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Bug ID 6559079
Synopsis Xserver will not start with xorg.conf generated by xorgconfig
State 11-Closed:Verified (Closed)
Category:Subcategory xserver:xorg-server
Keywords s10u4beta
Responsible Engineer Alan Coopersmith
Reported Against s10u4_05
Duplicate Of
Introduced In
Commit to Fix s10u4_09
Fixed In s10u4_09
Release Fixed solaris_10u4(s10u4_09)
Related Bugs 6461170 , 6560162 , 6560332
Submit Date 17-May-2007
Last Update Date 14-June-2007
Description
I was going to include this when I gave my intiial impressions of the 
S10-U4-Beta-x86, However I feel this is a very critical bug. After completing the 
install, and logging in to JDS3 I was greeted with a default screen setting of 
640x480. Running /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig to set my normal settings for use of my 
Nvidia based card (These settings I've used on all builds of S10 to this date with no
 problems). After creating the /etc/xorg.conf, I rebooted the machine. Upon reboot,
 the X11-server would not start, and a message stated to look at the errors in 
/var/dt/Xerrors. Looking at the /var/dt/Xerrors file reveals the following :
Fatal Server error:
failed to initialize core devices
XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Error: Mod_switch added to symbol map for multiple modifers
> Using Mod2, ignoring Mod3.
> Warning Symbol map for key <KPEQ> redefined
> Using last definition for conflicting fields
Error from xkbcomp are not fatal to the x server
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/X11/lib/X11/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
XIO: fatal IO error 146 (connection refused) on X server ":0.0"
STEPS TO DUPLICATE
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After install configure X11 using /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig. Reboot the machine (or 
log out of X).
EXPECTED VS ACTUAL RESULTS
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After configuring X11 using /Usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig the Xserver should be able to 
restart with your settings.
ERROR MESSAGES
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See description
SOURCE CODE
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(No Answer)
SYSTEM INFORMATION
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Hardware Platforms (confederate, Non-Sun, Homebuilt AMD Sempron 2200+, x86, 768MB, 70GB, Hombuilt AMD Sempron 2200+ unclocked to 1.2 MHZ, as it's using an older AOpen  AK73+ motherboard which does not recognize the Sempron model of processors. Video Card is a Nvidia MX-440 model, also utilizes a  Realtek rtl-8139 based ethernet card.)
Operating Platforms (confederate, Solaris 10 7/07, Solaris, JDS 3 Sun Java Desktop System Release 3, English)
When Xorg was updated to X11R7.2 in Solaris 10 Update 4, the new version of
xorgconfig that matched it was missed, so the xorgconfig included is generating
incorrect config files for the new version.
Work Around
The first work around is to change the keyboard driver in the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file 
(which is created running /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig) from "Keyboard" to "kbd". The 
second work around concerns Nvidia based cards, you need to comment out in your 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf the line concerning "load glx"
Comments
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