Cant start Xorg (or problem in starting) in my new FSC Lifebook E8410

yahya · 2007-10-10 22:49:31

Hello again
once again i am presenting you a weird problem
I have bought the new fujitsu siemens laptop: Lifebook E8410 with a Nvidia graphics card (128 MB) and an integrated webcam.
When i attmept to start xorg; it gives me one of the following errors:
*XIO error: NVIDIA driver not found. (although i already installed the driver using pacman -Sy nvidia)
*Xorg starts succesfully, however, it just stays a blank screen
*Xorg starts and closes in less than 5 seconds by itself/

i have used Hwdetect (with abd without the -xa option), xorgconf, and nvidia-xconfig
I have also tried to start nvidia-settings but it keeps trying to start something graphical and the following error appears:

**GTK eroor: unable to start GTK

i have tried two other disturbutions: OpenSUSE, and Knoppix. The graphics is perfect with both of them.i have also copied the xorg.conf file from knoppix which was running perfectly and pasted it, but still it is the same error 0_o

can someone please help me with this?
please tell me if you want any logs or files

i am used and in love with ArchLinux, please help me run it.

ps: i have full hardware details from openSUSE but i dont know where to upload it

Last edited by yahya (2007-10-11 16:18:14)

stingray · 2007-10-11 00:46:10

Have you tried without a xorg.conf?

yahya · 2007-10-11 10:11:15

yes i have, it does not start without an xorg.conf as it does not know the specs of the monitor and the resolution...etc (error: no screens found)

el_ave · 2007-10-11 14:07:35

You should run 'nvidia-xconfig' from console, it will generate a xorg.conf for you.

yahya · 2007-10-11 16:23:13

i have already done that, but the generated script would not work
anyways, there is an update now, i have edited xorg.conf and set the driver for my nvidia card to be "vesa".
ofcourse the graphics card does not work properly (nvidia-settings cant do anything here unless i am running xorg via the nvidia driver).
now here is the part that is driving me crazy: i am running xorg perfectly (with KDE or GNOME) when i am root. but i cannot do it when i am in my own user although i have added my user to the video group :S

i would like a way to run my graphics card perfectly and in my user not as root

el_ave · 2007-10-12 07:34:48

Damn, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you've already tried nvidia-xconfig.

I thought the open source nvidia driver was called "nv", why are you using "vesa"? (Sorry, I don't have linux around now to check my proposal)

el_ave · 2007-10-12 07:56:05

Another thought, I usually just run KDM as root and then login into whichever user I want.

yahya · 2007-10-16 05:49:31

i solved the problem, compile the driver source .19 not .11. .19 is avialbale in AUR

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#1 2007-10-10 22:49:31

Cant start Xorg (or problem in starting) in my new FSC Lifebook E8410

#2 2007-10-11 00:46:10

Re: Cant start Xorg (or problem in starting) in my new FSC Lifebook E8410

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