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absolutevoid

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[Solved] X dont work

Hi All,

I have installed an Archlinux distro in my HP Compaq nx6125 laptop. But I am not able to configure and successfully start X window Manager. What I get is only a blank screen. System has ATI Radeon Xpress 200M 5955 (PCIE). Installed ati and radeonhd drivers. But still no difference.

Here is the /etc/X11/xorg.conf content:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    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/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
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   220    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "LPL"
    ModelName    "1151"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 130.0 # Safe for LCD's
    VertRefresh  50.0 - 100.0 # Safe for LCD's and most CRT's.
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     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"                # [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"          # <i>
        #Option     "AGPMode"                # <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"                # <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"               # <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"             # <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"       # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EnablePageFlip"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"           # <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"              # <i>
        #Option     "PCIAPERSize"            # <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"       # <freq>
        #Option     "ColorTiling"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort"     # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort"     # <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"              # <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath"     # <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType"     # <str>
        #Option     "ScalerWidth"            # <i>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"          # [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"            # <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ConnectorTable"         # <str>
        #Option     "DefaultConnectorTable"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTMDSPLL"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVDACLoadDetect"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ForceTVOut"             # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVStandard"             # <str>
        #Option     "IgnoreLidStatus"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultTVDACAdj"        # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Int10"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "EXAVSync"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ATOMTVOut"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "R4xxATOM"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeon"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE)"
    BusID       "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    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
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

Hardware info is available at  http://docs.google.com/View?id=dgqk6pzd_29cxr79qc8

I have a problem with wireless access too.

I had been running Ubuntu on this machine and had formatted it before installing arch. With Ubuntu, I was able to work with X and also ot connect Wirelessly to Internet. The Chipset used is Broadcom BCM 4318

Last edited by absolutevoid (2009-08-15 04:23:44)

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keenerd

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

For the most part, you no longer need an xorg.conf.  Have you tried any of the following?

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Radeon
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=23066
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=46097

Generally, using google to search the forums and wiki is a good idea.  Using searches like

4318 site:bbs.archlinux.org

or

radeon site:wiki.archlinux.org

will often provide immediate results.

Last edited by keenerd (2009-08-14 14:17:13)

miau

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 202

Re: [Solved] X dont work

Could you post your xorg.log?

jelly

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

the log is in  /var/log/X11/

Check the wiki for your wireless card
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless#BCM43XX

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absolutevoid

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

Thank you verymuch for your help. I simply delted the xorg.conf file and X worked out of the box. Installed KDEmod and is working fine.

But on the wireless front, I still have some problems. As per the wiki, I installed the necessary driver (b43) and firmware and also installed netcfg. Now as my connection is set to open access, I am unsure of to select which example file to create /etc/network.d/mynetwork file. I chose wireless-wep. But as I said, it is open connection and wep or wpa is not enabled. Also, there is an SSID and BSSID in my router and I am assuming this SSID to be the ESSID, the file is refering to. But I do not know what to give as key. the default key in the example does not work.

Please do help.

Wired internet is accessible. WLAN0 is not. I have also tried the other two ways: manual way and through defining interface in rc.conf. It works out neither way.

Last edited by absolutevoid (2009-08-13 20:17:58)

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absolutevoid

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

When I run iwconfig, this is what I get:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"xxxxxx"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

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majiq

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

First of all, you should create a new post instead of asking a second question in the same post. That provides for cleaner threads. Secondly, if your wireless network doesn't have a password or key, you just don't supply one. Thirdly, you could also look into the GUI apps that will connect for you. Fourthly,

Welcome.

absolutevoid

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

hi majiq,

Thank you for your kind advice. I have stated this question in a different thread at newbie corner.

regards.
Sebin

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ideastack

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Registered: 2009-08-14

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Re: [Solved] X dont work

Hi keenerd,

Yes Your thought is right, Wikipedia give a lot of information briefly

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