[SOLVED] Just got back to my Arch machine - problems

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-10 01:52:34

So, after about a month of not having Internet access, I booted my Arch system today to update everything but of course, I have some problems that are keeping me from doing that. I have Gnome as my DE and when I boot up, I can log in just fine but when I get to the Desktop, I can't click on anything. The mouse moves just fine, the icons even change shade when I put the cursor over them like they can be clicked on but clicking on them does nothing. I have to launch everything with the keyboard, which isn't such a big deal but it's a bit of a nuisance.

The other thing that's bothering me is I have no internet access. I am behind a different router now with an IP of 192.168.1.1 (instead of 192.168.0.1) and I made the appropriate change in the ROUTE variable in rc.conf but it hasn't done anything. I even tried manually adding the default route to the routing table with

#route add -net default gw 192.168.1.1 dev eth0

but that doesn't seem to have done anything either. I have an IP address but I can't ping the router. Oh yeah, and network is listed as a daemon in rc.conf. This is, of course, keeping me from updating my system using pacman.

I may have other problems too but these are the two biggest that I need to get sorted out ASAP so your advice is appreciated. Here is my xorg.conf and a list of processes that are running after boot up.

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
        InputDevice    "USB 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  "Serial Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option      "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option      "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option      "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents"  "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option      "Protocol" "auto"
    Option      "ZAxisMapping"          "1 2 3 6 7"
    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"          "1 2 3 6 7"
        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    30.0 - 83.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 76.0 # Very conservative. May flicker.
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    #  Default modes distilled from
    #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
    #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
    #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
    # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    ModeLine "640x350"    31.5  640  672  736  832    350  382  385  445 +hsync -vsync
    # 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    ModeLine "640x400"    31.5  640  672  736  832    400  401  404  445 -hsync +vsync
    # 720x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    ModeLine "720x400"    35.5  720  756  828  936    400  401  404  446 -hsync +vsync
    # 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz
    ModeLine "640x480"    25.2  640  656  752  800    480  490  492  525 -hsync -vsync
    # 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    ModeLine "640x480"    31.5  640  664  704  832    480  489  491  520 -hsync -vsync
    # 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz
    ModeLine "640x480"    31.5  640  656  720  840    480  481  484  500 -hsync -vsync
    # 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz
    ModeLine "640x480"    36.0  640  696  752  832    480  481  484  509 -hsync -vsync
    # 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz
    ModeLine "800x600"    36.0  800  824  896 1024    600  601  603  625 +hsync +vsync
    # 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    ModeLine "800x600"    40.0  800  840  968 1056    600  601  605  628 +hsync +vsync
    # 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz
    ModeLine "800x600"    50.0  800  856  976 1040    600  637  643  666 +hsync +vsync
    # 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz
    ModeLine "800x600"    49.5  800  816  896 1056    600  601  604  625 +hsync +vsync
    # 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz
    ModeLine "800x600"    56.3  800  832  896 1048    600  601  604  631 +hsync +vsync
    # 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"   44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264    768  768  776  817 +hsync +vsync Interlace
    # 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"   65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344    768  771  777  806 -hsync -vsync
    # 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"   75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328    768  771  777  806 -hsync -vsync
    # 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"   78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312    768  769  772  800 +hsync +vsync
    # 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"   94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376    768  769  772  808 +hsync +vsync
    # 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz
    ModeLine "1152x864"  108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600    864  865  868  900 +hsync +vsync
    # 1280x960 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz
