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EmanuelO

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 6

Please assist - Configuring X

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "X.org Configured"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
    ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
    FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load  "dbe"
    Load  "dri2"
    Load  "dri"
    Load  "record"
    Load  "glx"
    Load  "extmod"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Keyboard0"
    Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier  "Mouse0"
    Driver      "mouse"
    Option        "Protocol" "auto"
    Option        "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option        "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier   "Monitor0"
    VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName    "Monitor Model"
    HorizSync     30.0 - 106.3
    VertRefresh   50.0 - 100.0
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     "NoAccel"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"            # [<str>]
        #Option     "offscreensize"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"               # [<bool>]
        #Option     "ignoreconnector"        # [<str>]
        #Option     "forcereduced"           # [<bool>]
        #Option     "forcedpi"               # <i>
        #Option     "useconfiguredmonitor"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HPD"                    # <str>
        #Option     "NoRandr"                # [<bool>]
        #Option     "RROutputOrder"          # [<str>]
        #Option     "DRI"                    # [<bool>]
        #Option     "TVMode"                 # [<str>]
        #Option     "ScaleType"              # [<str>]
        #Option     "UseAtomBIOS"            # [<bool>]
        #Option     "AtomBIOS"               # [<str>]
        #Option     "UnverifiedFeatures"     # [<bool>]
        #Option     "Audio"                  # [<bool>]
        #Option     "HDMI"                   # [<str>]
        #Option     "COHERENT"               # [<str>]
    Identifier  "Card0"
    Driver      "radeonhd"
    VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName   "RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]"
    BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Screen0"
    Device     "Card0"
    Monitor    "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
    Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection

When I try to test X with the above file I only get a blank screen. It shows no white X or anything. I am running on a ATI Radeon 4850 with the open-source radeonhd drivers. I have a 21inch Dell CRT with a default resolution of 1600x1200 and a maximum refresh rate of 85Hz. What am I doing wrong and how can I get X working? I have been tinkering with this for two days now.

LeoSolaris

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From: South Carolina

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 354

Re: Please assist - Configuring X

Just out of curiosity, what happens if you rename the xorg.conf to xorg.conf.bak and just start X without a config file? It's supposed to auto-detect now...

Another point to be sure of: do you have

exec xterm

in your /home/USERNAME/.xinitrc ? If not, then nothing will happen, even if you have the xorg.conf perfect. (meaning, X started, but wasn't given anything to open graphically.)

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EmanuelO

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 6

Re: Please assist - Configuring X

Just out of curiosity, what happens if you rename the xorg.conf to xorg.conf.bak and just start X without a config file? It's supposed to auto-detect now...

Another point to be sure of: do you have

exec xterm

in your /home/USERNAME/.xinitrc ? If not, then nothing will happen, even if you have the xorg.conf perfect. (meaning, X started, but wasn't given anything to open graphically.)

I attempted your first suggestion with no results, except the screen displayed red lines for a second.

...and I switched out of root to my normal user and installed that Xinitrc thing you were talking about. I typed in the commend startx and I got a x mouse cursor and a grey terminal window in the left-top corner. Does this mean it is working correctly?

BTW I have the xorg.conf file left on default, I haven't changed it back yet. Should I?

Also, thank you so far.

Last edited by EmanuelO (2009-09-02 14:57:39)

EmanuelO

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Registered: 2009-09-02

Posts: 6

Re: Please assist - Configuring X

The mouse and keyboard works. The resolution is correct. Well, I am going to go ahead and install my desktop environment, thank you.