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#51 2008-12-04 01:55:29

redefine
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Registered: 2008-07-17
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Re: Xorg won't start.

well, the compiz shortcuts work now, not sure what happened there.

for the touchpad, as per wiki, i've tried adding:
      Option "TapButton1" "1"
to the mouse section of my xorg.conf, but that hasnt worked.

does anyone know.

alexmatos wrote:

* X wouldn't start -- SOLVED
   * Touchpad tapping doesn't work

i've only had these problems, so i guess i'm lucky in that respect.

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#52 2008-12-04 01:59:04

alexmatos
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Re: Xorg won't start.

redefine wrote:

well, the compiz shortcuts work now, not sure what happened there.
i've only had these problems, so i guess i'm lucky in that respect.

Yeah, I guess we can call that "luck";

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#53 2008-12-04 02:04:17

redefine
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Re: Xorg won't start.

good point.

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#54 2008-12-04 02:37:04

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#55 2008-12-04 03:06:06

alexmatos
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Re: Xorg won't start.

I can't get tapping to work yet. I disabled hotplugging, so I tryed tweaking xorg.conf, but it only fixed the scrolling issue. How did you do it?

EDIT
Forget it, I found it: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Tou … g_function

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#56 2008-12-11 15:45:43

nspattak
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Re: Xorg won't start.

I am having similar issues to the one most people here complained about. I had a hard time, but I managed to create an xorg.conf using the vesa driver file. Then I tried switching to xf86-video-ati but I got blank screens as if I tried to use faster hsync/vsync than my monitor supports. Then I tried switvhing to catalyst driver but I am having the same errors ppl here get, only that theis posts have not helped me work around these issues.

The same configuration works fine with ubuntu 8.10 that is also installed on an other partition so it should not be a problem with unsuported hardware. I also do not want to switch to ubuntu or any other distribution for the time being.

Any ideas please ?

I attach my xorg.conf:

# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg

Section "ServerLayout"

# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
        Identifier     "Xorg Configured"
        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice    "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"

# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
#       FontPath     "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
        ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
        FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "ddc"  # ddc probing of monitor
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "extmod"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
    Load  "type1"
    Load  "freetype"
    Load  "record"
    #   Load  "synaptics"
EndSection

Section "ServerFlags"
    Option        "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
    Option        "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "keyboard"
    Option        "CoreKeyboard"
    Option        "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option        "XkbModel" "pc105"
    Option        "XkbLayout" "uk"
    Option        "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Serial Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "Microsoft"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option        "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "PS/2 Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option        "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
    Option        "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "USB Mouse"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "SendCoreEvents" "true"
    Option        "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
    Option        "Buttons" "5"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 # FLATRON
 # FLATRON
#    VertRefresh  50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
    #  Default modes distilled from
    #      "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
    #       Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
    #  $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
    # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
    Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
    VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
    ModeLine     "1280x1024" 191.0 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -hsync +vsync
    Option        "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option        "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option        "DPMS" "true"
#    HorizSync    28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device     "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Monitor    "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth     24
    SubSection "Display"
        #Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
        Depth     32
        Modes    "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
    Mode         0666
EndSection

and this is the error I get:

[root@mitsos ~]# startx
hostname: Unknown host
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.2710


X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH i686 
Current Operating System: Linux mitsos 2.6.27-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 8 22:01:01 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 05 December 2008  09:10:55PM
 
    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Dec 11 05:06:54 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7
(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7
(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7
(EE) fglrx(0): === [swlDalHelperAddCustomizeMode] === CWDDEDI_DisplayGetSetModeTimingOverride failed: 7
(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to allocate CMM buffer (size=16384, alignment=4096)!
(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to allocate CMM buffer (size=4096, alignment=4096)!
(EE) fglrx(0): Failed to allocate CMM buffer (size=4096, alignment=4096)!

