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cybrad

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Registered: 2017-05-28

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[SOLVED] Can't set up graphics drivers

Hey everyone!
After 6 tries I finally installed Arch, but now starting to struggle with the post-install stuff. (yes, am a newbie)
First of all, I'm not sure if I need to install both nvidia and intel drivers? (dell inspiron 7720).

lspci | grep VGA
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M] (rev ff)

Tried installing both, then tried separately, but everytime I get an error when running startx or glxgears (or glxspheres64)

xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused

Could anyone tell me where I screwed up?

Last edited by cybrad (2017-05-28 11:57:06)

Rethil

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Registered: 2014-08-21

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't set up graphics drivers

If you need nvidia blob, you should read about bumblebee. You don't have to install any additional drivers for intel, modesetting will do.

cybrad

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Registered: 2017-05-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't set up graphics drivers

If you need nvidia blob, you should read about bumblebee. You don't have to install any additional drivers for intel, modesetting will do.

Hm, already tried messing with bumblebee, but I'm not even sure I have Optimus, since I can't seem to find it in the BIOS.

Last edited by cybrad (2017-05-28 10:03:01)

Trilby

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't set up graphics drivers

I have no doubt there may be problems with your graphics driver - but there is something else wrong as incorrect or absent graphic drivers would not produce the error in starting X that you provided (at very least not just that message).

Please post your ~/.xinitrc and the full command and output from trying to start x.

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cybrad

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Registered: 2017-05-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Can't set up graphics drivers

Well, just tried reinstalling arch and everything seems to work as of now. Probably messed everything up that time..