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Umbongo

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Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 2

Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

Hi all, I've started installing Arch today on my Laptop, using both the official install guide & beginners guide. However after installing the xf86-video-ati, and attempting to configure my xorg.conf file I have run into problems. No errors are displayed after I run Xorg -configure, however as soon as I then run X using the xorg.conf file I have just created, I'm simply greeted with a black screen and nothing else. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

MoffspringR

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Registered: 2009-03-23

Posts: 36

Re: Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

Try the: "hwd -xa"

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Umbongo

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Registered: 2009-04-12

Posts: 2

Re: Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

EDIT: disregard that, I've managed to get it working by not using an xorg.conf file. If there's a better way to do this, can someone please tell me?

Last edited by Umbongo (2009-04-12 20:46:00)

Mektub

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From: Lisbon /Portugal

Registered: 2008-01-02

Posts: 647

Re: Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

EDIT: disregard that, I've managed to get it working by not using an xorg.conf file. If there's a better way to do this, can someone please tell me?

I use a minimal xorg.conf file. X is happy without one but I  need to put in things that X cannot figure by itself.

In my case its the fact that I prefer to use the Nvidia drivers.

So my xorg.conf looks like this:

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Configured Video Device"
    Driver        "nvidia"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device        "Configured Video Device"
    DefaultDepth    24
EndSection

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EVRAMP

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From: Czech Republic

Registered: 2008-10-03

Posts: 173

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Re: Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

In my opinion: the smaller xorg.conf the better.

Nepherte

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From: Singapore

Registered: 2008-09-09

Posts: 427

Re: Having trouble configuring xorg 1.6

If you're interested in what the x server uses as settings, check /var/log/Xorg.0.log.