    ModeLine "1280x960"  108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800    960  961  964 1000 +hsync +vsync
    # 1280x960 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 85.9kHz
    ModeLine "1280x960"  148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728    960  961  964 1011 +hsync +vsync
    # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz
    ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    # 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz
    ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688   1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    # 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz
    ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728   1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 75.0kHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 65Hz (VESA) hsync: 81.3kHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 87.5kHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 93.8kHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160   1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    # 1792x1344 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 83.6kHz
    ModeLine "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448   1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
    # 1792x1344 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz
    ModeLine "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456   1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
    # 1856x1392 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 86.3kHz
    ModeLine "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528   1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
    # 1856x1392 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
    ModeLine "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560   1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
    # 1920x1440 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 90.0kHz
    ModeLine "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600   1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    # 1920x1440 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz
    ModeLine "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640   1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    # Additional modelines
    ModeLine "1800x1440"  230    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
    ModeLine "1800x1440"  250    1800 1896 2088 2392  1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync
    # Extended modelines with GTF timings
    # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz
    ModeLine "640x480"  43.16  640 680 744 848  480 481 484 509  -HSync +Vsync
    # 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz
    ModeLine "768x576"  34.96  768 792 872 976  576 577 580 597  -HSync +Vsync
    # 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz
    ModeLine "768x576"  42.93  768 800 880 992  576 577 580 601  -HSync +Vsync
    # 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz
    ModeLine "768x576"  45.51  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 602  -HSync +Vsync
    # 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz
    ModeLine "768x576"  51.84  768 808 888 1008  576 577 580 605  -HSync +Vsync
    # 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz
    ModeLine "768x576"  62.57  768 816 896 1024  576 577 580 611  -HSync +Vsync
    # 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz
    ModeLine "800x600"  68.18  800 848 936 1072  600 601 604 636  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz
    ModeLine "1024x768"  113.31  1024 1096 1208 1392  768 769 772 814  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz
    ModeLine "1152x864"  81.62  1152 1216 1336 1520  864 865 868 895  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz
    ModeLine "1152x864"  119.65  1152 1224 1352 1552  864 865 868 907  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz
    ModeLine "1152x864"  143.47  1152 1232 1360 1568  864 865 868 915  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz
    ModeLine "1280x960"  124.54  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1001  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz
    ModeLine "1280x960"  129.86  1280 1368 1504 1728  960 961 964 1002  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz
    ModeLine "1280x960"  178.99  1280 1376 1520 1760  960 961 964 1017  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz
    ModeLine "1280x1024"  190.96  1280 1376 1520 1760  1024 1025 1028 1085  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz
    ModeLine "1400x1050"  122.61  1400 1488 1640 1880  1050 1051 1054 1087  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz
    ModeLine "1400x1050"  149.34  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054 1094  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz
    ModeLine "1400x1050"  155.85  1400 1496 1648 1896  1050 1051 1054 1096  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz
    ModeLine "1400x1050"  179.26  1400 1504 1656 1912  1050 1051 1054 1103  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz
    ModeLine "1400x1050"  214.39  1400 1512 1664 1928  1050 1051 1054 1112  -HSync +Vsync
    # 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz
    ModeLine "1600x1200"  280.64  1600 1728 1904 2208  1200 1201 1204 1271  -HSync +Vsync
EndSection

