I figured out what the problem is.... in the live version I get three video
adapter choices. nvidia (the default), AMD/ATI and intel. When I select the
firsttwo choices it doesn't load x and it starts flashing but if I choose
intel then x loads but video is jerky (not sure about sound though. So the
installed version is selecting the default.
:-)~MIKE~(-:
On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Michael Havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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@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@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
>>> The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/
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