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jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

i can't load X

i've installed Arch
but i can't load xorg, after installing with pacman
gdm gnome gnome-extra hwd xorg alsa-lib alsa-utils nvidia nvidia-utils and another packages like this
xorg-apps 1.0.3-2
xorg-font-utils 1.0.3-3
xorg-fonts-100dpi 1.0.1-1
xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.1-1
xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.2-2
xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3
xorg-fonts-type1 1.0.1-1
xorg-server 1.2.0-5
xorg-server-utils 1.0.4-2
xorg-utils 1.0.2-4
xorg-xauth 1.0.1-1
xorg-xinit 1.0.7-1 (xorg)
xorg-xkb-utils 1.0.2-2
xorg-xsm 1.0.1-2

i run hwd -d, then nvidia-xconfig, i reboot, but i get a message
http://www.mediafire.com/?cpmgbjzx9ky

this is my xorg.conf
http://www.mediafire.com/?bigadyo5wgx

the great problem is i couldn't load X even with vesa or nv on xorg.conf
always errors, i'm a little bit tired of them, i've read wikis and how-to from blogs, but all what i saw i did it, and nothing
my nvidia card is a Geforce FX5200
i hope that somebody around here can help me...
the only good i've made is istall some packages from pacman to win time...

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

maybe this could be important
i'm not sure i added in the right way the user
what if i delete him and then create him in the right way?
after the installation i did
adduser
but it showed me some strange arguments, i don't know very well what i tip

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: i can't load X

The log looks ok, a bunch of warnings (you'll need to fix some font paths in the future) but there is nothing that would prevent X from loading, I think...  What is in your .xinitrc?  Does X have anything meaningful to run when it's started?

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

# exec startkde
# exec startxfce4
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox

this es my .xinitrc

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

i want to remove the user and add it well, after that i want trying to load X
can you guide me?

AlmaMater

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Registered: 2007-02-28

Posts: 92

Re: i can't load X

do you have  mouse and keyboards drivers?

pacman -S xf86-input-mouse
pacman -S xf86-input-keyboard

you could also add

exec gnome-session

to your xinitrc
----------------------------------------

delete your user as root:

userdel -r username   (-r to delete the home folder aswell)

usually when i create MY user, i set
GUID to 1000
group: users
other group: video,audio,optical,storage,power,wheel,network,hal,dbus,lp
and everything else as default

Last edited by AlmaMater (2007-10-09 06:10:05)

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

i also tryed with vesa, and nothing
those packages are installed, but nothing
i've dona like 10 times hwd -x with no success
maybe the user isn't well created, but when i do startx like user, the same xorg.0.log
using nvidia or vesa, the same log, that's the strange thing i can't find solution

AlmaMater

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Registered: 2007-02-28

Posts: 92

Re: i can't load X

and if you use
X -configure

as root?
then u copy the xorg conf file generated in your root home folder to /etc/X11/ ?

and add

exec gnome-session

to your .xinitrc

(asuming that u want to use gnome)

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

what's the difference between hwd -x and X -configure?

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

i solved it with
X -configure and editing .xinit
i don't know what was the problem exactly, but working on those topics worked for me

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: i can't load X

Sorry I couldn't help you more yesterday, but I had to get some sleep

The problem was not the configuration of X as such, but the .xinitrc.  X does not load by itself, it needs to load something, and this something needs to be specified in .xinitrc, for example.  Your X was fine, but your .xinitrc didn't specify what should be loaded (gnome, xfce or whatever).  Again, this is just my understanding what was going on...

I'm glad that you managed to work it out, in either case!

Welcome to Arch!

Last edited by fwojciec (2007-10-09 15:07:46)

jfca283

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From: Santiago, Chile

Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 177

Re: i can't load X

thanks to all