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

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

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultColorDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     1
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     4
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     8
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     15
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     16
        Modes "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     24
        Modes "1920x1200" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
EndSection

PID TTY          TIME CMD
    1 ?        00:00:00 init
    2 ?        00:00:00 migration/0
    3 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0
    4 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/0
    5 ?        00:00:00 migration/1
    6 ?        00:00:00 ksoftirqd/1
    7 ?        00:00:00 watchdog/1
    8 ?        00:00:00 events/0
    9 ?        00:00:00 events/1
   10 ?        00:00:00 khelper
   11 ?        00:00:00 kthread
   35 ?        00:00:00 kblockd/0
   36 ?        00:00:00 kblockd/1
   37 ?        00:00:00 kacpid
  121 ?        00:00:00 kseriod
  140 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  141 ?        00:00:00 pdflush
  142 ?        00:00:00 kswapd0
  143 ?        00:00:00 aio/0
  144 ?        00:00:00 aio/1
  651 ?        00:00:00 ata/0
  652 ?        00:00:00 ata/1
  653 ?        00:00:00 ata_aux
  658 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_0
  659 ?        00:00:00 scsi_eh_1
  998 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
 1034 ?        00:00:00 ksuspend_usbd
 1037 ?        00:00:00 khubd
 1053 ?        00:00:00 udevd
 2988 ?        00:00:00 kpsmoused
 3350 ?        00:00:00 khpsbpkt
 3401 ?        00:00:00 knodemgrd_0
 4327 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
 4330 ?        00:00:00 kjournald
 4374 ?        00:00:00 syslog-ng
 4401 ?        00:00:00 crond
 4414 ?        00:00:00 gdm-binary
 4416 ?        00:00:00 gdm-binary
 4418 tty7     00:00:03 X
 4428 tty1     00:00:00 agetty
 4429 tty2     00:00:00 agetty
 4430 tty3     00:00:00 agetty
 4431 tty4     00:00:00 agetty
 4432 tty5     00:00:00 agetty
 4433 tty6     00:00:00 agetty
 4483 ?        00:00:00 gnome-session
 4504 ?        00:00:00 gconfd-2
 4507 ?        00:00:00 gnome-keyring-d
 4512 ?        00:00:00 dbus-launch
 4513 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 4514 ?        00:00:00 dbus-daemon
 4516 ?        00:00:00 gnome-settings-
 4522 ?        00:00:00 mapping-daemon
 4525 ?        00:00:00 metacity
 4529 ?        00:00:01 gnome-panel
 4533 ?        00:00:00 bonobo-activati
 4535 ?        00:00:00 nautilus
 4542 ?        00:00:00 gnome-vfs-daemo
 4548 ?        00:00:00 wnck-applet
 4561 ?        00:00:00 mixer_applet2
 4563 ?        00:00:00 notification-ar
 4566 ?        00:00:01 gnome-terminal
 4569 ?        00:00:00 gnome-pty-helpe
 4570 pts/0    00:00:00 bash
 4608 pts/0    00:00:01 epiphany
 4620 pts/0    00:00:00 pacman
 4621 pts/1    00:00:00 bash
 4653 pts/1    00:00:00 ps

Last edited by Thrillhouse (2007-07-12 21:34:21)

fede · 2007-07-10 02:13:33

Hello,

I am behind a router and had to do only very minor tweaks to get it going: just enter the value of the gateway and remove the ! before gateway within the routes variable. Here is the (expanded) relevant part of my rc.conf, I hope it helps you:

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="eth0 10.0.0.3 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 10.0.0.255"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 10.0.0.2"
ROUTES=(gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-10 02:16:30

Yeah, that is essentially what I have, just with a different IP.

thedonvaughn · 2007-07-10 22:55:08

Make sure you are on the same network as your router. I.e. don't have your server's IP 192.168.0.10 if you're router is 192.168.1.1 (i.e. the IP HAS to be 192.168.1.x network) if you are using 255.255.255.0 or /24 netmask.

You said you changed your router's IP but you also need to change your server's IP.

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-10 23:27:42

Well, that's interesting. The IP I'm getting is 192.168.0.2 which makes me think the machine still *thinks* it's getting its IP's from the old router. How can I get my new router to issue Arch a new IP? I tried ifconfig eth0 down and then ifconfig eth0 up but the IP is the same. Any other way of getting a new IP? Oh and by the way, there's no server involved here, just a machine that's hosting the router. Thanks again for the help.

kishd · 2007-07-11 03:51:48

Why not use ifconfig to set the ip address? ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.2 or whatever.

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-11 04:41:44

Ah. That did it. I had to add 192.168.1.1 as my default gateway again though and after rebooting, the system still starts with a bad IP (192.168.0.2). Anyway to fix that? And to get the right gateway to load. rc.conf looks right, could anything else be preventing the proper gateway from being configured?

Also, during the upgrade, I noticed that a new kernel was being installed. Will Arch automatically make that kernel the default in grub or do I have to make some changes? I noticed that there is now a kernel26-fallback.img. Is that a backup to the new kernel?

And the last thing: what is the proper way of ranking mirrors? I noticed pacman was a little slow in accessing the repos and I thought that could be remedied by having the mirrors ranked correctly but I've seen a couple ways of doing it, with rankmirrors and sortmirrors. If it is rankmirrors, what's the proper command I should give it? Thank you again.

PS - I'm still having the same issues with my mouse if anybody has any suggestions on that.

Cerebral · 2007-07-11 13:49:41

As for your IP, can you post your rc.conf please?

For kernel upgrades, if you're using grub, usually you have to do nothing extra - just upgrade the kernel, reboot, and you're good to go. Most people install a couple kernels and update them one at a time, so that if a new kernel screws up, they boot back into their other, 'safe' kernel to debug. Just FYI.

