Alleged "Error" on line 9 in xorg.conf after upgrade...

whaler · 2008-12-06 04:37:37

I just ran pacman -Syu and rebooted - and was presented with the command line...

Arch now complains line 9 in xorg.conf should not be present, throws an error and says no screens can be found. Line 9 in my xorg.conf reads:
"RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"

No .pacnew file with guidance.

I commented out line 9 and rebooted. This made the system boot all the way, as before, but the desktop was out of sync, the fonts are ugly (anti-aliasing gone??), the arrow keys didn't work (as pointed out, with solution, in other posts).

I am using the vanilla Arch ATI video driver. Does anyone know the correct substitute for line 9 in xorg.conf in x64 systems with ATI video cards?

Last edited by whaler (2008-12-06 21:15:50)

fwojciec · 2008-12-06 06:36:13

There is no pacnew file because xorg-server doesn't install a xorg.conf file -- it is either written by hand or generated by other applications.
What the message says was correct -- you have to remove the RgbPath line from xorg.conf, there is no substitute for it, it simply has to be removed. Which means your problems are caused by something else. The keyboard issue probably has something to do with hotplugging; as far as the problem with fonts is concerned I've no idea.

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whaler · 2008-12-06 15:19:06

Thanks. I agree with all you write here, fwojciec

Since I don't need to do any hotplugging on my machines, that leaves the bad font rendering issue. I feel Arch has transported itself back to 1997 - with me aboard...

roeleman · 2008-12-06 18:49:06

I have the same problem here. Are we the only ones?

What was the reason of the rgb line, and why isn't it necessary anymore? Why did they change it?

rson451 · 2008-12-06 18:55:23

Those would be questions for the Xorg devs.

For your font rendering issue, check that you are getting a proper dpi setting.

xdpyinfo | grep -B1 dot

whaler · 2008-12-06 19:16:16

rson451 wrote:

Those would be questions for the Xorg devs.
For your font rendering issue, check that you are getting a proper dpi setting

Interesting... I get this:

dimensions: 1024x768 pixels (360x270 millimeters)
resolution: 72x72 dots per inch

Should the dpi be higher?

By the way, my screen resolution is set, and reported to be, 1152x864...???

Last edited by whaler (2008-12-06 19:25:06)

rson451 · 2008-12-06 19:56:24

My dpi is set to 96x96. That may be worth a try. The dimensions reported is the physical size of your screen. Check the fonts wiki on changing your dpi settings in Xorg.

whaler · 2008-12-06 20:50:59

rson451 wrote:

My dpi is set to 96x96. That may be worth a try. The dimensions reported is the physical size of your screen. Check the fonts wiki on changing your dpi settings in Xorg.

Thanks a lot for setting me on the right track!

I created a file, ~/.Xresources, and threw in

Xft.dpi: 96

restarted X, and everything is good again. So far...

Thanks again!

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Update:

This works on the desktop, in Firefox (Gran Paradiso) and Thunderbird, but has no effect in OOo calc... More perusals required...

Last edited by whaler (2008-12-06 21:15:19)

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