Fwd: Re: How to Change From SNA to UXA Acceleration Methods

[NikTh]

On 08/11/2013 05:30 πμ, Lee Gold wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013, at 06:33 PM, NikTh wrote:
>> Try to use a delay option in rc.local , like below two lines.
>>
>> (sleep 3; service lightdm stop) &
>> (sleep 2; service lightdm start) &
>>
>> No sudo is needed here , as rc.local is executed always as root. The
>> ampersand symbol is not actually needed, but it helps sometimes.
>> The restart option in lightdm is a "painful" for the system method. It
>> would be better to use the commands above to stop and then start it
>> again.
>>
>> Regards
>> NikTh
> Hi,
>
> Unfortunately it did not work. It hung after the lightdm stop it seemed.
> So I did
>
> sleep 3
> service lightdm stop
> sleep 2
> service lightdm start
>
> and it seemed to go through the commands in rc.local but the same result
> as a boot with the xorg.conf discussed added in /etc/X11. happened - no
> difference..
>
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I cannot think another workaround right now. It seems like the X wants
first to render the screen and then stop  and restart. Weird.

Can you try the nomodeset parameter in kernel through grub and see if
that helps ?
Here is how
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

Regards
 NikTh