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T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

Registered: 2006-03-14

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[SOLVED] Arch Linux on Macbook Pro 4.1

Hey There,

I'm a 2 years old Arch Linux guy and due to the problems I've had with my HP Pavilion PC, I've bought a Macbook Pro 3-4 months ago.. Because that it's a pain in the ass to install, upgrade and remove software on Mac OS X, especially development software such as Python and its bindings, I'm thinking of migrating to Arch Linux. Any way, I've just installed Arch Linux and dual boot..

I've installed X, GNOME, NVIDIA so far and when I try to open GNOME (via startx), it opens up a 800x600 or 1024x768 resolution X and shows GNOME.. But I can't move the mouse and no matter what I type no menus show up.. So I'm stuck after GNOME starts.. I can't drop back into the terminal so I hold the power button to shutdown and start the machine...

It seems that this is the only problem I have for now.. Anyone had this problem before? I've tried it with and without xorg.conf and the result is the same..

Last edited by T-u-N-i-X (2008-11-30 16:17:11)

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sharpie

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From: Phoenix, AZ

Registered: 2008-11-16

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Linux on Macbook Pro 4.1

CTRL + ALT + Backspace

That should close startx.  Also, the user manual has a couple of alternative methods of setting up your xorg.conf file.  I'd try those next.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … phic_Cards

Last edited by sharpie (2008-11-30 14:05:39)

T-u-N-i-X

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From: İstanbul

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Re: [SOLVED] Arch Linux on Macbook Pro 4.1

the problem was i installed synaptics package instead of xf86-input-synaptics.. it's solved.. thans btw..

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