Xorg configuration by hand

Alphalutra1 · 2006-10-14 16:09:06

Okay, I am currently trying out arch linux and openbsd in vmware on my winblows xp pc, which I am forced to use due to work. Every time I install arch linux, I end up being trapped in xorg hell, between trying to get this and that to work, etc. Long story short, I would like to make an xorg.conf file by hand, that I can save on my usbstick, and it will work for my current hardware configuration for xorg 7.

Unfortunately, I do not have a lot of practice dealing with Xorg. That is where I ask for your help. I don't need 3d acceleration and am just fine with the vesa driver, to start out my setup, so let's worry about that at another time. So here are my specs, and I greatly appreciate the help you guys will give me:

Dell 1704 FPT (17" flat panel monitor with digital video input cable)
Nvidia 6800 graphics card (256 MB RAM)
1GB RAM
Pentium 3.4 Ghz HT processor
250GB Maxtor Hard drive
NEC cd/dvd burner
Standard keyboard that plugs into the PS/2 port
Logitech USB mouse

I am reinstalling arch linux right now with a base system, and will pacman -Syu it. That is the only change I will have done to the system, except change the network configuration to dhcp.

Thanks a lot, I really appreciate the help,

Alphalutra1

detto · 2006-10-14 16:42:40

Recommended install is imo

pacman -Sy xorg

For configuring xorg there you have xorgconfig and hwd.
I prefer hwd cause it was made for archie/archlinux.
Do a

pacman -S hwd
hwd -u && hwd -x

and then check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd if there is anything you would like to change. Usually not necessary (maybe mouse buttons).
Then remove the .hwd suffix and you should be set.
good luck!

cheers,
detto

Alphalutra1 · 2006-10-14 20:23:04

I have done that before, but the xorg.conf was ridiculously long, with a ton of nn stuff, and it didn't work as well. So I was just wondering how going through each item I have, how I could make a custom config. I will be away from my computer for about twelve hours, but I will try to look up a bunch more stuff on google and post back with my xorg.conf I made from hand. Any hints would be appreciated of course

Thanks

Alphaltura1

detto · 2006-10-14 20:25:04

You mean from scratch by hand xorg.conf? Puh that would be time consuming and isnt necessary either imo :shock:
Post your xorg.conf that you get with hwd please. We could take a look at it then.

chrismortimore · 2006-10-14 21:08:08

I tried building an xorg.conf (well, back then it was XF86Config) by hand once... It made me cry... Luckily, I was using Debian at the time, so debconf made me a working config that worked really well. Anyway, here is a pretty basic xorg.conf which you can just mod as you need. More specifically, it is my xorg.conf for my desktop... You can get it: http://chris.mortimore.googlepages.com/xorg.conf <-- there. Sections to pay attention to: keyboard (make sure you have the right layout and language), mouse (make sure its the right kind of mouse), monitor (make sure the refresh rates and stuff are right for your monitor) and graphics (just change the driver). And you'll want to remove some nvidia-specific options, but leaving them there won't hurt, they should just get ignored.

Echo · 2006-10-14 21:36:40

Xorg -configure

Usually yields a managable file (in size) that you can the tweak.

Alphalutra1 · 2006-10-15 21:11:52

xorg -configure causes vmware server to freeze :? on both arch linux and openbsd, so it is not an os problem. So I just used hwd -x and tried to trim it down to the max, and it will work with openbox. Anything else I could do to trim it down, in particular getting rid of some of the fonts? Here are the apps I mainly use:

Opera, Sylpheed, aterm, gvim, java sdk. and that's about it

Thanks for the help

Alphalutra1

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
	InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
	Option "AllowMouseOpenFail"  "true"
	
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
#	FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#	FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "extmod"
#	Load  "glx"
        Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
	Load  "type1"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "record"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "keyboard"
        Option      "CoreKeyboard"
	Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
	Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
	Option "XkbLayout" ""
	Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option      "Protocol" "auto"
	Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
	Option      "Device" "/dev/psaux"
	Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
	Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
	Option	    "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier      "USB Mouse"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Option          "Device"                "/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"SendCoreEvents"	"true"
        Option          "Protocol"              "IMPS/2"
        Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"
        Option          "Buttons"               "5"
EndSection

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier "Monitor0"
		Option "DPMS" "true"
#	HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
	HorizSync    28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
	VertRefresh  50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#	VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
	# 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
	ModeLine "1024x768"   78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312    768  769  772  800 +hsync +vsync
EndSection

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "All"
	BoardName   "All"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	DefaultColorDepth 16
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     8
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     16
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     24
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth     32
		Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
	Mode 0666
EndSection

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chrismortimore · 2006-10-16 10:06:59

I'd say thats about as "trimmed down" as a working xorg.conf should ever be to be honest.

Alphalutra1 · 2006-10-16 13:17:35

Sounds good. Thanks for the advice. Now it is time to go and mess some more stuff up :twisted:

Alphalutra1

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Xorg configuration by hand

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