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I just (today) installed Arch on my Toshiba Satellite (m55 s135) and installed x11. I also downloaded hwd and used it to generate an xorg.conf, which (with the commented lines removed), looks like this:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSectionSection "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
EndSectionSection "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
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"FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrilic
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"
EndSectionSection "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
EndSectionSection "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" ""
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSectionSection "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSectionSection "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSectionSection "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSectionSection "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
EndSectionSection "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
EndSectionSection "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSectionSection "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
When I run startx, I get this:
(WW) VESA(0): Failed to set up write-combining range (0xc0000000,0x7b0000)
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 28: twm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 29: xclock: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 30: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 32: exec: xterm: not found
Any ideas?
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You need to create a proper ~/.xinitrc file to start the WM you want:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Des … structions
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You need to install those apps, if you want to use it
pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-apps xterm
Btw, Snowman is right. Your xinitrc-file is just a draft, that gives you an idea of how it could be used. But twm, xterm and xclock is just a matter of taste.
Frumpus ♥ addict
[mu'.krum.pus], [frum.pus]
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Woohoo! Thanks for the help.
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So, startx works fine now, and I can use any of the DEs from the install cd. However, after installing KDE with pacman, running "startx kde" starts x and deposits me in windowmaker.
Also, how do I modify .xinitrc? When I try to nano it, it opens a new file.
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You have to change .xinitrc to open kde, type
nano ~/.xinitrc
(If it said new file too, then there's no .xinitrc in your home dir, it's ok let nano create it )
then remove/comment anything not commented there, then type in it
exec startkde
Now u can start kde with startx
P.S: you can use also a Graphical Login Manager Like xdg/kdm/gdm...
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You have to change .xinitrc to open kde, type
nano ~/.xinitrc
(If it said new file too, then there's no .xinitrc in your home dir, it's ok let nano create it )
then remove/comment anything not commented there, then type in itexec startkde
Now u can start kde with startx
P.S: you can use also a Graphical Login Manager Like xdg/kdm/gdm...
Dear god stop using nano lol, it sucks!
Use midnight commander, its in arch packages "pacman -Sy mc", then do mcedit wibble.wobble etc.
and mc in a directory gives a nice copying program etc, nice to use for mp3 players etc.
tag with insert, and copy taged files with F5.
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Vi Rocks
P.S: if each everyone say which editor rocks, we could have the famous old debate again , It's a matter of taste, him nano becaus eu don't know the reason, it's the newbie corner do u really think he has already learned vi, give him time, donno about mc but like nano/emacs/mc etc.. they do al the same job, so let him do it as he likes .. linux way (freedom)
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Thanks for the help. I continue to find Vi's interface a little counterintuitive. Nano has that list of commands at the bottom of the screen. I find that very useful.
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