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#1 2004-12-10 04:00:31

gaah
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[solved]xorg problem?

Hey!

I have problems getting my xorg up and running. I installed it with pacman, and run xorgconfig with all the settings. Then edited the file and added the DisplaySize and everything... But after that when I'm running startx it crashes saying no monitor found and that the depth (16/24) is not supported... When setting the default depth to 8 it starts but with very low resolution. Before running the xorgconfig I could startx into a higher resolution... I have no idea what went wrong...

I have an MSI GeForce FX 5600 128MB graphicscard, haven't installed the nvidia drivers yet though... May this help or is it something completely different? I remember I had this problem last time I installed arch too, but of course I can't remember how I solved it... :-/

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#2 2004-12-10 04:22:13

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

you probably don't have the needed info on your monitor for it to work properly. if you could post your monitor and mode sections that could help.


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#3 2004-12-10 05:05:01

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "scr"
    HorizSync   30-69
    VertRefresh 50-120
    DisplaySize 305 230
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier    "Standard VGA"
    VendorName    "Unknown"
    BoardName    "Unknown"
    Driver     "vga"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "video"
    Driver      "vga"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier  "Screen 1"
    Device      "video"
    Monitor     "scr"
    DefaultDepth 16
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes       "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

Hope this was what you asked for!

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#4 2004-12-10 05:15:31

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

well first off if you have your monitor's refresh ranges it wpould help and you could check there first. what catches my attention though are your two "Device" sections: if you want to know why here is the bottom section of my conf file:

Section "Monitor"
        #DisplaySize      360   270     # mm
        Identifier   "Monitor0"
        VendorName   "DWE"
        ModelName    "PnP Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS"
        HorizSync 30 - 95
        VertRefresh 50 - 160
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     "SWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWcursor"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoAccel"                   # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ShadowFB"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Rotate"                    # [<str>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"                  # <i>
        #Option     "FlatPanel"                 # [<bool>]
        #Option     "FPDither"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "CrtcNumber"                # <i>
#Option      "AllowGLXWithComposite"  "1"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nvidia"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "NV18 [GeForce4 MX 440 AGP 8x]"
        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device     "Card0"
        Monitor    "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Viewport   0 0
                Depth     1
        EndSubSection
                       Viewport   0 0
                Depth     4
        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 
                Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768
        EndSubSection
EndSection

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#5 2004-12-10 05:22:55

gaah
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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

um... I have no idea why I have two! hehe But what to do? Did you install the nvidia with pacman or is it best to do it in some other way? (don't ask why I ask since I have no idea! hehe) And would this fix all my problems? :-)

Also, the monitor rates comes from the monitor specs, the ones I had in my file I mean, so those should be acurate...

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#6 2004-12-10 05:58:03

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

try removing one of the device section and change the other to:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "nv"
        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
        BoardName   "<whatever your card type is here t really doesn't matter"
EndSection


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#7 2004-12-10 06:01:11

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

h and no you should not need to install the nvidia package unless you want to get the best out of your card.

you should also comment out "Load dri" in the upper part of your conf file.

also if you had a working conf file for Xfree86 then you can just change the name of it to xorg.conf and it should work fine.


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#8 2004-12-10 06:23:10

gaah
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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

No, I just installed arch on this computer, so I have no old conf file from XFree86. I've never used it... Is it better than xorg?

Gonna try these settings and see what I come up with! Of course I want the best out of my card, but I read the wiki of nvidia installing procedure before. It said some errors might occur if upgrading the kernel or possibly gcc. So I want a backup driver that works if those troubles would strike down on me some day! When I get this working of course I'll try to get the real nvidia up and running!

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#9 2004-12-10 06:33:00

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

the nv driver is the builtin xorg nvidia driver and it will always be there if you need it.


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#10 2004-12-10 06:36:26

gaah
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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

Thank you so much! I got it working now! :-)

Now I'll go for the other nVidia driver... There's the wiki for that one, and if following that one I shouldn't have to change more in the x conf file?

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#11 2004-12-10 11:43:10

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

you would have to change "nv" to "nvidia" and make sure you have  "Load glx" in that module loading area. the wiki should cover that.


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#12 2004-12-10 18:25:28

gaah
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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

Thank you again! I haven't tried to fix the nvidia driver yet, but will soon! I don't think there will be any troubles there. This topic is "fixed" now, but I don't know how to mark it as fixed...?

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#13 2004-12-10 19:24:03

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Re: [solved]xorg problem?

gaah wrote:

Thank you again! I haven't tried to fix the nvidia driver yet, but will soon! I don't think there will be any troubles there. This topic is "fixed" now, but I don't know how to mark it as fixed...?

you should be able to edit the first post and change the subject - most people but [solved] at the end...

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