; 2.6.32-1-mepis-pae (Internal 2.6.32-12); 4GB RAM 2.4GHz AMD Athlon 4600+ NVidia GeForce 6150 LE; 304.51 Display Driver |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:25 pm |
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Post # 252736
I'm curious if this affects users that install the nvidia driver using the Mepis X-Windows Assistant.
I don't recall needing to reinstall the nvidia driver when it was installed using that method and xserver-xorg updates came along. I also don't recall Warren releasing updated driver packages because of xserver-xorg updates. |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:41 pm |
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Post # 252738
I used the x windows assistant on Mepis 11a3, runs smooth, no probs at all, only needed to adjust the xorg a little cause my BenQ monitors weren't fully recognized …
But i will give the update a try and let you know  _________________ [SIZE="1"][color="Blue"]Registered Linux user #521436 SimplyMEPIS 11 @3 64Bit [color="DarkRed"]*[/color] KDE [color="darkred"]*[/color] motherboard: Intel ® DX58SO (J1PR) / 6.0GB Triple-Channel DDR3 (Kingston ®)@ 673MHz [color="darkred"]*[/color] Intel ® Core i7 Extreme 965 @ 3.20GHz [color="darkred"]*[/color] Hotswap SATA 1 TerraByte Hitachi Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 [color="darkred"]*[/color] Twinview : BenQ G700 @ 1280x1024 / BenQ G900W @ 1440x900 [color="DarkRed"]*[/color] nVidea ® 512MB GeForce 8400 GS [color="darkred"]*[/color] Realtek High Definition Audio [color="darkred"]*[/color] Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX webcam [color="darkred"]*[/color] Epson Stylus SX405 All-in-One [/color][/SIZE]:biggrin: |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:02 pm |
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MEPIS Guide   Joined: Sun Apr 01, 2007 4:54 pm Posts: 1026 Location: Las Vegas, NV Has thanked: 90 times Have thanks: 51 times
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Post # 252757
I have not installed A3, to use the Proprietary Video Card drivers, using the sgfxi script... Only experimented with the both the 32-bit and 64-bit livecds...
I had a black screen in Mepis 8.0.15 this morning also as reported and resolved... Before the afternoon is finished I hope to have a 64-bit A3 install completed and will see how the sgfxi script works, and update this posting... JR * * * 64-bit version of Mepis 8.0.15 and a quick AntiX |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:56 pm |
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Post # 252767
I also found compositing disabled today and ran sgfxi to fix it. I noticed it blacklisted nouveau and also removed it from initrd as part of the process. Anyway, my cube is spinning again, so I'm happy.-)
_________________ AMD E-450 64-bit APU, AMD M1 chipset, AMD Radeon 6320 video, 6GB RAM The question is half the size of the universe, and the answer takes up the other half. Green Comet |
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| Mon Nov 29, 2010 7:13 pm |
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MEPIS Enthusiast  Joined: Fri Dec 15, 2006 8:07 pm Posts: 7356 Location: Skullcrusher Mountain, Santee, CA USA Has thanked: 322 times Have thanks: 1187 times
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Post # 254221
A post on the Debian forums said that the reason the xserver-xorg-core upgrade breaks openGL for the proprietary drivers is that it redoes the symlinks to the openGL libraries to point to the open xorg versions. That sounds likely, based on what I have seen. It may be possible to repair the links without smxi by running the
su -c 'update-alternatives --config libGL.so.1' su -c 'update-alternatives --config libglx.so' and choosing the nvidia option. (not the one in diversions)for nvidia cards....don't know if this will work for fglrx... and a reboot may be necessary. _________________ Lenovo ThinkPad Edge 14 inch: 4 GB RAM, Intel i5-480 processor, Intel HD graphics and sound, Intel 1000 "n" WiFi, Acer CrystalEye webcam, Hot Keys, suspend, hibernate, KDE openGL effects: all work out of the box with 64-bit MEPIS 11! |
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