building Xgl under debian/sid

Xavier Bestel xavier.bestel at free.fr
Mon Feb 20 07:20:30 PST 2006


On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 15:25, Daniel Stone wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 03:23:48PM +0100, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > Xgl doesn't start:
> > 
> > [xorg says: whoa no modules eh]
> >  
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> > 
> > Here's the commandline I used (from gdm.conf):
> > [...]
> > 
> > Does Xgl need a special conf file or some other args ?
> > Do I really need the "mouse" & "keyboard" modules (I suppose that means
> > some more debs to install) ?
> 
> That's Xorg failing to start, not Xgl failing.  May I recommend
> installing xserver-xorg-{input-{keyboard,mouse},video-ati}?

That was a leftover from Xgl trying to start ubuntu's Xorg. Now that
debian's Xorg starts instead, does Xgl need any input module ? I was
under the impression it uses the underlying Xorg's input à la Xnest.

	Xav





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