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xorg_backtrace+0x3b) [0x813017b]
1: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x51) [0x80d8cb1]
2: [0xb80ba400]
3: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxLoadLogo+0x70) [0xb78627e0]
4: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxLogoInit+0x14e) [0xb786293e]
5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//fglrx_drv.so(atiddxScreenInit+0x8ec) [0xb783c3cc]
6: /usr/bin/X(AddScreen+0x19f) [0x80712ef]
7: /usr/bin/X(InitOutput+0x206) [0x80aa606]
8: /usr/bin/X(main+0x279) [0x8071a89]
9: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5) [0xb7cb55c5]
10: /usr/bin/X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x209) [0x8071071]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting


^Cgiving up.
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  unexpected signal 2.

Any help would be more than welcome.
Cheers.

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#57 2008-12-11 15:57:21

Last of the Wolves
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From: Kaiserslautern - Germany
Registered: 2008-12-03
Posts: 55

Re: Xorg won't start.

Did you try

aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

?
Your Error-message says:

(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found

So it looks like a misconfiguration.

Greetings Last of the Wolves

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#58 2008-12-11 16:00:29

mutlu_inek
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Registered: 2006-11-18
Posts: 683

Re: Xorg won't start.

It seems to me that your BusID is wrong. Also, (though not fatal,) the modules 'type1' and 'record' don't exist, so don't try to load them.

Finally, don't run X as root.

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#59 2008-12-11 16:54:34

nspattak
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Registered: 2008-05-21
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Re: Xorg won't start.

After I created an xorg.conf that worked using the vesa driver I did use

aticonfig --initial -configure=/etc/X11/xorg.conf

and then I modified the resulting file by hand to remove the sections that were no longer needed.

I know that this looks like a misconfiguration:

(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found

but if you noticed, my xorg.conf looks like:

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver      "fglrx"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
    VendorName  "All"
    BoardName   "All"
EndSection

I never run X as root, I am just trying to fix it here.

Any other ideas please?

Last edited by nspattak (2008-12-11 16:55:23)

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#60 2008-12-11 17:51:23

zenlord
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Re: Xorg won't start.

(WW) is never fatal. Besides, I have those warnings too and X works like a charm with me.

The (EE)-part is about the FGLRX-driver. If I'm not mistaken, FGLRX is not compatible with the new X-server (unless you're alreadyusing the new 8.12-version).

Downgrade X, or switch to the Ati-driver for the time being.

Zl.

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#61 2008-12-11 22:40:19

nspattak
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From: Greece
Registered: 2008-05-21
Posts: 22

Re: Xorg won't start.

I know that (WW) is not the problem, but it is almost identical to the (EE) message and I copied the first I saw. My problem is that the xf86-video-ati driver does not work at all. In fact if it is installed it messes my xorg even if I specify vesa in xorg.conf. Any ideas about that ? Any ideas on how to install a previous version of xorg ? I have already cleared pacmans cache dir...

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#62 2009-03-23 13:58:04

marin
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Posts: 3

Re: Xorg won't start.

hey brazzmonkey did you solve the problem with icon labels ondesktop???

the same happens for all labels in oofice. as soon as i turn the compositor on, the labels and absolutely all letters from menus in oo-writer are gone!.  i turn the compositor of and letters are back without restarting oowriter.  same as desktop labels!

what have you done? is the only solution to upgrade to xfce 4.6??


Phenom II 3.2GHz, 2G RAM, ATI 4290, Pekwm

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#63 2009-03-23 14:43:40

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Posts: 818

Re: Xorg won't start.

marin wrote:

hey brazzmonkey did you solve the problem with icon labels ondesktop???

the same happens for all labels in oofice. as soon as i turn the compositor on, the labels and absolutely all letters from menus in oo-writer are gone!.  i turn the compositor of and letters are back without restarting oowriter.  same as desktop labels!

what have you done? is the only solution to upgrade to xfce 4.6??

Yes I did. There should be a thread dealing with this issue somewhere in these forums. From what I can recall, it's simply solved by manually configuring font smoothing in XFCE control panel (I'm not using XFCE atm, sorry for not being more accurate...).


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#64 2009-03-27 16:07:56

marin
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Re: Xorg won't start.

brazzmonk in this case was lousy 96.43.09 nvidia. with .11 evrthing os fine.

nevtheless thanks for responding!


Phenom II 3.2GHz, 2G RAM, ATI 4290, Pekwm

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