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dkong

Member

From: California

Registered: 2012-06-24

Posts: 5

No Devices Detected / Dell XPS 15 / Nouveau Driver

After a fresh install, I updated the system, installed X.org, and installed GNOME. When I run startx, I get this error message: Fatal server error: no screens found.

My Xorg.0.log file looks like this: https://gist.github.com/2985484

My computer hardware:
Model: Dell XPS 15
CPU: Intel Core i7 2820
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GT 540M with Optimus

Packages I've installed:
xorg-server
xorg-xinit
xorg-server-utils
mesa
xf86-video-nouveau
xf86-input-synaptics
dbus
gnome

Can anyone help me? I'm new to Arch Linux, installed it onto my laptop after getting tired of running Debian on a VM. I'll provide any other information if it helps. I basically followed the beginner's guide from start to finish, but it's not working.

Last edited by dkong (2012-06-24 23:50:40)

don_crissti

Member

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 35

Re: No Devices Detected / Dell XPS 15 / Nouveau Driver

This is what I have and it's working OK on my XPS L502X:
No Xorg.conf.
Install xf86-video-intel, remove xf86-video-nouveau.
Edit the following files:
/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:

blacklist nouveau

/etc/mkinitcpio.conf:

MODULES="i915"

Then run:

mkinitcpio -p linux

Reboot... you should be fine.

Pres

Member

Registered: 2011-09-12

Posts: 423

Re: No Devices Detected / Dell XPS 15 / Nouveau Driver

You should read up on what Optimus is.

This page is relevant:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee