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I installed arch base and pacman'd xorg and startx. Downloaded xf86-video-i810. I ran Xorg -configure. Made sure mouse pointed at /dev/input/mice.
Startx produces no errors but just quits.
˝/.xinitrc has one line in it: exec fluxbox (or exec enlightenment)
Does $PATH have anything to do with it ?
Here is my xorg.conf which I have messed around with many times now:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "ColorKey" # <i>
#Option "CacheLines" # <i>
#Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>]
#Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>]
#Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i>
#Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 1024 768
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Linux user #403491
"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." - E. A. Poe from Eleonora
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what is your /etc/inttab file index. can you paste it here?
In a world without walls,who need windows?
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Have you test it with the vesa driver?
Have you tried to turn it off and on again?
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/var/log/Xorg.0.log should have why it can't start. Please post any EE lines and the last few.
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My /etc/inittab:
#
# /etc/inittab
#
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
id:3:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
# End of file
I found no EE's. The last few of Xorg.0.log:
(**) Keyboard0: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse0" (type: MOUSE)
(--) Mouse0: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Mouse0: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
(II) I810(0): [drm] removed 1 reserved context for kernel
(II) I810(0): [drm] unmapping 8192 bytes of SAREA 0xd093f000 at 0xb78a1000
(WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices
(WW) I810(0): Setting the original video mode instead of restoring
the saved state
(II) I810(0): BIOS call 0x5f05 not supported, setting refresh with VBE 3 method.
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 7
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 0
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 1
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 3
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 2
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 4
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 5
(II) I810(0): xf86UnbindGARTMemory: unbind key 6
(WW) I810(0): Successfully set original devices (2)
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.
Will try to test it with VESA driver. Should I just replace i810 with VESA in xorg.conf then ?
Linux user #403491
"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." - E. A. Poe from Eleonora
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It looks like X is starting right and then exiting like it should. You could try replacing i810 with vesa provided you have the xf86-video-vesa package installed.
xinitrc has one line in it: exec fluxbox (or exec enlightenment)
What exactly is in your .xinitrc file? From the looks of it the server is starting normally then exiting because it has nothing to run.
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what exactly is in your .xinitrc
Finally there is a possible soultion. But still by default, wmaker is unmaked while the rest are masked in .xinitrc so i think if .xinitrc is used, it will try to exec wmaker and if it is not there it would rturn an error
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My /etc/inittab:
id:3:initdefault:
Hey, i'm new to Arch but will throw in my 2c worth. Shouldnt the above be
id:5:initdefault:
Thereby putting you into run level 5.
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We don't use runlevels other than 0, 1, something else and 6
0: halt,
1: single user mode
2-5: multi-user, no difference at all
6: reboot
Inittab doesn't have anything to do with startx not working. Guess fluxbox is installed in a /opt prefix and the /etc/profile.d/fluxbox.sh needs to be sourced before starting fluxbox (so log out and login again )
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Inittab doesn't have anything to do with startx not working. Guess fluxbox is installed in a /opt prefix and the /etc/profile.d/fluxbox.sh needs to be sourced before starting fluxbox (so log out and login again )
Sourced? Add in $PATH?
Linux user #403491
"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." - E. A. Poe from Eleonora
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This is my .xinitrc. I masked wmaker and added fluxbox.
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#
PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 &
# exec wmaker
# exec startkde
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
exec fluxbox
Linux user #403491
"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." - E. A. Poe from Eleonora
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It`s working now. I just tried it once more to be certain. Apart for some "estethical" changes in .xinitrc I didnt change anything. This is what you were talking about JGC?
Now I am happy to explore more of arch. Cant wait to make me system run single-boot arch.. Now it shares with ubuntu, debian and dsl. Ubuntu is not bad at all actually, but I think the lean arch is more what I want. And its better for learning.
Thanks all!
Linux user #403491
"Men have called me mad; but the question is not yet settled, whether madness is or is not the loftiest intelligence– whether much that is glorious– whether all that is profound– does not spring from disease of thought– from moods of mind exalted at the expense of the general intellect." - E. A. Poe from Eleonora
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buntu is not bad at all actually, but I think the lean arch is more what I want. And its better for learning
good choice. Ubuntu is bad though!(But it is the best deban can offer)
Be yourself, because you are all that you can be
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This is my .xinitrc. I masked wmaker and added fluxbox.
#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATHxclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 &# exec wmaker
# exec startkde
# exec icewm
# exec blackboxexec fluxbox
You should replace "exec fluxbox" with "exec startfluxbox". But before doing so, read the docs to know why you should.
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A train station is where a train stops.
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PATH=$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin:/sw/bin:/usr/local/bin
export PATH
You don't need either of those lines becase Arch uses xorg 7 which no longer uses /usr/X11R6. Also you shouldn't have anything in /sw/bin or /usr/local/bin unless you've put something there yourself.
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