n00b lost in openbox

IzMbit · 2008-11-14 13:31:22

i am lost :s

1.nano ~/.xinitrc
exec openbox

i tried this in orber openbox start automatically but it didnt work, after i reboot it show up a log in screen
Arch Linux 2.6.27 (myhost) (vc/1)
myhost login:

2.exec openbox
Openbox-Message : Failed to open the display from the DISPLAY enviromenment variable.

exec openbox-session
gives me errors and prompt me at log in screen again.

The only way to start openbox is by $ xinit /usr/bin/openbox-session
3. The window size when openbox runs is not correct. There is some space left in the right side. Also from Gnome Control Center, i can get resolution up to 1024x768 not bigger. I think my xorg.conf needs fix , am i correct?
[ I followed the wiki guide but i coundnt make the correct xorg.conf right with my nvidia 6800gt i got nvidia drivers installed.]

thanks in advance

Zeist · 2008-11-14 13:38:36

The 1. thing should mainly mean that you can start openbox through startx from the command line.

2. Did you try startx after doing #1?

3. What does your xorg.conf look like?

IzMbit · 2008-11-14 13:50:02

Zeist wrote:

The 1. thing should mainly mean that you can start openbox through startx from the command line.
2. Did you try startx after doing #1?
em no, but i just did
#exec xterm
exec openbox
then, startx and openbox did opened! but with no background that there was before with $ xinit /usr/bin/openbox-session (should i save somehow the wallpaper ?)
3. What does your xorg.conf look like?

# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder58)  Wed Oct  1 15:12:53 PDT 2008

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "ServerLayout"

# PS/2 Mouse not detected
# Serial Mouse not detected
    Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#    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!
    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"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
    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           "extmod"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "record"
    #   Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

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

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

Section "Monitor"
 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors
 # 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
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 96.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine       "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "720x400" 35.5 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync interlace
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
    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
    ModeLine       "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 42.93 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 51.84 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "768x576" 62.57 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 119.65 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1152x864" 143.47 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 124.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x960" 178.99 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 149.34 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1400x1050" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -hsync +vsync
    ModeLine       "1600x1200" 280.64 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -hsync +vsync
    Option         "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

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

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

moljac024 · 2008-11-14 14:30:08

It should be exec openbox-session

IzMbit · 2008-11-14 14:37:56

moljac024 wrote:

It should be exec openbox-session

its doesnt work. i tryed again. And when i reboot it prompts me to log in and doesnt run openbox.
How can i make openbox run at default? through ~/.xinitrc?

Xyne · 2008-11-14 14:53:03

Just adding lines to ~/.xinitrc will not magically make it run at startup. You have 3 choices:
1) start it manually using "startx" after you log in... this can be good in case you want to be able to log in without having to start up xorg etc.
2) add "startx" to ~/.bash_profile... you will still need to log in at the console but xorg and openbox will start automatically after that
3) install a login manager... I haven't done this, but this seems to be the appropriate wiki page: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/SLiM

moljac024 · 2008-11-14 14:55:19

You want to run openbox when you login to TTY ? Without using a display manager such as GDM, KDM or Slim ?
In that case, you need to put something like this in your ~/.bash_profile:

. $HOME/.bashrc

if [[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]] && [[ $(tty) = /dev/vc/1 ]]; then
    exec xinit /usr/bin/openbox-session -- :0
    logout
fi

This will start openbox on DISPLAY 0.0 for you when you log into TTY1.

Hrod beraht · 2008-11-14 15:08:48

IzMbit wrote:

moljac024 wrote:
It should be exec openbox-session
its doesnt work. i tryed again. And when i reboot it prompts me to log in and doesnt run openbox.
How can i make openbox run at default? through ~/.xinitrc?

Openbox does not automatically run at login. You have to log-in and then execute the command startx, which will then execute what's in your .xinitrc file.

