Bug 8037

Summary:	Xfce works with the Vesa driver only
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Vincent Billette <vbillette>
Component:	RPM Packages	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED	QA Contact:
Severity:	major
Priority:	Normal	CC:	jani.valimaa
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i586
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-13879-1+black-screen-depuis-ce-matin.php
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Description Vincent Billette 2012-11-10 19:05:07 CET

I use a laptop with an Intel GPU.

For a few days, I can't use Xfce with the Intel driver (810 or later) anymore : it works with the vesa driver only.

This problem occurs only if Xfce is installed. I tried to install Mageia 3 on another computer (same model) with Gnome and it worked perfect.

Confirmed by two other users, one of them using... a Nvidia graphic card :

http://www.mageialinux-online.org/forum/topic-13890.php#m134872

Comment 1 Jani Välimaa 2012-11-10 22:20:59 CET

What happens if you remove ~/.cache/sessions?

CC: (none) => jani.valimaa

Comment 2 Vincent Billette 2012-11-10 22:53:50 CET

No nothing. Same result : i see the mouse pointer a few seconds and then, back to the commnand line.

Comment 3 Jani Välimaa 2012-11-11 08:22:45 CET

Which display manager are you using? Does /var/log/Xorg.0.log, ~/.xsession-errors or dmesg say anything intresting?

Comment 4 Jani Välimaa 2012-11-11 14:45:39 CET

BTW, I'm using Xfce with Intel GPU [1] without any problems.

[1] Card:Intel 810 and later: Intel Corporation|N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller [DISPLAY_VGA]

Comment 5 Jani Välimaa 2012-11-11 19:41:03 CET

Debugged a bit and it seems that we're currently shipping display.xml config file with mageia-xfce-config pkg which causes a black screen after login and/or some other weird things.

Please remove/rename file /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml and try again with a fresh user or backup and remove ~/.config/xfce4 from existing user.

Comment 6 Vincent Billette 2012-11-12 19:34:26 CET

We confirm : this bug is fixed.

Thanks !

Comment 7 Jani Välimaa 2012-11-12 19:38:44 CET

This bug is fixed in latest mageia-xfce-config. Closing as fixed.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED