[solved] xorg problem

skale · 2006-10-15 20:39:37

I installed xorg and Openbox according to the instructions provided in the wiki,

When I try to startx, the screen goes blank for a second, and then shows this screen:

hostname: Unknown host
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.9832

X Window System Version 7.1.1
Release Date: 12 May 2006
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux ftbedroom 2.6.16-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu May 11 07:20:39 CEST 2006 i686
Build Date: 19 September 2006
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Oct 15 16:30:09 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
/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 31: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 32: exec: xterm: not found

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

What is the problem and how should I fix it?

ingvildr · 2006-10-15 20:46:30

if you haven't put

exec openbox

in $HOME/.xinitrc then do that, also stop running X as root

skale · 2006-10-16 00:34:51

Done. Now it has a problem with some 'glx' module, it says:

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)

When I do startx (from a regular user :oops: ) the screen goes blank, when I get bored and Ctrl+Alt+F1 back to the console, it gives that message.

edit:
I tried commenting out the 'Load glx' line from the xorg.conf. No luck there. The error message disappeared, but the I still see no desktop anywhere.

My experience with X is close to nil, so don't assume a whole lot.

twiistedkaos · 2006-10-16 00:37:05

skale wrote:

Done. Now it has a problem with some 'glx' module, it says:
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)

When I do startx (from a regular user :oops: ) the screen goes blank, when I get bored and Ctrl+Alt+F1 back to the console, it gives that message.

Try commenting out the GLX module line in your Xorg configuration file. Obviously your drivers don't use it.

Cerebral · 2006-10-16 00:56:36

try installing the libgl-dri package. Additionally, do you have your video drivers installed? xf86-video-*

also, the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log could shed some light on any remaining problems.

skale · 2006-10-16 00:56:53

I did (see edit above)
It got rid of the error message but it still does not work. My .xinitrc file says 'exec openbox' (without the quotation marks)
Openbox is installed.
Everything seems to work up until the part where the desktop has to load. Strange.
Do you have any idea what it could be?

Thanks for the help, guys.

twiistedkaos · 2006-10-16 01:20:09

try just running

startx & openbox

skale · 2006-10-16 01:23:20

Looked at the Xorg.log

There are a lot of fonts missing... for example:

(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/blah-blah-blah" does not exist.
        Entry deketed from font path.

I ran 'mkfontdir' where suggested and created fonts.dir files in those directories.

Much later on there is a

(WW) Option "XkbLayout" requires a string value
(WW) Option "XkbVariant" requires a string value

The last lines were:

(II) USB Mouse: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

That's all. I just looked for warnings and errors ( don't know what else to look for and the whole file is too long to post).

When I ran startx again, still didn't work, in the tty1 I got a

Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/whatever, removing from list!

about four times (each with a different 'whatever'), so I Ctrl+C'd out of it and got the FreefontPath line as usual.

edit:
I had tried the startx & openbox much earlier without luck. I ran it now and got the same response.ey would be quite useless without any desktop running.
I have no video drivers installed as of now. I figured th

twiistedkaos · 2006-10-16 01:54:55

Well, you probably should install a video driver, also, the font path's are just warnings, they aren't errors. That shouldn't be stopping you. Try installing your graphic driver and try again.

skale · 2006-10-16 20:54:07

I'm trying to install the nvidia driver but the extra repository seems to be down. I'll post what happens. But, just curious, why does X need a driver to work properly? I am sure desktops were around long before graphics cards were invented. Also, on Ubuntu the whole thing worked great without the driver ( screensavers were choppy, however) but the desktop came up fine. Why does this need a driver?

skale · 2006-10-16 21:16:45

I installed the driver, and now I hava a mouse pointer!!

Too bad I don't have anything else. Ah, the small victories.

What to do now? I reinstalled openbox according to the wiki and checked the xinitrc, so I'm good there. What's the deal here?

Again, thanks for the help, everyone. Especially the penguin-man.

skale · 2006-10-17 01:55:07

Now, I get a pretty little nvidia splash screen when I startx, along with the familiar X-shaped pointer. Then the mpuse pointer becomes the standard arrow, the screen is black, desktopless.

Now, I suspect that Openbox is the culprit here. If the splashscreen can come up, I suppose that X works, and the desktop is bad. I don't want to try installing another one just yet, as it takes forever with my choppy router, and I have to sit there and restart the download every ten seconds when it freezes. Any suggestions? A graphical user interface is kinda useless when invisible.

Also, is it possible to run programs in this, without a window manager? Could I run, say, firefox, without the close buttons and everything? I suppose I would type startx in one terminal, and, say, firefox, in another, and have a firefox browser show up in the F7 slot? Or do I have to have a window manager to view anything?

The first question is more important.

ToastedToad · 2006-10-17 02:03:51

Usually openbox starts as just a black background, and a mouse pointer. I'm just grasping at straws here, but did you right click by any chance? Maybe it's really working:)

skale · 2006-10-17 02:15:11

... solved.

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