AGP i810 problems with Xorg 7.5

Okay.
Both intel and vesa modules are loaded.

AllowEmptyInput is on.

Mouse and keyboard disabled.
 
sossego said:
Ctrl+alt+f$ doesn't work at all. Neither do any other combinations of buttons.


Xorg.0.log http://slexy.org/view/s20KZ6Sy8e
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That looks cut off, but maybe it isn't. It doesn't mention hal, but maybe you built xorg-server with the hal option off.

Now where- server layout or other- would I change AllowEmptyInput?
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Don't mess with AEI at all. If you want to run without hal, disable AutoAddDevices in the ServerLayout section:
Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
 
Ok.
I haven't setup SSh on the laptop as of yet.
I added the AllowEmptyInput- apologies- and now have a "No screens found" error. Assumption is that PCI X:X:0 is internal and X:X:1 is external.
I built and rebuilt with hal and suid bit.
Some documentation online points to needing Horiz and Vert values for the screen.
I set Modes at the default of 1024x768 for all values 1 to 24.
I can get an error message with
Code: 
Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new
but still the system freezes with
Code: 
startx
 
sossego said:
I added the AllowEmptyInput- apologies- and now have a "No screens found" error.
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Option "AllowEmptyInput" is automatically enabled if Option "AutoAddDevices"
is not explicitly disabled (which is enabled by default) , even if you set
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "OFF". xorg.conf(5).


In short, remove Option "AllowEmptyInput" and set Option "AutoAddDevices" "Off"
to get rid of devices be added from HAL events.
 
Same result, new problem:
Code: 
Parse error on line 49 of section Monitor in file xorg.conf.new
"Identifier" is not a valid keyword in this section.
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Xorg.0.log has the same output, nothing different.
 
You have put hash keys (#) in Section "Monitor" for "Monitor1"
If you want to exclude this whole section you have to comment out
the lines between the Section "Monitor" and EndSection.

The same in Section "Device" for "Card1" and the whole
Section "Screen" for "Screen1" and "Card1".

(Or enable all of them)
 
FrogLS said:
Option "AllowEmptyInput" is automatically enabled if Option "AutoAddDevices"
is not explicitly disabled (which is enabled by default) , even if you set
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "OFF". xorg.conf(5).
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That's not quite how it works; xorg.conf(5) says:
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "boolean"
If enabled, don't add the standard keyboard and mouse drivers, if there are no input devices in the config file.
Enabled by default if AutoAddDevices and AutoEnableDevices is enabled, otherwise disabled.
If AllowEmptyInput is on, devices using the kbd, mouse or vmmouse driver are ignored.
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Effectively, setting AEI off will kinda, sorta disable hal device detection. It may also screw up input and is generally troublesome. But some people still insist on it, even when AutoAddDevices Off does the right thing and doesn't cause problems.
 
I'll probably go for the vesa driver.
What about the intel29 driver?
Has anyone had luck with it?
 
Beastie, did you run
Code: 
Xorg -configure -retro
along with the Intel driver?
 
Well I don't really remember, but that should be what I did (i.e. Xorg -configure). The only purpose of the retro option is to show the old "chain mail" background instead of the solid black one.
I think Xorg -configure is the only method. IIRC there was another one years ago but it doesn't exist anymore.

Now if you're asking if I installed the driver before trying to configure a xorg.conf file, then of course I did.
 
Toshiba Tecra : Intel 810

Hi,
For me, the same problem. No screen with the Intel 810 driver.
Impossible to find where is the problem
So, I use the vesa driver.
Not so bad after all !
 
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