You can 'makepkg -si PKGBUILD' to build and install.
'xrandr' is an app you might want to try for the resolution issues.
Drop the 'PKGBUILD' part of that command, it does nothing and is not needed. See the man page for details.
]]>You can 'makepkg -si PKGBUILD' to build and install.
'xrandr' is an app you might want to try for the resolution issues.
OK. Thanks I got it now.
]]>'xrandr' is an app you might want to try for the resolution issues.
]]>awesome is also available as a binary from a couple unofficial user repositories https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Un … positories
archlinuxfr awesome 3.4.10-1
archstuff awesome-git 20101018-1
rfad awesome-git 20090423-1
I realized what I forgot to do. I didn't pacman -U the cairo package. Im working on installing awesome now as I speak. My mistake, but hey I'm re-learning all of this For the xf86 driver is there a utility to manage the screen resolution? My highest res is 1366x768 and I want ot make sure it is automatically set to that when I startx
]]>update: I installed openbox and I can successfully launch it no problems. I suppose my only issue here now is not being able to install awesome.
]]>@cirnOS: Can you, please, describe how you managed to remove all the stuff that was installed with the *.run installer from ATI, maybe?
The driver was on a flash drive. I cd to my flash drive and ran ./ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --uninstall
]]>cirnOS wrote:I installed this driver: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-d … x86_64.run
It's discouraged to not use the package managing system since this driver is free to overwrite and alter any files without you knowing.
I don't have much experience with that but that should remove the stuff fglrx has installed:
./ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --uninstall
Since it might delete arbitrary files from the graphics drivers infrastructure you better reinstall some packages...
pacman -S libgl mesa xf86-video-ati ati-dri libdrm
You normally don't need a xorg.conf for the open source driver. Just delete it.
KMS should be activated I think: Does your console change to the native resolution of your screen on booting?
Lastly, the radeon driver should be loaded and fglrx should really be removed, so
lsmod | grep radeon
should show something, but
lsmod | grep fglrx
should not.
If you like to try the proprietary catalyst/fglrx again, I recommend the repository here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ca … repository
It allows clean installation and removal.Your graphics is rather new. Maybe it doesn't work with the current open source driver in the repositories right now and you need either catalyst/fglrx or development versions of xf86-video-ati and the kernel and mesa.
Yeah I changed the frame buffer to 1024x768, I did notice when I updated the kernel with newer repos the two arch logos up top do not show up. Not sure if that is anything important to note down. I'm try this now.
Also I followed this guide to setup KMS: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ati
Same thing still with trying to startx and I did remove the proprietary driver. When I grep radeon and fglrx I get no results.
]]>aticonfig --uninstall
or similar.
Some logs remain in /etc/ati folder.
]]>I installed this driver: http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/ati-d … x86_64.run
It's discouraged to not use the package managing system since this driver is free to overwrite and alter any files without you knowing.
I don't have much experience with that but that should remove the stuff fglrx has installed:
./ati-driver-installer-11-6-x86.x86_64.run --uninstall
Since it might delete arbitrary files from the graphics drivers infrastructure you better reinstall some packages...
pacman -S libgl mesa xf86-video-ati ati-dri libdrm
You normally don't need a xorg.conf for the open source driver. Just delete it.
KMS should be activated I think: Does your console change to the native resolution of your screen on booting?
Lastly, the radeon driver should be loaded and fglrx should really be removed, so
lsmod | grep radeon
should show something, but
lsmod | grep fglrx
should not.
If you like to try the proprietary catalyst/fglrx again, I recommend the repository here:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ca … repository
It allows clean installation and removal.
Your graphics is rather new. Maybe it doesn't work with the current open source driver in the repositories right now and you need either catalyst/fglrx or development versions of xf86-video-ati and the kernel and mesa.
]]>cirnOS wrote:lifeafter2am wrote:Is there a specific reason you haven't updated your kernel to the latest version?
I updated my system with -Syu but no kernel upgrade for me. Do I need to unlock the testing repo?
Both my 64bit and 32bit systems are on 2.6.39, sounds like your mirror is out of date.
Wow. Already updated seems so fast with these updated mirrorlist's I got. There are a bunch of updates so I'll post back after this is done. Thanks
cirnOS wrote:Oh touche. Let me try that out then. Should I stick with catalyst or go with the xf86?
I think you hit that report button again
Ah thats what happened. My bad. I look even more like a novice now
]]>Oh touche. Let me try that out then. Should I stick with catalyst or go with the xf86?
I think you hit that report button again
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