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Guilherme David

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Registered: 2011-12-01

Posts: 8

[Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

I am facing some troubles when i try to start X in my notebook, the screen goes all crazy and i need to restart the computer. My system is up to date, installed Xorg, xorg-xinit and xorg-xterm as i always do, but nothing works, and i dont know how i can run X as a "failsafe" version like VGA, if this is even possible.

What should i do? How do i get my video card specs to post here?

Thx in advance and sorry for my bad english =P

Edit:
I just had to install nvidia package at extra repository! Thx Guys!

Last edited by Guilherme David (2011-12-06 09:33:29)

tomk

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 9,839

Re: [Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

lspci will give you details about your video card. What driver did you install? And have you checked your X log for clues?

Guilherme David

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Registered: 2011-12-01

Posts: 8

Re: [Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

The log files are empty, i installed all the xorg packages, so i think i installed all the drivers. My video card is: GeForce G210M! Thank you for replying.

scar

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From: Hungary

Registered: 2009-10-01

Posts: 444

Re: [Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

To verify if you have the correct driver installed:

# pacman -Qq | grep nvidia

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Guilherme David

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Registered: 2011-12-01

Posts: 8

Re: [Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

Thank u pretty much scar, i installed the nvidia driver in Extra repository and configured xinit and openbox, it worked as charm. Srry for such a simple question =P

The log files were empty cuz for some reason xinit was empty since my last try o.O all working now!

Edit: how can i mark this as solved?

Last edited by Guilherme David (2011-12-05 16:22:38)

lilsirecho

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Re: [Solved]Xorg Error using xinit

Edit your first post with edit on lower edge of post and add solved to title line.

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