XOrg Configuration Moved
I had problems after upgrading in Nov 14 updates on my laptop and also Nov 20 updates on my desktop. Both showing same sympthoms, in which both failed to load X server, so i'm stuck at the console. I tried many things even reinstalling all packages using slackpkg, but no luck.
Today, my desktop had the same problem as my laptop after applying the Nov 20 update. So i tried to see the log more carefully, hoping to find a clue on how to solve it. Then i saw this line:
Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
I suddenly realized that the configuration for the new version should be placed inside /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d instead of /etc/X11. I saw 20-intel.conf on my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory, but the content is a little bit different from /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so i tried to copy the value to the new file and my MATE desktop (on my laptop) is now back on action. I tried the same method on my desktop and now everything is back as it used to be.
If you happened to have X segfaulted after latest upgrade, you might want to move the configuration file to the new location and see if it works for you.
Today, my desktop had the same problem as my laptop after applying the Nov 20 update. So i tried to see the log more carefully, hoping to find a clue on how to solve it. Then i saw this line:
Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d
Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
I suddenly realized that the configuration for the new version should be placed inside /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d instead of /etc/X11. I saw 20-intel.conf on my /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ directory, but the content is a little bit different from /etc/X11/xorg.conf, so i tried to copy the value to the new file and my MATE desktop (on my laptop) is now back on action. I tried the same method on my desktop and now everything is back as it used to be.
If you happened to have X segfaulted after latest upgrade, you might want to move the configuration file to the new location and see if it works for you.