As for ranking mirrors, do not use the sortmirrors script (if it even still exists on your system) - it's flawed and could blow away your entire list. I'm not entirely sure what the commandline for rankmirrors is. You can always just go through the /etc/pacman.d files and see if there's a geographically close server, then move that to the top.

Sorry, no love on your mouse issue though; that one's stumped me.

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-11 16:06:51

As I was getting ready to post my rc.conf, I noticed a typo. I had 192.168.1.1 as my IP for eth0 instead of 192.168.1.10. That made all the difference because the default gateway seems to have sorted itself out after I made that change. Thanks for making me look at it again. It's always human error, isn't it?

I'll keep that in mind. The only reason I asked was because I noticed that while I was upgrading I was running a 2.6.21-ARCH kernel and after rebooting, it was still the same.

As for the mouse, is there any way to reconfigure it? I would rather not uninstall and re-install Gnome because that would take a while but I will if that's the only way to get it to work. I tried reconfiguring X and just adding the mouse section to my already existing xorg.conf but that hasn't worked.

kishd · 2007-07-12 07:11:11

Uninstalling and re-installing Gnome is actually very quick provided you have not cleaned the pacman cache. Use pacman -Rc gnome and then re-install. I use kde and un-installing and re-installing takes about 3-5 minutes.

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-12 15:45:15

Well, I ended up trying it anyways and you're right, it didn't take too long but it didn't fix the problem unfortunately.

kishd · 2007-07-12 19:11:06

I think that the problem may be with the configuration of your mouse in xorg.conf. Here is the relevant section from my xorg.conf. Bear in mind that I am a relative noob and any advice may be completely off target.

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option    "Protocol" "auto"
Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

I noticed that you have three sections in your xorg.conf for mice. Perhaps deleting the ones that you do not use or have may help.

Last edited by kishd (2007-07-12 19:13:30)

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-12 20:16:16

I commented out the first two entries for my mouse (because it's a USB mouse) but it hasn't done anything, still have the problem.

I really think it might have something to do with me sharing my /home with Fedora. I have a feeling that some of the defaults I have on my Fedora system are being saved in a hidden directory in /home and that they are being applied to my Gnome session whenever I boot Arch but because the two systems don't have the same things installed (Compiz for instance) a process or config is being applied to Arch that isn't working. The only thing is, I'm not sure how to find out which one it is. Anybody have an idea on where to start?

Cerebral · 2007-07-12 20:30:26

Well, you could try making a new user in arch, with a clean profile, and running X with that user to see if the problem goes away - that would at least verify your theory. Then, you could try using a different WM to see if it's a gnome-specific problem, and narrow it down that way. If it's gnome specific, and user specific, then you'll need to look in gnome's conf dir, which I think is ~/.gnome or something like that - move it out of the way and see if that helps. If it does, then maybe it's just easier to reset your settings from within gnome.

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-12 21:11:10

That's a good idea, Cerebral. I tried it and managed to narrow down the source of the problem. I think.

I made a new user and installed xfce for that user. I logged in to an xfce desktop and still have the same problem. So I guess I was wrong about it being a conflict between sharing my /home.

I checked my hidden gnome directories and there seem to be 3 general ones: .gnome, .gnome2 and .gnome2_private. .gnome2_private is empty so I gave up on that one. .gnome only has apps and gnome-vfs both of which don't have anything pertinent so I went to .gnome2. .gnome2 has lots of stuff but the only thing applicable seems to be session which has a lot of psuedo-code which I don't really want to mess with.

Oddly enough, I realized I could manage to click on things but the way to do it is to move the scroll wheel up one notch. That action acts as a left-click. Haven't figured out how to right-click yet though.:)

This is starting to get very frustrating. I'm very close to re-installing the whole system but I appreciate all the help so far.

Lone_Wolf · 2007-07-12 21:17:06

That suggests your z-axis mapping is wrong.

try

Option          "ZAxisMapping"          "4 5"

Thrillhouse · 2007-07-12 21:31:30

That did it! Thank you, Lone_Wolf.

Last edited by Thrillhouse (2007-07-12 21:32:33)

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