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[Steve Beattie <sbeattie@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 03:12:49PM -0000, Martin Pitt wrote:
> It wouldn't help for this particular problem, since you need X for
> jockey.

Actually, there is a command line version of jockey -- I've had to use
it when the open source drivers didn't cope well with the hardware I've
got. For this specific issue, however, if you've got access to a shell
(and gdm restarting repeatedly isn't preventing you from typing into
it), the easiest thing to do is to just delete the xorg.conf entirely;
then X will come up in VESA mode quite happily.

That's the other weird aspect to this bug that ought to be fixed
is X's differing behavior around a mildly bogus xorg.conf versus a
non-existent one.

> However, it does sound like a good idea anyway. Can you please open a
> new jockey bug about this? Please assign it to me, jockey bugs are a
> mess right now.

Bug 463464 opened, thanks.

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Steve Beattie
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No "safe" fallback on broken xorg.conf or missing driver
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/457443
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