I don't have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf but a folder /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d total 12 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 4 08:25 . drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 265 Apr 21 17:06 00-keyboard.conf Then a folder /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d with serveral config files but I don't see which one to be edited... [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d total 32 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 18:33 . drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1099 Jul 15 10:20 10-evdev.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1350 Jul 15 10:20 10-quirks.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2827 May 1 08:23 50-synaptics.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 115 May 15 14:49 50-vmmouse.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1385 Mar 20 00:31 50-wacom.conf -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 789 Jul 13 00:54 90-libinput.conf Any other place to look for. find didn't help... I guess I'll have to run "x config" as root to get a xorg.conf which I can edit later... -- Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 11:42 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote:> No, you probably want something in /etc/X11... a lot of the time it's > split up into a bunch of separate files in like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > or something. You should consult your distro documentation for how to > make it happen. > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rudolf Künzli < > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks - the only xorg.conf I found is - > > /usr/share/abrt/conf.d/plugins/xorg.conf > > Is this the file to be edited? > > > > -- > > Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> > > On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 10:56 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote: > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Rudolf Künzli < > > > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > GeForce GTX 745 is a NVIDIA card in the NV117 (GM107) > > > > > Family... > > > > The update was made using DNF (Yum) in my daily update > > > > procedure > > > > using > > > > the Fedora 22 Update repository. > > > > I am not familiar with details I just can report what happens > > > > right > > > > now... > > > > > > OK, there's no EXA support for maxwell, so you're using glamor. > > > Before > > > kernel 4.1, unless you had extracted your own ctxsw firmware, you > > > didn't have acceleration at all, that was likely the change that > > > triggered the issue. > > > > > > The glamor integration in nouveau is, sadly, broken. But it's > > > unclear > > > whether that's the cause of your issue. You can either add > > > > > > Option "NoAccel" "true" > > > > > > to the device section in your xorg.conf, which will disable 2d > > > acceleration and bring you back to the same state you were in > > > before, > > > or you can add > > > > > > Driver "modesetting" > > > > > > (or uninstall xf86-video-nouveau) which will use the modesetting > > > driver which has a non-broken glamor integration. You may still > > > get > > > the same issues though, as they could just be generic > > > mesa-sucks-on-maxwell issues (I don't have a Maxwell GPU, no one > > > else > > > has been interested in debugging/fixing issues). > > > > > > -ilia
Add a file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, named anything-you-want.conf, which contains Section "Device" Driver "modesetting" EndSection Hopefully that should do it. On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote:> I don't have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf but a folder > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > > [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 12 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 4 08:25 . > drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 265 Apr 21 17:06 00-keyboard.conf > > Then a folder /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d with serveral config files but > I don't see which one to be edited... > > [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d > total 32 > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 18:33 . > drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1099 Jul 15 10:20 10-evdev.conf > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1350 Jul 15 10:20 10-quirks.conf > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2827 May 1 08:23 50-synaptics.conf > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 115 May 15 14:49 50-vmmouse.conf > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1385 Mar 20 00:31 50-wacom.conf > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 789 Jul 13 00:54 90-libinput.conf > > Any other place to look for. find didn't help... > > I guess I'll have to run "x config" as root to get a xorg.conf which I > can edit later... > > -- > Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> > On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 11:42 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote: >> No, you probably want something in /etc/X11... a lot of the time it's >> split up into a bunch of separate files in like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d >> or something. You should consult your distro documentation for how to >> make it happen. >> >> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rudolf Künzli < >> rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: >> > Thanks - the only xorg.conf I found is - >> > /usr/share/abrt/conf.d/plugins/xorg.conf >> > Is this the file to be edited? >> > >> > -- >> > Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> >> > On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 10:56 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote: >> > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Rudolf Künzli < >> > > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: >> > > > > GeForce GTX 745 is a NVIDIA card in the NV117 (GM107) >> > > > > Family... >> > > > The update was made using DNF (Yum) in my daily update >> > > > procedure >> > > > using >> > > > the Fedora 22 Update repository. >> > > > I am not familiar with details I just can report what happens >> > > > right >> > > > now... >> > > >> > > OK, there's no EXA support for maxwell, so you're using glamor. >> > > Before >> > > kernel 4.1, unless you had extracted your own ctxsw firmware, you >> > > didn't have acceleration at all, that was likely the change that >> > > triggered the issue. >> > > >> > > The glamor integration in nouveau is, sadly, broken. But it's >> > > unclear >> > > whether that's the cause of your issue. You can either add >> > > >> > > Option "NoAccel" "true" >> > > >> > > to the device section in your xorg.conf, which will disable 2d >> > > acceleration and bring you back to the same state you were in >> > > before, >> > > or you can add >> > > >> > > Driver "modesetting" >> > > >> > > (or uninstall xf86-video-nouveau) which will use the modesetting >> > > driver which has a non-broken glamor integration. You may still >> > > get >> > > the same issues though, as they could just be generic >> > > mesa-sucks-on-maxwell issues (I don't have a Maxwell GPU, no one >> > > else >> > > has been interested in debugging/fixing issues). >> > > >> > > -ilia
I did as you proposed. Unfortunately my password wasn't accepted no more. I tried the other option with Option "NoAccel" "true" with the very same result. It seems that these modifications will interfere some other stuff... -- Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 18:11 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote:> Add a file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, named anything-you-want.conf, > which contains > > Section "Device" > Driver "modesetting" > EndSection > > Hopefully that should do it. > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 6:03 PM, Rudolf Künzli < > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: > > I don't have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf but a folder > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > > > > [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > > total 12 > > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Aug 4 08:25 . > > drwxr-xr-x. 6 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 265 Apr 21 17:06 00-keyboard.conf > > > > Then a folder /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d with serveral config files > > but > > I don't see which one to be edited... > > > > [rudolf at mephisto xorg.conf.d]$ ls -la /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d > > total 32 > > drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 Jul 31 18:33 . > > drwxr-xr-x. 7 root root 4096 May 27 11:40 .. > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1099 Jul 15 10:20 10-evdev.conf > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1350 Jul 15 10:20 10-quirks.conf > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2827 May 1 08:23 50-synaptics.conf > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 115 May 15 14:49 50-vmmouse.conf > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 1385 Mar 20 00:31 50-wacom.conf > > -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 789 Jul 13 00:54 90-libinput.conf > > > > Any other place to look for. find didn't help... > > > > I guess I'll have to run "x config" as root to get a xorg.conf > > which I > > can edit later... > > > > -- > > Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> > > On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 11:42 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote: > > > No, you probably want something in /etc/X11... a lot of the time > > > it's > > > split up into a bunch of separate files in like > > > /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d > > > or something. You should consult your distro documentation for > > > how to > > > make it happen. > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 11:38 AM, Rudolf Künzli < > > > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Thanks - the only xorg.conf I found is - > > > > /usr/share/abrt/conf.d/plugins/xorg.conf > > > > Is this the file to be edited? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Rudolf Künzli <rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> > > > > On Tue, 2015-08-11 at 10:56 -0400, Ilia Mirkin wrote: > > > > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 10:47 AM, Rudolf Künzli < > > > > > rudolf.kunzli at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > GeForce GTX 745 is a NVIDIA card in the NV117 (GM107) > > > > > > > Family... > > > > > > The update was made using DNF (Yum) in my daily update > > > > > > procedure > > > > > > using > > > > > > the Fedora 22 Update repository. > > > > > > I am not familiar with details I just can report what > > > > > > happens > > > > > > right > > > > > > now... > > > > > > > > > > OK, there's no EXA support for maxwell, so you're using > > > > > glamor. > > > > > Before > > > > > kernel 4.1, unless you had extracted your own ctxsw firmware, > > > > > you > > > > > didn't have acceleration at all, that was likely the change > > > > > that > > > > > triggered the issue. > > > > > > > > > > The glamor integration in nouveau is, sadly, broken. But it's > > > > > unclear > > > > > whether that's the cause of your issue. You can either add > > > > > > > > > > Option "NoAccel" "true" > > > > > > > > > > to the device section in your xorg.conf, which will disable > > > > > 2d > > > > > acceleration and bring you back to the same state you were in > > > > > before, > > > > > or you can add > > > > > > > > > > Driver "modesetting" > > > > > > > > > > (or uninstall xf86-video-nouveau) which will use the > > > > > modesetting > > > > > driver which has a non-broken glamor integration. You may > > > > > still > > > > > get > > > > > the same issues though, as they could just be generic > > > > > mesa-sucks-on-maxwell issues (I don't have a Maxwell GPU, no > > > > > one > > > > > else > > > > > has been interested in debugging/fixing issues). > > > > > > > > > > -ilia
On 12.08.2015 00:11, Ilia Mirkin wrote:> Add a file to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, named anything-you-want.conf, which contains > > Section "Device" > Driver "modesetting" > EndSection > > Hopefully that should do it. >/var/log/Xorg.0.log ... [ 4223.892] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 4223.892] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 4223.892] Parse error on line 4 of section Device in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-modesetting.conf This section must have an Identifier line. [ 4223.892] (EE) Problem parsing the config file [ 4223.892] (EE) Error parsing the config file [ 4223.892] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 4223.892] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 4223.892] (EE) ... [ 4223.892] (EE) [ 4223.892] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. man 5 xorg.conf ... DEVICE SECTION ... Device sections have the following format: Section "Device" Identifier "name" Driver "driver" entries ... EndSection The *Identifier* *and* *Driver* entries are *required* in all Device sections. All other entries are optional. e.g. /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-modesetting.conf Section "Device" Identifier "video0" Driver "modesetting" EndSection