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pejotr

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Registered: 2009-11-07

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[solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

I've just installed Archlinux with lates xorg from repo, with xf86-video-intel, -input-mouse, -input-keyboard.
First thing i've tried was using HAL. Didn't work, it seems it tries to run X, but it can't The screen is black for a moment a then returns to console.
Here is log: http://dpaste.com/117386/

Then i tried X --configure and X -config xorg.conf.new. Also did not work, the screen turns to black and hang...
Finally I used hwd -x, same problem as with X --configure...

What is going on  ? I've never had any problems with X on arch, till now...

I have a Intel 945GM graphics controller.

EDIT:
I added vga=866 to kernel line in grub/menu.lst because starting X cause error "/dev/fd0 no such file "

Last edited by pejotr (2009-11-07 17:16:09)

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Registered: 2007-08-23

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

First thing i've tried was using HAL. Didn't work, it seems it tries to run X, but it can't

That doesn't sound right: hal shouldn't try to start X. What are the indications that it did?

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pejotr

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

I meant, after starting HAL, and executing startx sth is happening, but it immediately back to console...

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

#  FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
#     +-------------------------------------------------+
#          | 640x480    800x600    1024x768   1280x1024
#      ----+--------------------------------------------
#      256 | 0x301=769  0x303=771  0x305=773   0x307=775
#      32K | 0x310=784  0x313=787  0x316=790   0x319=793
#      64K | 0x311=785  0x314=788  0x317=791   0x31A=794
#      16M | 0x312=786  0x315=789  0x318=792   0x31B=795
#     +-------------------------------------------------+

Pick one of those. Everything else (e.g. 866) is unreliable.

You Xorg log file looks surprisingly normal, as if X went down regularly. What is in you .xinitrc file?

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pejotr

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

i've followed these instructions http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRU … Resolution. But i can change, no problem.
my .xinitrc is clear

EDIT:
funny, I added "exec xterm" to .xinitrc and it works !!! mouse, keybord are fine. What is going on ?

Last edited by pejotr (2009-11-07 15:19:18)

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

What is going on is that X will start, then the commands in .xinitrc will be executed, and when that is done X will shut down. So in case of an empty xinitrc X will start up and then immediately shut down.

exec xterm starts an xterm and then waits for it to finish (i.e. be closed).

Everything you have described here is consistent with a successful installation.

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MadTux

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

I have a Intel 945GM graphics controller.

EDIT:
I added vga=866 to kernel line in grub/menu.lst because starting X cause error "/dev/fd0 no such file "

Be careful with kernel mode setting and vga= settings. It works not too good together. See wiki article on Intel cards (but its the same with other cards):

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel_Graphics

pejotr

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Re: [solved]newest X11 with intel - not working

I remeber that afret installing X11, i had 3 xterm, and clock on screen, not immediate shutdown.
Whatever, gnome works