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Hello,
I have a few problems. My first problem is this. The dpi was messed up when i first install, so i thought no big deal, I'll just go and configure the defaultserverargs setting in the startx script to "-dpi 75". This does not seem to work. Secondly,I can't get gnome to work as my default window manager. I put this line in my .xinitrc file in my home directory:
exec gnome-session
I also tried this:
exec /opt/gnome/bin/gnome-session
My last problem is that when i try to install the ati fglrx drivers with the stock kernel arch package but whenever the fglrx module is called, it says that the module doesn't exist. One thing i might mension which might be of importance is that i compiled a custom kernel during install without SMP and preemtivity so i could use my rt2500 wireless card. Thanks in advance for the help
cheers,
-Lukas
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1) Specify the DisplaySize of your monitor in mm in the Monitor section:
eg.
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "LCDMonitor"
Gamma 0.77
DisplaySize 340 272
EndSection
2) The module is called fglrx, and installs to /lib/modules/2.6.15-ARCH/video. What's your uname -r? You may need to either move this file or make a kernel-module package for your specific kernel. Good time to learn ABS.
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how do I make it so that when i call modprobe fglrx it will load the module? where would i have to symlink it to?
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sinisterguy: You're going to need to build your own kernel module, afaik you can't just symlink a module built for another kernel and expect it to work.
As root, run
abs
Once that's done (it'll check out a bunch of stuff from cvs), change to your normal user and either make a directory for the new package, or cd to some temp directory, then:
cp /var/abs/extra/modules/ati-drivers-arch/* .
vim PKGBUILD
then make the following changes:
pkgname=ati-drivers-arch
to
pkgname=ati-drivers-custom
(or whatever you want to call the package)
depends=('ati-drivers' 'kernel26')
to
depends=('ati-drivers')
source=(https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx_6_8_0-$pkgver-1.i386.rpm fireglcontrol.desktop)
to
source=(http://www2.ati.com/drivers/linux/fglrx_6_8_0-$pkgver-1.i386.rpm fireglcontrol.desktop)
(for some reason I can never get the source from the https address through makepkg.)
and
_kernel=2.6.15-ARCH
to
_kernel=`uname -r`
Save and quit, then run
makepkg
- this'll make you a brand new kernel module package that you can install with
pacman -A ati-drivers-custom-8.22.5-2.pkg.tar.gz
You'll need to update this package every update to the ati-drivers in the same way you originally built it.
If you need more information, ABS is a good place to look, as well as man makepkg.
</abs tutorial>
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when i try that solution, i get this error:
ERROR: fireglcontrol.desktop was not found in the build directory and is not a proper URL.
any suggestions?
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Get it here
Cheers Sigi
Haven't been here in a while. Still rocking Arch.
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