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#1 2009-09-06 18:50:45

mag1strate
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Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

Here is my xorg.conf file I don't see what I did wrong.

Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier    "Modified_for_xorg-x11_kernel-2.6.6"
  Screen         0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice   "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice   "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  ModulePath    "/usr/lib/modules"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
    
Section "Module"
  Load  "dbe"
  Load  "dri"
  Load  "dri2"
  Load  "glx"
  Load  "record"
  Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Keyboard0"
  Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Mouse0"
  Driver      "mouse"
  Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
  Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
  Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier   "Monitor0"
  VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
  ModelName     "Monitor Model"
  HorizSync         30.0 - 130.0
  VertRefresh      50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Card0"
  BoardName   "RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]"
  VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"    
  BusID            "PCI :1 :0 :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

I dont see what I did wrong, but by looking at the display section, I think I have too many subsections. Thanks for your time!

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#2 2009-09-06 19:34:03

thisoldman
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

You did nothing wrong.

From the Beginners Guide in the wiki:

Note: Some users have found after the upgrade to Xorg 1.6 that this test fails (no hollow X appears and no capacity for cursor movement is enabled), but this does not indicate a problem with the installation of X. You may want to double check by running the next test in this guide.

Many of us have had a blank or black screen when running the initial test. Just continue working your way through the Beginners Guide to get to the next test: configure ~/.xinitrc and run startx (or xinit).

With the newest version of Xorg, many users have reported they do not need an xorg.conf. Everything runs fine without it. So if you have problems with the next test, rename your xorg.conf and try running without one.

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#3 2009-09-06 19:44:45

flamelab
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

Try to login without xorg.conf.

Make sure you have xorg, xorg-input-drivers and hal installed (and hal started)

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#4 2009-09-06 19:53:37

nTia89
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

post which errors do you have

+pc: custom | AMD Opteron 175 | nForce4 Ultra | 2GB ram DDR400 | nVidia 9800GT 1GB | ArchLinux x86_64 w/ openbox
+laptop: Apple | MacBook (2,1) | 2GB ram | Mac OS X 10.4 -> DIED
+ultrabook: Dell | XPS 13 (9343) | 8GB ram | 256GB ssd | FullHD display | Windows 8.1 64bit ArchLinux x86_64 w/ Gnome

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#5 2009-09-06 20:01:36

mag1strate
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

Whenever I try to start hal i get this error :

::Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer                          [FAIL]

Is it already running I made it that daemon runs it on start up

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#6 2009-09-06 20:47:17

thisoldman
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

If hal is started that's the message you'll get.  Try, as root, 

# /etc/rc.d/hal restart

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#7 2009-09-06 21:17:23

mag1strate
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

I did that and it said:

::Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer                [FAIL]
::Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer                 [FAIL]

Did something happen? It worked when I first tried it.

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#8 2009-09-06 22:12:15

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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

What does "It worked when I first tried it," mean? Did you see this, below, and then did you reissue the "hal restart" command?

# /etc/rc.d/hal restart
:: Stopping Hardware Abstraction Layer                                             [DONE] 
:: Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer                                             [DONE]

If you're closely following the wiki, you should be OK. If you have added hal to the daemons in /etc/rc.conf you can also reboot and start the installation where you left off. Hal will have been started.

You can check that everything you need was installed. Pacman will report an error if it doesn't find the packages.

# pacman -Q hal dbus xf86-input-evdev

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#9 2009-09-06 22:15:52

mag1strate
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

I did the pacman and it was ok.

I when to my /etc/rc.conf and i was wondering if this is how I was supposed to write it.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond alsa hal)

I will continue on if this is how I was supposed to do it.

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#10 2009-09-06 23:19:21

thisoldman
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

It will work the way you have it but it would be better to try "DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network netfs ...)"

You don't need to put dbus in there, hal will start it. I'm just overly cautious.

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#11 2009-09-07 00:13:49

mag1strate
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

Ok guys I'm going to continue thanks for the helP!

Last edited by mag1strate (2009-09-07 00:14:24)

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#12 2009-09-07 04:16:44

bernarcher
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Re: Problem with Xorg.conf test, don't see x

thisoldman wrote:

It will work the way you have it but it would be better to try "DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus hal network netfs ...)"

You don't need to put dbus in there, hal will start it. I'm just overly cautious.

It is even better to leave dbus out. I remember spurious problems when I had it in (being overly cautious as well once tongue ).

In any case keep an eye on the boot messages. It must state before any console or X system login:

Starting Hardware Abstraction Layer                                             [DONE]

Try it with the most basic setup possible, e.g.

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal)

Otherwise there are real serious issues with your hardware or hal setup.

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