xorg-server-1.20.0 not working for me -- RESOLVED

Fred Krogh · Last edited by Fred Krogh on Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:51 pm; edited 1 time in total

xorg-server-1.19.5-r2 does work. With xorg-server-1.20.0, the computer freezes with a blank screen, and I can't even get to a console with <cntl><alt>F1. I don't have time to work on this now, but thought if someone else is having this problem they might want to know that at least one other person is having this problem. I'm running kernel 4.17.1, but earlier versions of the kernel also fail with xorg-server-1.20.0.

SlashBeast · Retired Dev Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2922

I can confirm the same issue here.

amadeo · n00b Joined: 28 May 2014 Posts: 2

Same problem :roll:

SlashBeast · Retired Dev Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2922

FWIW reported bug for it at https://bugs.gentoo.org/658130

bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

Xorg.0.log and emerge --info would help. I have no issues.

chithanh · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:01 pm Post subject:

Information about hardware and driver would be useful.

Also how hard does the system lock up? Does it still respond to Magic SysRq, or ssh/ping over the network?

bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

since one is using intel and one is using nvidia. it is probably input related

try to remove keyboard and mouse from INPUT_DEVICES, you probably do not need them. that is the common denominator from what i see too. evdev+synaptics or evdev alone or libinput alone

Jaglover · Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:31 pm Post subject:

FWIW I have no mouse in dosbox with new xorg, I tried with evdev and libinput. I'm going to try the legacy mouse driver now.
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bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

jaglover, someone probably needs to bug report xorg-server people, it's a different problem.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=900717
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=237587

lukki · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2014 Posts: 11

Hi,

I have the same problem but my screen turns white.
The conflict seems to be with the compositor of XFCE. When I disable display compositing it starts without problems.
I think there was a bug about this but I couldn't find it. I'm sorry.

bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

lukki · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2014 Posts: 11

bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

worked for me....

SlashBeast · Retired Dev Joined: 23 May 2006 Posts: 2922

The bugzilla that I've linked does have fix for this issue.

bobbymcgee · n00b Joined: 12 Apr 2018 Posts: 55

Fred Krogh · Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:00 am Post subject:

Patch at https://bugs.gentoo.org/658130 works for me.

yagaev · n00b Joined: 10 Jan 2017 Posts: 27

i did not use xf86-input-mouse but have the same problem. Will that patch be useful for me?

Fred Krogh · Posted: Fri Jun 29, 2018 7:20 pm Post subject:

Probably not. But xorg-server-1.20.0 has fixed the problem, and might also fix yours.