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#1 2009-02-08 22:57:42

basho429
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Registered: 2008-10-13
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help with X

Hi all.  I need help with configuring X.  My mobo is an Asus M3A78-EM that has an onboard ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU.  I followed the configuration of X but I am getting an error message that says that there are no screens.  I looked at the /generated etc/X11/xorg.conf and there is a screen section there that correspond to the GPU section so I'm thinking it might be a driver problem.  I tried installing both the ati and ati hd drivers but both would still give me the same error message.  Trying vesa would just give me a mouse icon in the middle of the screen and lock the screen up.  I would have no choice but to do a reboot by pressing the power button.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

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#2 2009-02-09 02:18:59

snuo
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Registered: 2009-02-06
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Re: help with X

I have the same mobo and I've been able to make kde 4.2 work using hwd and aticonfig --initial on Arch64.
I get a similar lockup if i run X once then kill it and try to run it again I get a black powered on screen and a frozen system.

What's the DE you're trying to run and what did you use for config generation, Xorg --configure seems broken for me.

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#3 2009-02-09 03:10:54

basho429
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Re: help with X

Its a fresh install of arch64.  I just installed X server and trying to make it work before installing a DE.  Which driver did you use for the internal ATI Radeon HD 3200 GPU?

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#4 2009-02-09 14:34:50

Mektub
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Re: help with X

Did you try it without a xorg.conf ?

If not give it a try, just rename xorg.conf, and if it works you can build up from there.

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#5 2009-02-12 06:12:12

basho429
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Registered: 2008-10-13
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Re: help with X

tried it without xorg.conf and it worked.  was able to install kde.  now i need help on how to start kde at startup.  any suggestions?  thanks.

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#6 2009-02-12 06:37:56

kludge
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Re: help with X

basho429 wrote:

tried it without xorg.conf and it worked.  was able to install kde.  now i need help on how to start kde at startup.  any suggestions?  thanks.

google.  wiki.


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#7 2009-02-12 09:55:07

Duologic
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Re: help with X

basho429 wrote:

tried it without xorg.conf and it worked.  was able to install kde.  now i need help on how to start kde at startup.  any suggestions?  thanks.

Archlinux requires more DIY  :-)


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