Openbox and Xorg 7.0

Komodo · 2005-12-30 19:51:59

Anyone got a fix for openbox? We all seem to be getting errors when starting it (like unable to load theme 'The Bear').

I tried building 3.3RC2 from the pkgbuild in AUR, and got this:

checking for GLIB... checking for PANGO... checking for XFT... configure: error: Package requirements (xft) were not met.
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
installed software in a non-standard prefix.

Alternatively you may set the XFT_CFLAGS and XFT_LIBS environment variables
to avoid the need to call pkg-config.  See the pkg-config man page for
more details.
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found.  Stop.
==> ERROR: Build Failed.  Aborting...

So perhaps its inability to find libxft is part of the problem with 3.2RC4 as well?

Suggestions and solutions please

Legout · 2005-12-30 21:48:38

I had this compiling problem too.

You have to set all FontPath in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to /usr/share/fonts...

 FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
#       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"

Komodo · 2005-12-30 22:06:46

I've already got that:

     26 Section "Files"
     27     RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
     28     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
     29     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
     30     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
     31     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
     32     FontPath   "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
     33 EndSection

Do you mind giving me your entire xorg.conf legout?

Legout · 2005-12-30 23:14:44

I´ll do tomorrow, coz i´m not ont at my PC at home right now

Komodo · 2005-12-30 23:52:38

Ok cool, cheers bud

Komodo · 2006-01-05 13:55:13

I still haven't managed to resolve this; here's the error message given when trying to start X:

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(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.1.log", Time: Thu Jan  5 13:53:16 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

(WW) RADEON: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:0:1) found
(EE) RADEON(0): Microcode: cannot load microcode
Loading /home/.keymap
Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

(/usr/bin/openbox:14428): ObRender-WARNING **: Failed to load the theme 'TheBear'
Falling back to the default: 'TheBear'

(/usr/bin/openbox:14428): ObRender-WARNING **: Failed to load the theme 'TheBear'.

(/usr/bin/openbox:14428): Openbox-CRITICAL **: Unable to load a theme.

waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.


Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console

Legout · 2006-01-05 14:12:28

I had the same problem and there several other things i couldn´t get managed with Xorg 7.0. So i switched back to xorg from current.

Komodo · 2006-01-05 14:35:33

Legout wrote:

I had the same problem and there several other things i couldn´t get managed with Xorg 7.0. So i switched back to xorg from current.

I tried that solution initially, but I'd rather figure things out and get it working with Xorg 7.0; same goes for my ATI drivers... I can't get them to work, but I'd rather find the solution than go back to Xorg 6.8.2 (I want the speediness of xorg 7.0).

If anyone else has got openbox working with xorg 7.0, please speak up!

Legout · 2006-01-05 14:50:06

In my eyes there was no big speed improvement.

Komodo · 2006-01-05 14:55:58

Legout wrote:

In my eyes there was no big speed improvement.

A matter of opinion, and of hardware my friend

xerverius · 2006-01-05 15:08:16

If you install only the modules you need, it is atleast a smaller installation 8).

Komodo · 2006-01-05 15:10:41

xerverius wrote:

If you install only the modules you need, it is atleast a smaller installation 8).

Too true.

Now let's stay on topic please guys, I want help =P

Openbox users with Xorg 7.0, please tell me if you had similar problems, and how you got round them if so.

omgwtfbyobbq · 2006-07-04 06:05:10

Not sure if this is still an issue for anyone, but pulling down a couple font packages worked for me.

pacman -S artwiz-fonts font-bitstream-speedo

Oddly enough, this was only an issue after I pulled down the ttf-cheapskate and associated packages, modular X was working well before this.

Gullible Jones · 2006-07-04 14:07:55

The bug was fixed long ago, which is why this thread had lain dead for so long...

(BTW, font-bitstream-speedo is useless, XOrg doesn't support those fonts any more.)

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#1 2005-12-30 19:51:59

Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#2 2005-12-30 21:48:38

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#3 2005-12-30 22:06:46

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#4 2005-12-30 23:14:44

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#5 2005-12-30 23:52:38

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#6 2006-01-05 13:55:13

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#7 2006-01-05 14:12:28

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#8 2006-01-05 14:35:33

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#9 2006-01-05 14:50:06

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#10 2006-01-05 14:55:58

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#11 2006-01-05 15:08:16

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#12 2006-01-05 15:10:41

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#13 2006-07-04 06:05:10

Re: Openbox and Xorg 7.0

#14 2006-07-04 14:07:55

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