New XORG 7.1 install: locale prbolems

frank_einstien · 2006-12-23 09:00:35

Hi

I installed xorg by pacman -S xorg on my new arch install just a few hours ago. Also having installed xorg-twm and xterm, I ran startx.

My monitor's LED began blinking and on returning to vc1 showed the usuall message as well as:

/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line29: xclock command not found

warning: locale not supported by C library, locale unchanged ( repeats many times)

I installed xorg 7.0 on an arch install on september successfully, so I ignored the xclock error. I never remembered anything about locales in my install or configuration. So what could be the problem?

The comp's an i845 with xf86-video-i810 as the driver and xorg.conf was done by hwd -xa. I tired both the i180 and vesa modules with the same result.

Thanks

PS: this was written in links and so I dont know how this message would turn out.

EDIT:

AUGGH! How stupid can I be ???? I just ran mkfontdir on every dir in /usr/share/fonts and now I get these IN ADDITION to the previous message:

could not init font path element /usr/share/[font dir] , removing from list!

Basu · 2006-12-23 11:45:40

I think there's a locale.conf somewhere, where you have to uncomment your locale and then run localegen. The details are somewhere on the forum search for them.

fk · 2006-12-23 12:20:16

I think there's a locale.conf somewhere

/etc/locale.gen

our locale and then run localegen

locale-gen

scarecrow · 2006-12-23 12:26:29

You may also wish to touch /etc/profile and pass there your locales of preference.

frank_einstien · 2006-12-23 14:03:47

Hi

Thanks all of you. I solved the problme of locales which has given me headaches

But the messages of 'cannot init font path element' still persist and.

But I think theres more to the problem :cry: By typing startx instead of greeting with the twm interface, the monitor just blinks the LED ( like slleping or out of sync).I have already installed xorg 7.0 earlier and it worked perfectly. So I think that xorg is corrupting the screen.

Do you think installing KDE will help?

Thanks

ndlarsen · 2006-12-23 14:50:14

frank_einstien wrote:

Do you think installing KDE will help?

Hardly, as kde runs on top of xorg, all window managers do. Post the related contents of the xorg log files.

Misfit138 · 2006-12-23 15:01:07

Have you setup your ~/.xinitrc to your wm?
Did you install xorg-video-drivers, and/or nvidia drivers (if you're using nvidia ) and generate a good xorg.conf?

frank_einstien · 2006-12-23 17:48:24

Hi

here's my xorg log http://www.filefactory.com/file/10c111/

Yes I did intsall xf86-video-i810 for my intel 845 and xorg by hwd -xa and the dirver changed to i810

I dont understand about xinitrc

Basu · 2006-12-23 18:06:06

just give us your .xinitrc file which is in your home directory. You should have a line saying 'exec twm"

frank_einstien · 2006-12-23 18:16:42

#!/bin/sh

#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)
#

exec wmaker
# exec startkde
# exec icewm
# exec blackbox
# exec fluxbox

So I change wmaker to twm right? let me try it out

frank_einstien · 2006-12-23 19:35:05

Hi

It works!!! [ howling in joy onto the night with neighborhood canines]
Thanks Basu and fk for solving the locale blues

thanks ndlarsen for trying out all angles of the problem

thanks misfit138 and Basu again for pinpointing the error and finding the solution.

Thanks everybody again

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Advance

Misfit138 · 2006-12-23 21:14:49

Well for my part, this is the first time I was able to help someone here on the Arch forums. (I am usually doing the asking!)
Good luck and hope you enjoy Arch as much as I do.

Basu · 2006-12-24 05:40:54

Always glad to help.
May the source be with you!

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New XORG 7.1 install: locale prbolems

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