Xorg failsafe mode throws out Xorg.log

[Phillip Susi]

Binary package hint: gdm

When xorg falls back to failsafe mode, the Xorg.log that would be helpful in diagnosing why is thrown out and replaced with the log of the working failsafe mode.

[Timo Aaltonen (tjaalton)]

True, although the old log is just renamed to Xorg.0.log.old, as usual.

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Timo, you were mentioning working on fixing this the other day...?

[Bryce Harrington (bryce)]

Directing log to Xorg.failsafe.log now.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package xorg - 1:7.4~2ubuntu4

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xorg (1:7.4~2ubuntu4) intrepid; urgency=low

  * local/Failsafe/failsafeXServer:
    - 'discover' is no longer used, so disable the pci-id based detection
      of alternate fallback driver. (LP: #272086)
    - Add detection of ppc hardware and prefer 'fbdev' instead of 'vesa'
      in this case (LP: #155685)
    - Send log to Xorg.failsafe.log when in failsafe mode (LP: #179164)
  * local/Failsafe/failsafeDexconf:
    - Re-sync with dexconf; use input-hotplug for devices. (LP: #227818)
  * local/Failsafe/failsafeXinit:
    - Display the X errors on initial dialog. (LP: #148122)
    - Specify /etc/X11/xorg.conf exactly, rather than $xorg_conf, which
      actually points to xorg.conf.failsafe
  * local/dexconf:
    - Remove duplicate line if generating an xorg.conf for KVM sessions
    - Note that some settings can't be set in xorg.conf any longer
      (LP: #263124)

 -- Bryce Harrington <email address hidden> Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:08:52 -0700