Can't run Xorg -configure

pootzko · 2008-09-23 17:50:32

i have ATI card on my laptop (HP nx6325), and after:

# pacman -S xorg
# pacman -S catalyst

and trying to run
# Xorg -configure

it says:

Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed.

help anyone?

thnx

Last edited by pootzko (2008-09-23 18:08:54)

piotrk · 2008-09-23 18:00:27

try: to
1)remove catalyst
2)configure xorg
3)install catalyst
4)reconfigure xorg

pootzko · 2008-09-23 18:08:34

nope, didnt work..
thanks for the try though

drewbug01 · 2008-09-23 19:10:38

Try creating a bare-bones config file... use xorgconfig to do that.
Then try running aticonfig --initial
See what happens

-- drew

pootzko · 2008-09-23 22:03:03

nevermind.. a friend with the same model of laptop gave me his xorg.conf..

thank you

Auax · 2008-10-01 20:13:40

pootzko wrote:

nevermind.. a friend with the same model of laptop gave me his xorg.conf..
thank you

Damn, I was looking for a solution to this too.

dewbug01's solution did not work.

pootzko · 2008-11-23 19:50:28

yes, and what's interesting is that it worked fine before...

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