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#1 2005-12-18 22:37:54

jellywerker
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xorg corrupted

It seems the latest xorg in current (i tried 3 servers) is corrupted. I downloaded it 4 times, all 4 times the package was corrupt, any idea why?

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#2 2005-12-18 22:47:00

Snowman
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Re: xorg corrupted

Have you tried deleting the package  from your cache and/or changing mirror?

EDIT: Have you tried getting the package directly from ftp.archlinux.org instead of a mirror?

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#3 2005-12-18 22:47:50

ozar
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Re: xorg corrupted

Have you tried deleting the corrupt file from cache before doing the download again?


oz

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#4 2005-12-18 22:48:43

Dusty
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Re: xorg corrupted

did you delete the package from the cache between downloading?

nah, I did see both the previous posts, its just funny how quick people are to reply around here :-D

Dusty

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#5 2005-12-18 22:49:05

ozar
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Re: xorg corrupted

hehe, Snowman... I think we are on the same wave length. wink

oops... Dusty, too!   big_smile


oz

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#6 2005-12-18 23:18:47

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

Yes, I did both, I'll try a direct download though, but I'm guessing it's broken too, as it's the package the mirrors are made from right?

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#7 2005-12-18 23:47:58

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

replying from lynx here, it still doesn't work, the arch servers seems corrupted too, must be my connection or something I guess.

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#8 2005-12-19 00:34:22

Dusty
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Re: xorg corrupted

no, somebody else mentioned a corrupted X to me, but I think they got it working.... this is very odd.

Dusty

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#9 2005-12-19 01:31:26

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

hmm, after some fiddline with servers and such I got it working, it downloaded as corrupted, and I forgot to -Scc between -S xorg's, and it installed, but now when I exit x with ctrl+alt+backspace, it goes to a screen of garbled colors. I can' still type commands, and they respond, but I can't see them or anything.

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#10 2005-12-19 02:28:41

Dusty
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Re: xorg corrupted

oooh
type 'reset<enter>' and see if that helps.

This is all so cool. :-)

Dusty

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#11 2005-12-19 02:52:20

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

reset doesn't help.

edit: perhaps fresh install (again...) as I haven't done anything worthwhile yet?

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#12 2005-12-19 02:53:27

Dusty
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Re: xorg corrupted

woooo! Does clear work?

you might have to swear at it a little too.

Dusty

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#13 2005-12-19 03:04:53

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

neither work, something is screwy. I'm going to reinstall (I love how you can install a working arch base in under 5min big_smile)

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#14 2005-12-19 04:45:42

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Re: xorg corrupted

This is very strange.  I did a fresh install friday night (using the 7.1-pre iso) and everything installed fine.  I don't see a new xorg waiting for me, either, which makes it difficult for me to believe that it's broken unless it's been corrupted since friday night/sat morning.  It is strange, though, to say the least.


Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
-Albert Einstein

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#15 2005-12-19 05:04:49

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

I am installing from the wombat iso. Like I said, I think it's my connection, but are you getting any garbled colors? I wonder if it will be fixed by the fresh install  I did, if not, I'll paly around in xorg.conf.

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#16 2005-12-19 07:51:58

paranoos
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Re: xorg corrupted

i get a garbled screen when i use a high resolution framebuffer console. unloading X usually triggers the problem. so i just stick with the standard console.

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#17 2005-12-19 16:21:15

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

so would I remove the vga-773 in my menu.lst? I did notice that my console was much higher res than my last install, how do I change it?

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#18 2005-12-19 21:20:15

Snarkout
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Re: xorg corrupted

jellywerker wrote:

so would I remove the vga-773 in my menu.lst

Yeah, give that a try.  Though 791 is working fine on my systems.


Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
-Albert Einstein

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#19 2005-12-19 21:26:31

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

what res is 791?

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#20 2005-12-20 04:24:21

jellywerker
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Re: xorg corrupted

hmm, it seems nvidia is doing the weirness, without nvidia drivers i can ctrl-alt-backspace out of x fine, with it it goes to the garbled colors. I did some fiddling with modules and it doesn't seem related to them. Perhaps a corrupt driver or an incompatibility between the new .14 kernel?

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