X Org Configuration Issues

network45 · 2007-12-23 07:29:15

Hi there,
Have installed Arch on my laptop. ACer Travel Mate 2403, it has 1.5 gigs of RAM, 80 gb hdd, with Intel 915 graphics chipset. LCD Screen that can support 1280 X 800 resoultion

The problem is that after installing X.Org, i installed the Intel driver - pacman -S xf86-video-i810

Then I ran the Xorg -configure command to detect the necessary hardware. after which I ran Xorg giving the path of the newly generated xorg.conf.new file. I could see the black screen with the cursor. I copied this file to /etc/XII and renamed it to xorg.conf

Now the problem starts. Whenever I issue the command startx it exits abruptly with the following error messages -

using config file /etc/X11/xorg.conf

(EE) Failed to load module "glx" module does not exist, 0
(ww) I810 no matciung device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
(II) Module DDC already built in
(II) module ramdac already built in

could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/TTF removing from list
could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1 removing from list
FreeFontPath FPE:"usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1 fixint.

And thats it. I even tried configuring X using the HWD tool and also the xorgconfig tool, I still get this error message.

All the sections seem allright in xorg.conf.

I installed ARch linux on my desktop which has nvidia card, and everything is working with right drivers.

Please help me out. I need a working laptop.

Regards
AC.

hacosta · 2007-12-23 07:38:06

you need libgl

pacman -S libgl

network45 · 2007-12-23 08:27:40

Hi there hacosta as you said " pacman -S libgl "

I did it, but still the same issue but now i get these error messages -

(ww) I810 no matciung device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found
(II) Module DDC already built in
(II) module ramdac already built in

could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/TTF removing from list
could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1 removing from list
FreeFontPath FPE:"usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1 fixing

Please help.

Regards,
AC

Mantaar · 2007-12-23 09:43:58

Those are not error messages. In fact, it seems your X is just doing fine.

Well, except for the warning about your I810. That shouldn't be there. Do you have more than one graphics card (an onboard and a PCI)? If so, do you use your onboard chip?

network45 · 2007-12-23 09:51:16

Hi Mantaar,
Thanks for replying......

As i said before I am using a laptop, so there is only graphics card. As for the i810 thats the driver its using.

So if you say that X is working fine, then why messges and why isn't X starting

Please let me know how to resolve this.

thans

kth5 · 2007-12-23 14:48:42

Try removing BusId from the driver section. BusIds may change when you use a dual configuration that normally would work for dual-head and single-head by disabling the external output when nothing's found. Just remove it and start with just one driver section in case you have two.

Mantaar · 2007-12-23 15:17:23

network45 wrote:

Hi Mantaar,
Thanks for replying......
As i said before I am using a laptop, so there is only graphics card. As for the i810 thats the driver its using.

Mah. That's what I get for only skimming over your post...

Try to follow kth5's tip - if it doesn't work, posting your xorg.conf here might help us identifying the problem.

network45 · 2007-12-26 07:04:47

Hi mantaar and kth5 I tried what you said and nothing worked, so here i am posting my Xorg config file. This Xorg.conf file is generated by Xorg -config

I would like to mention one thing though - If I run the command X xorg.conf it works, i can see my mosue cursor, and also the graphical tool called xorgcfg also works. I get all the errors when I issue startx command. Here is my X org file as generated by Xorg -config

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/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "xtrap"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "glx"
Load "record"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
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"

#DisplaySize 300 190 # mm
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "QDS"
ModelName "2c"
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 "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Group 0
EndSection

Please help, this card ran well in FC7 and also ubuntu 7.10
Regards
AC

kth5 · 2007-12-26 12:36:59

Ubuntu and Fedora have a patched version of i810 while Arch already offers you xf86-video-intel. With a 9xx chipset you should be able to well take advantage of that.

No matching Device Section for BusId is probably also a hint at that i810 doesn't support this chipset.

Here's your xorg.conf with some modifications from me:
http://pastebin.archlinux.org/22355

Hope it helps.

ralvez · 2007-12-26 15:24:00

Try this:
edit /etc/rc.conf and at the end of the daemons line type "kwm" if you are using KDE or "gdm" if you are using Gnome.
Then start your system. Let us know if it starts the GUI then.

R.

vogt · 2007-12-26 18:26:44

ralvez wrote:

Try this:
edit /etc/rc.conf and at the end of the daemons line type "kwm" if you are using KDE or "gdm" if you are using Gnome.
Then start your system. Let us know if it starts the GUI then.
R.

I don't expect kdm or gdm to know how to start X without looking at the same faulty configuration. You'd just run into the same errors (using the i810 driver).

I have the same chipset. It does work with the i915 driver (using the 915resolution hack). Or just use the xf86-video-intel (which can automatically go to 1280x800) driver (as has already been suggested).

network45 wrote:

Then I ran the Xorg -configure command to detect the necessary hardware. after which I ran Xorg giving the path of the newly generated xorg.conf.new file. I could see the black screen with the cursor. I copied this file to /etc/XII and renamed it to xorg.conf
Now the problem starts. Whenever I issue the command startx it exits abruptly with the following error messages -

This seems to suggest that it is not actually the driver's fault, that the problem has to do with your other scripts: you happen to be starting a window manager that exits quite soon (and causes X to exit).

So, either use a display manager kdm,gdm,xdm,slim to start your session, or show us your xinitrc (or xsession or whatever else your xinit script calls).

ralvez · 2007-12-26 20:39:43

Looking at the problem from a driver's perspective the driver should be i810. I had a similar situation where i915 was, according to my machine's manufacturer, what I should use; but it did not work. Then I downloaded xf86-video-i810 which covers (X.org Intel i810/i830/i915 video drivers) and that worked just fine.

R.

Liberum Vir · 2007-12-27 08:47:13

The same thing happened with me.
I found it was in my xinitrc file
Try this...

nano ~/.xinitrc

In that file, either make sure exec startkde is uncommented (no preceeding #) or add it
The only line of uncommented code needed is which window manager you want running
So... for KDE

exec startkde

Check that out, and let us know.

LV

ibendiben · 2007-12-27 11:28:13

Remove xf86-video-i810, install xf86-video-intel. It's got the i810 driver provided in there too.

triplefault · 2008-01-17 08:09:33

Hi there

Yesterday I did a quick setup on a new laptop and ran into the same problem with both the "i810" and "Intel" drivers.
Interesting is, that the X Server works under the root user without problems.
And just as I'm reading this thread, it struck me. I've got no ~/.xinitrc for my normal user account.
Normally this should not be a problem, because if no ~/.xinitrc exists /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc is used as fallback
Maybe it is a permission issue ? I'll check this evening with a ~/.xinitrc

triplefault

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