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ManBlue

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2010-09-02

Posts: 26

[SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

I have installed all the Xorg and Xinit files.
I ran

 lspci | grep -e VGA 

and got

 0e:0d.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] ES1000 (rev 02) 

I installed xf86-video-ati for the driver and ran

 Xorg :0 -configure 

Result in Xorg.0.log is :

[262471.156] 
X.Org X Server 1.19.3
Release Date: 2017-03-15
[262471.168] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[262471.173] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.11-1-ARCH x86_64 
[262471.177] Current Operating System: Linux BleedingEdge2 4.12.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Jul 28 18:54:18 UTC 2017 x86_64
[262471.177] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=ef227aa5-f74e-4747-a60a-1b5d6575dd99 rw quiet
[262471.187] Build Date: 07 April 2017  05:42:48PM
[262471.191]  
[262471.196] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[262471.205] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[262471.205] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[262471.223] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Aug 10 22:40:54 2017
[262471.223] (II) Loader magic: 0x822d60
[262471.223] (II) Module ABI versions:
[262471.223] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[262471.223] 	X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[262471.223] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[262471.223] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[262471.224] (--) using VT number 2

[262471.224] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[262471.225] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[262471.227] (EE) 
[262471.232] (EE) Backtrace:
[262471.237] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (OsLookupColor+0x139) [0x59c209]
[262471.242] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libpthread.so.0 (funlockfile+0x50) [0x7f823099582f]
[262471.247] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (xf86PlatformMatchDriver+0x2a4) [0x4967f4]
[262471.251] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (xf86BusProbe+0x9) [0x46e1d9]
[262471.256] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (InitOutput+0x77c) [0x47cdec]
[262471.261] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (InitFonts+0x216) [0x43a796]
[262471.265] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xea) [0x7f82305fe4ca]
[262471.270] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/xorg-server/Xorg (_start+0x2a) [0x42464a]
[262471.275] (EE) 
[262471.279] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x50
[262471.284] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[262471.293] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[262471.297] (EE) 
[262471.302] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[262471.319] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[262471.323] (EE) 
[262471.328] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

What am I doing wrong?
Thank you

Last edited by ManBlue (2017-08-11 13:14:29)

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V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,723

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

What am I doing wrong?

 Xorg :0 -configure 

...

In all seriousness, just don't run Xorg :0 -configure in the first place. As evident that functionality is broken and should not be used anymore (I'd really think they would have removed the ability to even attempt to do so by now). Just try to start X without any explicit configuration from your side. It is perfectly capable of figuring out the correct configuration automatically itself during startup.

ManBlue

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2010-09-02

Posts: 26

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

Thank you!

I ran

 startx 

and got a blank screen. I thought I would see the xterm and xclock. did I miss an install?

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seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,171

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

Do you have xterm, xclock (and twm) installed? What does your ~/.xinitrc look like?

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ManBlue

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From: Virginia, USA

Registered: 2010-09-02

Posts: 26

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

My bad! I thought xterm and twm were packaged under the xorg server and xinit install package. I just installed it.
Thank you

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Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,919

Re: [SOLVED] Cannot Configure X

That card is a very weak integrated videocard , basically a server version of the ATI rage XL.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATI_Rage#RAGE_XL
http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=4639

TL;DR : add an external videocard to that sytem if you need X

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2017-08-11 13:26:37)

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