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So far, I have managed to install everything I want on Archlinux and my wireless works. I was also able to set up ALSA pretty easily and I can now use a CLI audio player to play mp3s. Why sould I be using a command line with all my favorite graphical apps installed? Because I can't get Xorg to work. I have tried all of the howtos I can find on the net, but it always starts up TWM (which I hate) and the screen is all fuzzy and flickering. Also, the keyboard, trackpoint, and touchpad all stop working. When I plug in a USB mouse, I still can't move the cursor. If someone else has posted this before, I appologize. Searching the forums didn't bring up any results. Has anyone ever installed Arch on a ThinkPad before? Please post if you have. Arch works really well on my desktop system (what I am using to type this), and now I would like to put this clean and simple system on my laptop.
NOTE: My desktop and laptop seem to have the same graphics chipset (i810), but when I take the hard drive out of my desktop and put it in the laptop, X still doesn't work. I use an old CRT monitor for the desktop, but the laptop is stuck with it's own LCD display. Is that the problem?
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Have you tried 'X -configure' ?
Also - please show us your xorg.conf (also the output from 'lspci')
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fwiw, i'm typing this on a thinkpad a21m that's been running arch for a year and a half. but this has an ati rage pro mobility, so probably not at all comparable.
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I'm currently running Crunchbang Linux on my laptop (Thinkpad X60s), but was able to install Archlinux on it previously (http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=59175). But you should first try the suggestions from perbh. And the Beginner's Guide is very helpful to setup your xorg.conf
Good luck,
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this could be helpful for you.
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Sorry about not replying. My neighbors wireless went down for a while (connecting via "cantenna"). Anyway, I ran
pacman -S xorg
and it installed what I certainly hope was everything needed to get X up and running. Then I ran
pacman -S xf86-video-intel
and X -configure. Right now, I am bouncing back and forth between Arch and Puppy Linux on the laptop right now (at the library). Here is my xorg.conf file:
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
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"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
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 "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
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 "Card1"
Driver "intel"
VendorName "Intel Corporation"
BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device"
BusID "PCI:0:2:1"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
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 "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
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
The above comes from X -configure.
lspci does not work in Puppy linux, but I can paste something similar that deals with PCI device info:
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 3580 KERNEL MODULE: intel-agp
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 3584 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV Processor to I/O Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 3585 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 3582 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 3582 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c2 KERNEL MODULE: uhci-hcd
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c4 KERNEL MODULE: uhci-hcd
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c7 KERNEL MODULE: uhci-hcd
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24cd KERNEL MODULE: ehci-hcd
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 2448 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24cc KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24ca KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) SMBus Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c3 KERNEL MODULE: i2c-i801
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c5 KERNEL MODULE: snd-intel8x0
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 24c6 KERNEL MODULE: slamr
DESCRIPTION: Texas Instruments PCI4510 PC card Cardbus Controller
VENDOR: 104c DEVICE: ac44 KERNEL MODULE: yenta_socket
DESCRIPTION: Texas Instruments PCI4510 IEEE-1394 Controller
VENDOR: 104c DEVICE: 8029 KERNEL MODULE: unknown
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 1077 KERNEL MODULE: e1000
DESCRIPTION: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
VENDOR: 8086 DEVICE: 4220 KERNEL MODULE: ipw2200
Here is info returned on loaded modules from within Puppy:
Module Size Used by
snd_mixer_oss 16640 0
parport_pc 32068 1
lp 12580 0
parport 35656 2 parport_pc,lp
fan 5508 0
serio_raw 6788 0
ipw2200 139188 0
ieee80211 33992 1 ipw2200
ieee80211_crypt 5632 1 ieee80211
ohci1394 31792 0
snd_intel8x0m 17420 5
snd_intel8x0 32796 0
snd_ac97_codec 97952 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
pcspkr 2944 0
ac97_bus 1920 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 73736 5 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec
e1000 117568 0
ieee1394 89272 1 ohci1394
snd_timer 22276 1 snd_pcm
snd 52772 14 snd_mixer_oss,snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer
i2c_i801 10000 0
soundcore 7520 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 10376 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
i2c_core 24592 1 i2c_i801
intel_agp 26812 1
agpgart 33584 2 intel_agp
video 19472 0
output 3840 1 video
battery 12932 0
evdev 11776 1
thermal 18716 0
button 8080 0
processor 32816 2 thermal
ac 5892 0
fuse 48284 0
aufs 150040 1
nls_iso8859_1 4096 0
nls_cp437 5760 0
usbhid 29696 0
usb_storage 85952 0
ehci_hcd 33932 0
uhci_hcd 23820 0
usbcore 136560 5 usbhid,usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd
squashfs 46856 1
yenta_socket 26252 1
rsrc_nonstatic 12928 1 yenta_socket
I have tried copying a working xorg.conf file from Knoppix (desktop=beryl boot option) but that won't work. I also remember that it said something about configuring a multi-head display. My laptop does have an S-Video out port and a normal monitor port (SVGA I think). However, nothing is connected to them. I will keep trying to get it working with your suggestions.
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Hi,
I'm running an x23 (..talking about old..) with ati graphics though. I may suggest you try X with vesa driver first. Once you get X up with a clear picture, it's time to switch to intel driver and set all the "extras" up. (Just comment out the intel related stuff you don't need for now, so they will be available for later use..)
From my experience I can say evdev has caused nothing but trouble only, so I've disabled it for now by adding
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
Option "AutoEnableDevices" "false"
EndSection
This way I have kbd with correct layout, trackpoint and an usb mouse, and they're all working.. This was just an impossibility for me with evdev. Things might have changed though? Also the font paths you have there, are all loaded by default and if I'm not mistaking, defining them in the config used to cause trouble?
Checking your /var/log/Xorg.0.log after starting X (or failing to start it) is always a good idea too.
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... Disregard, I misread the OP's statement he had intel i810 graphics.
Last edited by littleweseth (2009-08-16 05:21:27)
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please avoid bumping old threads that are at least 6 months old...
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