So the normal sequence (assuming your .xinitrc file includes the line exec openbox-session) is:

* Type in your username
* Type in your password
* Type in the word startx and press [enter]

Openbox will then start.

I think this is the best way to do it. But, if you don't want to do it this way through the console, consider using a graphical login manager.

As for your problem of not being able to have a higher resolution than 1024x768, yes, it's because that's not outlined in your xorg.conf. See this part?

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

There are only three resolution options; none of them bigger than 1024x768. If you want bigger, and your monitor can handle it, and you have the right driver loaded, it should look more like:

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes     "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

That's assuming your monitor can handle higher resolutions and everything else is okay. If in doubt, don't just change your xorg.conf, but check out the installing and configuring X section of the wiki to make sure you have the right video card driver installed, etc.

Bob

xd-0 · 2008-11-14 17:20:16

add openbox-session to .xinitrc. Then after you have logged in use startx or xinit.

Last edited by xd-0 (2008-11-14 17:20:34)

IzMbit · 2008-11-14 18:05:21

i just installed slim and everything worked thanks!
but so far cant fix the resolution. i did add the "1280x1024" but didnt work.. any ideas how to fix it?

Hrod beraht · 2008-11-14 18:43:22

IzMbit wrote:

i just installed slim and everything worked thanks!
but so far cant fix the resolution. i did add the "1280x1024" but didnt work.. any ideas how to fix it?

Your xorg.conf shows a default color depth of 16, so do you have 1280x1024 under that section or just the 24 depth section?
Personally, I think it's silly to have a bunch of different color depths and screen resolutions, because in my case I always run it the same. So my xorg.conf is really short in the screen section; one depth and one resolution.

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
                Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Bob

moljac024 · 2008-11-14 21:28:21

Hrod beraht wrote:

IzMbit wrote:
i just installed slim and everything worked thanks!
but so far cant fix the resolution. i did add the "1280x1024" but didnt work.. any ideas how to fix it?
Your xorg.conf shows a default color depth of 16, so do you have 1280x1024 under that section or just the 24 depth section?
Personally, I think it's silly to have a bunch of different color depths and screen resolutions, because in my case I always run it the same. So my xorg.conf is really short in the screen section; one depth and one resolution.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
                Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
Bob

You really wouldn't like my xorg.conf then. I added 4-5 resolutions for every depth. You know, just in case

jacko · 2008-11-14 23:10:06

Hrod beraht wrote:

IzMbit wrote:
i just installed slim and everything worked thanks!
but so far cant fix the resolution. i did add the "1280x1024" but didnt work.. any ideas how to fix it?
Your xorg.conf shows a default color depth of 16, so do you have 1280x1024 under that section or just the 24 depth section?
Personally, I think it's silly to have a bunch of different color depths and screen resolutions, because in my case I always run it the same. So my xorg.conf is really short in the screen section; one depth and one resolution.
Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
                Modes "1280x1024"
    EndSubSection
EndSection
Bob

I agree, forget about the rest of the shit, who uses 16 or 8 bit color depth for a monitor mode?

My screen section

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Videocard0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    Option         "UseFBDev" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBVisuals" "True"
    Option         "NoLogo" "True"
    Option         "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True"
    Option         "TwinView" "0"
    Option        "PixmapCacheSize" "20000000"
    Option         "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0"
    Option         "metamodes" "1152x864 +0+0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

IzMbit · 2008-11-15 20:39:57

i followed what u said and i make it :

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

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Card0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    SubSection     "Display"
        Viewport      0 0
    Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Does NVidia X Server Settings runs over xorg.conf when the session starts?Because i am working on 1280x1024 before adding it as a mode at xorg.conf.I change it from Nvidia X server Settings. Should i change video drivers?

Also i have another internal Sata with my files which i just plug it in (ntfs) but i cant reach it. Any ideas how to?

I connect the tv with my pc with a scart - s-video cable. Through NVidia X Server Settings, i enable it. But i cant choose the right resolution + the color in the tv is black & white.

Thanks in advance once again

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