xbmc x server woes. (was: Re: format thumb drive)

[Michael Havens]

I just figured out the xserver is resetting itself when it flashesI figured
that out when I moved the cursor and then it flashed and when x came back
the cursor was back to its home position.
:-)~MIKE~(-:


On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> X -configure told me to run X -config <path>/xorg.conf.new which kind of
> got X working. X  was a screen of (best I can describe) gray weaves.. Then,
> after about 10 seconds it started to flash again on 10 second intervals
> with one second of nothing.
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net>wrote:
>
>> > I found xbmcbuntu and it worked great from the disk but after I
>> installed
>> > it the X server wouldn't work.
>> >   (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
>>
>> Your xorg.conf file is trying to load the type1 X module, which this
>> distro
>> doesn't have.  This is... odd if the distro ran an automatic X
>> configuration
>> tool while it was being installed.  You may be able to generate an X
>> config
>> file that'll work better by running "X -configure" when X isn't running,
>> although you may have to edit that file and change its default color
>> depth to
>> 24 if it defaults to 8.  8-bit color is practically unusable in this
>> modern
>> age....
>>
>> --
>> Matt G / Dances With Crows
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