Xorg behaving badly (i.e not at all)

vkumar · 2008-12-30 02:13:29

I have done several installations of Arch, and decided to replace ubuntu with it on my laptop.
The install was beautiful, did a quick syu, and I proceeded to install X.

Here's the issue;
I have integrated intel graphics, but the latest xf86-video-intel causes X to display a black screen, freeze and lock. The laptop then has to be manually rebooted. This was not a problem in the latest default ubuntu release (8.10), so it shouldn't be upstream.

I've tried using 2 xorg.confs;
1) generated by Xorg -configure
2) generated by hwd -xa

(With the second, X couldn't even find any devices.)

xf86-video-intel is installed, and so is xf86-input-evdev. mesa, libgl.. everything the beginner's guide suggests really.

any help would be good.
thanks

kgas · 2008-12-30 02:24:22

What laptop you have? even without xorg.conf X window should work. Since you got experience with Arch installation I believe that you have checked the intel graphics details with lspci.

Cyrusm · 2008-12-30 04:32:37

Could you post your xorg.conf? we might be able to better help you if we can get a look at it.

archlinuxsagi · 2008-12-30 04:49:40

I have an Intel Card and so far it has no problem on me.
What's the output of the various log, eg: dmesg, Xorg?
and what's is your intel card model?

vkumar · 2008-12-30 05:30:55

this is the card:
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

here's the 'conf:

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "xtrap"
    Load  "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    #DisplaySize      330   210    # mm
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "LPL"
    ModelName    "0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"               # <i>
        #Option     "CacheLines"             # <i>
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoDDC"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"              # [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMCSurfaces"           # <i>
        #Option     "PageFlip"               # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile 945GM/GMS, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

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

... wait... I'm gonna try installing xf86-input-synaptics and get right back to you on this...
edit: I installed xf86-input synaptics, generated another x.conf, and X still locked up my laptop.

Last edited by vkumar (2008-12-30 05:45:20)

archlinuxsagi · 2008-12-30 05:45:37

archlinuxsagi wrote:

I have an Intel Card and so far it has no problem on me.
What's the output of the various log, eg: dmesg, Xorg?

bump

ftornell · 2008-12-30 09:30:41

I have the same error on my computer (not laptop)...

Have my post here but nu suggestions either...

Does'nt this community have any solutions for this problem at all? Seems there are a bunch of people having the same issue as me and vkumar.

Last edited by ftornell (2008-12-30 09:31:59)

msadiq · 2008-12-30 11:30:11

Hi vkumar,

You may try the following:

First try X -probeonly - Please notice the lines with (EE) on them. You will get to know if incorrect driver is giving the problem.

Secondly, check the /var/log/Xorg.0.log and check towards the end if there are any error messages.

Probable solutions:
1. If X configuration is the problem, then check you video card technical specifications and with them at hand run the 'xorgconfig' command and enter the details such as the horizontal sync range etc.

2. If driver is the problem:
a. Check for alternative drivers (if there are any).
b. Make sure you are using the correct driver name in the xorg.conf "driver" tag. To check this run pacman -Ql <driver package you installed>. It will list the files that were installed. Check the name of the driver itself (.so) or the name with which a manpage exists. Type man <name found in pacman -Ql output> and see what "driver" tag entry it suggests.
c. If issue is with the very driver itself, then try building the driver from source using the ABS. Make sure you go through the pkgbuild file to configure it if needed.

Hope this helps.

vkumar · 2008-12-31 00:12:02

*) X -probeonly did not show any error messages
*) Xorg.0.log has no errors, but has plenty of warnings about the intel driver that look pretty bad
*) xorgconfig creates a completely unusable xorg.conf

I will try rebuilding the driver and let you know how that goes.

thanks!

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Xorg behaving badly (i.e not at all)

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