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nahoj1976

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From: Åsele, Lappland, Sweden

Registered: 2005-03-13

Posts: 29

Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

After making an upgrade (pacman -Su) my x-configuration didn't work any more. After some struggle with xorg I had it working again.

BUT

now I can start X, work in kde without any problem. Nice graphics...

But when I ctrl-Alt-F1 to the console - or close the Xserver - the text is scrolling very fast (or rather flickering). The only way to get it back again is to restart the computer.   :?

I have never met this before. How can I solve it? What is happening?

I have an Siemens Amilo Pro 2000 laptop. Kernel 2.6.17

Best regards,

Nahoj

edit:
Needed to use i810 instead of the default vesa. See last post for how to get it.

ducttapeBigSexy

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Registered: 2006-07-01

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Re: Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

I have a similar problem on my laptop... and I have no idea how to fix it

The best solution I've found thus far is to switch back and forth between a GUI and the console - if that doesn't work, try killing the X server with CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE.

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nahoj1976

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From: Åsele, Lappland, Sweden

Registered: 2005-03-13

Posts: 29

Re: Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

Problem is that this is exactly what I can't do any more!

After I have started X I can never go back to text-mode again!

If I switch with ctrl-alt-Fn key the console I get is flickering.

If I close X with ctrl-alt-backspace I get a console that is flickering. This means you can not read the text but you can write commands...

In kde X works all right.

Somehow the starting of X seams to change the monitor in a way that makes it not working in textmode anymore. The next time I boot everything is OK until I start X again...

:cry:

nahoj1976

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From: Åsele, Lappland, Sweden

Registered: 2005-03-13

Posts: 29

Re: Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

This is more and more strange...

I tested to switch mode by ctrl-alt-[minus] and suddenly I got a screen larger than the monitor. Now when I check the console it is OK...

:?

Ryujin

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From: Centerville, Utah

Registered: 2005-05-12

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Re: Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

Are you using a display manager (kdm) or are you just running startx?  Also, do you have a framebuffer enabled at startup?  And posting your xorg.conf might help

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nahoj1976

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From: Åsele, Lappland, Sweden

Registered: 2005-03-13

Posts: 29

Re: Strange Xorg problem... SOLVED

I have been reading every possible clue to find anything about this.

The solution came finally:
the module i810 was not found. Although it was installed and included in the kernel (and modprobed) it still need to be downloaded by:
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pacman -S xf86-video-i810
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Then this was not enough! Before it can solve anything one needs to install those packages:
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pacman -S xorg-server xterm aterm xf86-input-mouse xf86-input-keyboard
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I made that update and reinstalled the ones that was installed and then again run
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pacman -S xf86-video-i810
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and then suddenly the module i810 could be loaded!

This is my xorg.conf:
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Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection   

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
      # PS/2 Mouse not detected
      # Serial Mouse not detected
        InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
   
EndSection

Section "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"
   # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
   #    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
   #    FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/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"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "dbe"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "dri"
#    Load  "evdev"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "int10"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "vbe"
#    Load  "GLcore"
#    Load  "drm"
#    Load  "speedo"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
#    Option "XkbLayout" ""
#    Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "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"
EndSection

Section "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"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "vesa"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Intel82852/855GM 0"
#    Driver  "vesa"
    Driver      "i810"
    Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
    Screen 0
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Intel82852/855GM 1"
    Driver "vesa"
#    Driver "i810"
    Option "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
    Screen 1
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Generic 0"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-64
    VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Generic 1"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 28-64
    VertRefresh 43-60
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Intel82852/855GM 0"
    Monitor "Generic 0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 1
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 4
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 8
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 15
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 16
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection   

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen 2"
    Device "Intel82852/855GM 1"
    Monitor "Generic 1"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 1
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 4
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 8
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 15
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 16
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
       Depth 24
       Modes "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection   

Section "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
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection
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I hope it might help anyone