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vladuz976

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From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

xorg7 on fresh arch install doesn't start [fixed]

Hi, i installed arch from ftp.
archlinux.org mirror.
everything is up to date and i did pacman -Sy xorg and pacman -Sy nvidia I ran Xorg -configure to generate my xorg.conf which should have the right paths.
but still, X doesnt'start.
i get modules failed to load. nvidia and glx. no drivers available.
what can I do?

rocknice

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Registered: 2005-04-01

Posts: 10

Re: xorg7 on fresh arch install doesn't start [fixed]

even though you downloaded the most recent packages from the server, the nvidia package maintainer made the package for xorg 6.8 instead of the xorg 7 which you downloaded. it will take a while for all the drivers for xorg 6.8 to be ported to xorg 7 so the best thing to do is just use the vesa driver that came with xorg 7 until the nvidia package is up-to-date.

to use the vesa driver compatible with xorg 7

note, kde has not been ported to xorg 7 yet and if you use xorg 7, kde will be messed up.

first, if you have the config /etc/X11/xorg.conf, move it to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak

get a sample config from the X server itself

Xorg -configure

the config will be placed in /root/xorg.conf.new

move that config to /etc/X11/xorg.conf

mv /root/xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf

configure that file to meet your needs by changing the mouse, keyboard, screen, etc, but do not touch the card tab

xorgcfg -textmode

select write to xorg and quit and all should work.

vladuz976

Member

From: Venice, CA

Registered: 2005-11-04

Posts: 108

Re: xorg7 on fresh arch install doesn't start [fixed]

not true you fix your servers for extra and you can get the right version of nvidia
look here

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … highlight=