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kapz

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[SOLVED]Archlinux Xinitrc help!!

Hi all,

I am a new to Arch. Though I have manged to install it and configure it upto an extent but when configuringXorg I am a little confused.

PC Specs: P4 1.6 Ghz, Nvidia 6200 Gforce card and LG 775FT monitor, 1.25 GB ram, 20 GB Hdd.

Problem: I have installed xorg, installed nvidia drivers and they work fine. But it seems that I cant configure/control them.

-now when I set my monitor for Vertrefresh to 70.0 and start x...it starts but does not come in 1280x1024 but rather in 800x600 resolution ONLY.

-if I set my VertRefresh to 50-160 it works fine and boots under 1280x1024 only! - How to set 1024x768?

I have set parameters to 1024x768 only in xorg.conf file but still it loads either 1280x1024 or 800x600!!!

Another thing is that if I copy .xinitrc file to root and home folders the X wont start!

Lastly when the x starts in 1280x1024 I want to increase the font size so I tried all the three methods mentioned in ArchWiki but to no avail . Please someone help me with three things viz:

1>How to set desired resolution in desired Monitor freqncy (I tried "NoDDC" "true" as well but then X wont start)

2>Is .xinitrc file necessary, because adding it only creates problem to startx, removing it solves the problem!( I copy the file as is from /etc/skel, didnt modify it)

3> HOW TO SET DESIRED FONT SIZE?????????

Havent moved on to install DE WM yet as need to iron out the above problems first.

Any help is appreciated...

Last edited by kapz (2009-05-09 19:39:51)

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ak-89

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Re: [SOLVED]Archlinux Xinitrc help!!

That .xinitrc file is used to start DE/WM and run apps like xmodmap and xbindkeys on X start.

With nvidia driver you can set your resolution with nvidia-settings app or in xorg.conf.
Put next line to your xorg.conf in to Screen section
Option         "metamodes" "CRT-0: 1024x768_70 +0+0"

and you will get 1024x768@70hz. If it doesn't work check your xorg.conf and that you have nvidia as driver, not nv, vesa or something else. If it still doesn't work, delete your xorg.conf and make new with "nvidia-xconfig" and then start X and try "sudo nvidia-settings" and then you can set resolutions etc with it and save them to your xorg.conf.

stream303

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Registered: 2009-03-18

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Re: [SOLVED]Archlinux Xinitrc help!!

Hmm I just went through something very similar today, although I'm using the standard 2D "nv" driver.

I found that it helped to bypass xrandr, and use a custom modeline generated by gtf (found this in a 2-year old thread!)  For example, I made sure that the only thing controlling my resolution was my custom modeline for a 1680x1050 resolution at 70hz found with:

gtf 1680 1050 70

See this thread:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=33635

To set your font dpi manually when running just a simple window manager, I like to create a $HOME/.xserverrc file that has nothing but:

exec /usr/bin/X -dpi 120 -nolisten tcp

I like my fonts a bit bigger on a 22" monitor..

Works for me..

Last edited by stream303 (2009-04-08 04:42:10)

kapz

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Re: [SOLVED]Archlinux Xinitrc help!!

Ok none of the things worked for me...anyways I a happy as KDE can set the DPI of the fonts now.

Only thing I stilll dont get is about .xinitrc file...as soon as i put it back there in home folder the X wont boot...giving error message...but w/o it everything is working in  mint condition! So we dont really NEED the file...right??

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kapz

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Re: [SOLVED]Archlinux Xinitrc help!!

Solved. Read Wiki! (sorry how dumb of me) ...But atleast I learned!

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