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wLee

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From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2008-12-06

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[SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

I've done something wrong or forgot something installing Xorg on a Eee pc900.

When I type 'startx' the pc errors: no screens found
When I put in 'xterm' it gives: DISPLAY is not set

I have used this xorg.conf (intel).

Does anyone has an idea what's going wrong?

Last edited by wLee (2009-01-07 05:54:11)

tetonedge

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

Can you please post the actual xorg.conf you are using as there could be a typo. Also what version of Xorg are you using? Thanks

wLee

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

I tried to copy the .conf back to usb and failed, but I triple-checked and it's exactly this:
(Besides, where can I see which xorg version is installed?)

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "ArchLinux"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "keyboard"
    InputDevice    "mouse"
    InputDevice    "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    RgbPath      "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
    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  "glx"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail"
    Option        "BlankTime" "5"
    Option        "AIGLX"   "false"
    Option        "AutoAddDevices" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "keyboard"
    Driver      "kbd"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option      "XkbLayout" "us"
    Option      "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "yes"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "synaptics"
    Driver      "synaptics"
    Option      "Device"           "/dev/psaux"
    Option      "Protocol"         "auto-dev"
    Option      "LeftEdge"         "1000"
    Option      "RightEdge"        "5400"
    Option      "TopEdge"          "1000"
    Option      "BottomEdge"       "4900"
    Option      "PalmDetect"       "0"
    Option      "SHMConfig"        "true"
    Option      "SendCoreEvents"   "yes"   
    Option      "HorizEdgeScroll"  "1"
    Option      "VertEdgeScroll"   "1" 
    Option      "RBCornerButton"   "0"
    Option      "RTCornerButton"   "0"
    Option      "MaxSpeed"         "0.9"

  # You will also need the following 3 lines if you're using Xorg 1.5RC6 or newer
    Option      "TapButton1"       "1"
    Option      "TapButton2"       "2"
    Option      "TapButton3"       "3"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "ASUS"
    ModelName    "eeePC P701"
    Modeline     "800x480"  29.58  800 816 896 992  480 481 484 497  -HSync +Vsync # 60 Hz
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "intel"
    VendorName  "Intel Corporation"
    BoardName   "Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller"
    BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
    Option      "AccelMethod" "EXA"
    Option      "MigrationHeuristic" "greedy"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

- Check if you have installed xf86-video-intel
- If that is installed, try commenting Bus-Id in the device section

- stil  no luck, post /var/log/xorg.log

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wLee

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

- Check if you have installed xf86-video-intel
- If that is installed, try commenting Bus-Id in the device section

- stil  no luck, post /var/log/xorg.log

- xf86-video-intel is installed.
- Commenting Bus-Id, does that mean I have to write something behind it like "yes" or "true"?
- I can´t post /var/log/xorg.log, I still haven´t found out how to get any output into a textfile and onto a usb device

Narcissus

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

wLee

install openssh on your system and SSH into it from a different location, you could even log in as root via sftp and copy stuff over

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der_joachim

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

Your monitor section contains a modeline for 800 by 480. Since the EEE900 has a native resolution of 1024 by 600, I think that your problem is there. Try commenting the modeline by putting a hash sign (#) before the modeline stanza. Save and try to start X.

Good luck.

Last edited by der_joachim (2009-01-06 15:03:35)

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wLee

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From: Amsterdam, NL

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

Thanks guys, but no luck for me today.

I commented Bus-Id in the device section -- without succes
I commented resolution line in the monitor section -- without succes
I changed resolution to 1024x600 in resolution line in the monitor section -- without succes

after these changes it gave these messages at startx command:

Parse error on line 10 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"RgbPath" is not a valid keyword in this section
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found
giving up.
xinit: No such file or directory (errno 2): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

This may still be your lucky day :

Parse error on line 10 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"RgbPath" is not a valid keyword in this section
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

After a recent update in Xorg i had the same error.
Removing the rgbpath line solved everything, Try it.

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wLee

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From: Amsterdam, NL

Registered: 2008-12-06

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Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error Eee pc 900

This may still be your lucky day :

Parse error on line 10 of section Files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"RgbPath" is not a valid keyword in this section
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

After a recent update in Xorg i had the same error.
Removing the rgbpath line solved everything, Try it.

Hooray!
I put a hash in front of the line started X and it works.

Thanks everybody!