[debbugs-tracker] bug#28578: closed (xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit)

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> xorg not starting on x200 due to recent commit
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> Sun, 24 Sep 2017 10:23:02 -0500
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> mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.3.1
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> The following commit to guix makes it so that I can't start xorg:
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>   c68c201fdd429140da1c606861c9296b9cb01265
>   Author: Andy Wingo <address@hidden>
>   CommitDate: Wed Sep 20 15:40:31 2017 +0200
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>   gnu: xorg-server: Prefer intel driver only for older GPUs.
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>   * gnu/packages/xorg.scm (xorg-server): Add patch to only prefer the intel
>     driver for older Intel GPUs.
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> The commit seems useful, but unfortunately I think I'm not the only x200
> user, and this is breaking things for me!  I wonder if there's a way to
> keep the commit's purpose/feature without breaking xorg on x200s?
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> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
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> > Hi,
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> >> In the meanwhile, I've figured maybe I could test trying to set up xorg
> >> to use a specific driver to see if that fixes it:
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> >>   (services (cons*
> >>              ;;; ...
> >>              (modify-services %desktop-services
> >>                               (slim-service-type
> >>                                startx =>
> >>                                (xorg-start-command
> >>                                 #:configuration-file
> >>                                 (xorg-configuration-file
> >>                                  #:drivers '("intel")))))))
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> > This is what my modification looks like:
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> >                      (slim-service-type
> >                       config => (slim-configuration
> >                                  (inherit config)
> >                                  (startx (xorg-start-command
> >                                           #:configuration-file
> >                                           (xorg-configuration-file
> >                                            #:extra-config
> >                                            (list marble-mouse-settings
> >                                                  dvorak-evdev))))))
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> > i.e. I’m capturing the default config, inherit from it, and the override
> > the “startx” field.  You are capturing the default config as “startx”
> > and then replace the configuration with the value returned by
> > “xorg-start-command”.  That doesn’t look right.
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> Thank you!  I switched it to:
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>              (modify-services %desktop-services
>                               (slim-service-type
>                                config => (slim-configuration
>                                           (inherit config)
>                                           (startx (xorg-start-command
>                                                    #:configuration-file
>                                                    (xorg-configuration-file
>                                                     #:drivers '("intel")))))))
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> This solved it for me... xorg is back up and running again!
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> So I guess if you have an old x200 or so and are having this problem
> (which seemingly at the moment nobody else is, so I'm closing this): do
> as I did and (hopefully) that should solve it!
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