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#1 2009-03-18 19:40:10

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Configuring Xorg on Compaq Armada E500

I have a Compaq Armada E500 laptop that I'm installing Arch on. I have the base Arch install done, and I'm now trying to get Xorg to work properly. The problem I'm having is that none of the automatic configuration tools mentioned in the wiki (Xorg -configure, xorgconfg, hwd, xorgconfig) work properly, and neither does just running without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf file. It tries to use the vesa driver, which only gives me a 800*600 resolution, even though the screen is 1400*1050. I have tried installing the both the xf86-video-ati and the xf86-video-r128 drivers and activating them by setting the driver in Xorg.conf, but that doesn't work. Catalyst (the proprietary driver) also does not work. Here is my xorg.conf file:

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  "xtrap"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    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 "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"         # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen"     # [<bool>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "vesa"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
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

I also cat'd all 4 Xorg error logs and pasted them on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/f7991f0c8
I'll post more specific details on which errors the various drivers throw later; I'm on the Armada now so I can't quit Xorg to try the drivers.

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#2 2009-03-18 19:48:26

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Re: Configuring Xorg on Compaq Armada E500

Sorry, I got it working like 5 minutes after I made this post. For future reference, I had to install the xf86-video-mach64 package in order to use the driver "ati".

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