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seisatsu

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Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 9

ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

First off, I am writing this post from the terminal, so I apologize if it looks sloppy.

I have everything working (from the beginner's guide) up to the point where I try to test my Xorg configuration.

X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf

At this point, my screen goes black, and the entire system freezes. I am unable to even switch virtual terminals.

My /etc/X11/xorg.conf: http://dpaste.com/66061/
My /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old: http://dpaste.com/66062/
I have not yet created a ~/.xinitrc

Can someone assist me?
(The console is still comfortable though.

Edit: My driver option was previously set to intel. Changing to vesa made no difference in the outcome.

Last edited by seisatsu (2011-02-26 12:20:13)

Trent

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From: Baltimore, MD (US)

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 990

Re: ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

Clarification:  you did try running X without a configuration file, right?  Did it work?

jbusch

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Registered: 2009-01-27

Posts: 20

Re: ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

If you can't even switch back to a virtual terminal, your hardware might not be detected correctly.  Try getting hal.

pacman -S hal
/etc/rc.d/hal start

You can also put hal in your /etc/rc.conf under "demons" to automatically load on boot.

- J

edit: Under the assumption that you do not already have hal, that is

Last edited by jbusch (2009-07-12 07:14:31)

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 1,439

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Re: ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

I guess that too!

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … uring_xorg

It's a very very known issue for all beginners, but i can't understand why the don't read the wiki.

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seisatsu

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Registered: 2009-07-12

Posts: 9

Re: ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

Thanks for the suggestions.

I figured this one out already. I did have Hal running, but it turns out that the xf86-input-mouse and xf86-input-keyboard driveres weren't installed by default. Running a quick Pacman command solved my problem.

These packages should probably be added to the Xorg pacman group.

sand_man

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-06-10

Posts: 2,164

Re: ArchLinux Laptop - Xorg freezes system

Well they are part of xf86-input-drivers group. If the xorg group were to install that group then it will install a lot of useless drivers that aren't needed.
I don't see the point of putting all those drivers in a group like that. I think seisatsu is right in saying that, at least those two drivers should be in the xorg group.
seisatsu, feel welcome to file a bug report

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