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dragonauta

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 6

Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Hi there. I'm from Argentine so, please... sorry for my poor english.

I've installed Archlinux on a Piii 1GHz 512Mb Ram and it rocks! It's very fast and I'm happy with it.:D

But, then I performed an upgrade with pacman -Su and the whole system seems to have some problems.
I lost my xorg configuration.
I mean, I have to xorg.conf file... but now I'm unable to change my screen resolution (I just can set an ugly 640x480)
So I run hwd -xa again and it created a XF86Config-4 file ¿¿wt??

What can I do? Should I remove all xorg package and reinstall it?

Thanks in advance.

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Sounds like xorg configuration issue.  If you look inside /var/log/Xorg.0.log you should get an idea of what is wrong (lines with (EE) are errors, lines with (WW) are warnings).  Also, what video card are you using and which driver?

Last edited by fwojciec (2007-11-11 22:34:31)

cucullus

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From: Moscow, Russia

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 71

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

hwd does n't work with new xorg. try X --configure

dragonauta

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 6

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Thanks for replying fwojciec.
I'm not in front of that PC now
But I remember exactly that I have an AGP Riva 16Mb, and I use the nv driver.

Tomorrow I will check the logs.
thanks

EDIT:
Oh, I almost forgot.
I can't switch between consoles (vt). Ctrl+Alt+Fx don't work.
I have the Option "DontVTSwitch" commented.

Last edited by dragonauta (2007-11-12 01:03:10)

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dragonauta

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 6

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Ok... Screen problem solved.
I ran xorgconfigure and re-set the xorg.conf... now I have good resolution

now just I need to switch between consoles (vt)

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dragonauta

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 6

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Well... I'm still with the keyboard problem.
I can't switch between virtual consoles (Ctrl+Alt+Fx seems not work)

Here's the keyboard section on my xorg.conf

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard1"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
    Option "XkbRules"   "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel"  "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout"  "us"
    Option "XkbVariant" "us-acentos"
    Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
    Option "XkbDisable" "true"
EndSection

I have a Sun Keyboard 104keys, this one: http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores … tId=173649

Any help will be appreciated.

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dragonauta

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Registered: 2007-11-06

Posts: 6

Re: Several issues with 2.6.23 version

Ok... solved.

I was unable to change to VC, but I start to play with different options and bingo!

I commented both
#Option "XkbVariant" "us-acentos"     
#Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"

thanks anyway

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