[gobolinux-users] xorg 7.3 macbook freeze

[Carlo Calica]

On 10/6/07, Isaac Dupree <isaacdupree at charter.net> wrote:
> Lucas C. Villa Real wrote:
> > On 10/6/07, Isaac Dupree <isaacdupree at charter.net> wrote:
> >> Xorg 7.2 has been working for me on my Macbook.  Upgrading to 7.3 (which
> >> has a new driver for the macbook's Intel graphics card), and startx
> >> works with shiny correct resolution, but won't respond to any of my
> >> input, the computer begins to heat up (fan audibly turns on), and I
> >> forced it to shut down with the power button.  So I did SymlinkProgram
> >> Xorg 7.2 and things are back to how they were (which is working well
> >> enough).  Ubuntu Feisty + a version of that new driver (in their
> >> Universe packages IIRC) _worked_ for me with good resolution (but sound
> >> works in Ubuntu too; they tend to have lots of patches; and that was
> >> using GNOME, whereas I use Xmonad in GoboLinux).  I may test Ubuntu
> >> Gutsy when that comes out, for comparison...
> >
> > Have you tried to DisableProgram Xorg 7.2 + SymlinkProgram Xorg 7.3?
> > (you might need to adjust settings after that). Jonas had some weird
> > problems with 7.3 which were only fixed after he ran DisableProgram on
> > the previous version.
>
> now tried.  still freezes my system.  I noticed though that (with 7.3)
> there is about a second during which it still responds to user input,
> after startx succeeds, before everything freezes.
>

I haven't tried Xorg 7.3 but did tack on xserver 1.3 and the new intel
driver (and their deps) onto 7.2 without problems on my macbook.
Could you post /var/log/Xorg.0.log?  Are you using the synaptics
trackpad driver?

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Carlo J. Calica