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#1 2010-06-07 20:30:11

xakh
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Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

So yesterday I tried to load Arch on an old machine in my grandparents' basement, and it worked great. I had sound, LXDE, and it all looked nice. Now when I boot it, it tells me that X can't find a screen, at all.

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#2 2010-06-07 20:33:46

Cilyan
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Please provide a little bit more information. This error is the basic one when something got wrong with configuration, it could be anything. Please post at least /var/log/Xorg.0.log (on a pastebin) and maybe /etc/X11/xorg.conf, anything you changed in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ or /etc/hal/fdi/policy/.

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#3 2010-06-07 21:10:39

xakh
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Alright, here's /var/log/Xorg.0.log
http://paste.pocoo.org/show/223016/

Last edited by xakh (2010-06-07 21:13:04)

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#4 2010-06-07 21:12:30

eirik
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

You could copy the logs and configs over to another computer using scp, or eventually a memory stick if ain't networked.

Oh and how? Use one of the ttys.

Last edited by eirik (2010-06-07 21:13:12)


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#5 2010-06-07 21:14:17

xakh
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Okay, I had wgetpaste, someone told me to get that some time before (He knows my track record), I'm operating without a xorg.conf, so what else do you guys need to see?
(the link is http://paste.pocoo.org/show/223016/ , I put it up a post before as well)

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#6 2010-06-07 21:42:50

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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Pick a video driver to use

pacman -Ss xf86-video
extra/xf86-video-apm 1.2.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Alliance ProMotion video driver
extra/xf86-video-ark 0.7.2-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org ark video driver
extra/xf86-video-ati 6.12.192-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org ati video driver
extra/xf86-video-chips 1.2.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Chips and Technologies video driver
extra/xf86-video-cirrus 1.3.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Cirrus Logic video driver
extra/xf86-video-dummy 0.3.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org dummy video driver
extra/xf86-video-fbdev 0.4.1-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org framebuffer video driver
extra/xf86-video-geode 2.11.6-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org AMD/Geode LX & NX video driver
extra/xf86-video-glint 1.2.4-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org GLINT/Permedia video driver
extra/xf86-video-i128 1.3.3-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Number 9 I128 video driver
extra/xf86-video-i740 1.3.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Intel i740 video driver
extra/xf86-video-intel 2.10.0-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Intel i810/i830/i915/945G/G965+ video drivers
extra/xf86-video-mach64 6.8.2-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org mach64 video driver
extra/xf86-video-mga 1.4.11-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org mga video driver
extra/xf86-video-neomagic 1.2.4-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org neomagic video driver
extra/xf86-video-nouveau 0.0.15_git20100314-1
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards (experimental)
extra/xf86-video-nv 2.1.17-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org nv video driver
extra/xf86-video-openchrome 0.2.904-2
    X.Org Openchrome drivers
extra/xf86-video-r128 6.8.1-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org ati Rage128 video driver
extra/xf86-video-radeonhd 1.3.0-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    Experimental Radeon HD video driver for r500 and r600 ATI cards
extra/xf86-video-rendition 4.2.3-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Rendition video driver
extra/xf86-video-s3 0.6.3-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org S3 video driver
extra/xf86-video-s3virge 1.10.4-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org S3 Virge video driver
extra/xf86-video-savage 2.3.1-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org savage video driver
extra/xf86-video-siliconmotion 1.7.3-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org siliconmotion video driver
extra/xf86-video-sis 0.10.2-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org SiS video driver
extra/xf86-video-sisusb 0.9.3-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org SiS USB video driver
extra/xf86-video-tdfx 1.4.3-2 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org tdfx video driver
extra/xf86-video-trident 1.3.3-3 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org Trident video driver
extra/xf86-video-tseng 1.2.3-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org tseng video driver
extra/xf86-video-unichrome 0.2.7-2
    Unichrome video drivers for X.Org
extra/xf86-video-v4l 0.2.0-4 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org v4l video driver
extra/xf86-video-vesa 2.3.0-1 (xorg xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org vesa video driver
extra/xf86-video-vmware 10.16.9-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org vmware video driver
extra/xf86-video-voodoo 1.2.3-1 (xorg-video-drivers)
    X.org 3dfx Voodoo1/Voodoo2 2D video driver

Most likey you want xf86-video-sis 0.10.2-3

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#7 2010-06-07 21:48:21

wonder
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

happens when you cherry pick from testing. enable testing and do pacman -Syu

you have this problem because you used xorg-server 1.8.1 and a driver that was compiled for 1.7.


Give what you have. To someone, it may be better than you dare to think.

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#8 2010-06-07 21:52:29

xakh
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Ah. I thought vesa would be the one I'd want, though.
EDIT: I got X working! I'll report back soon, I have a few questions.

Last edited by xakh (2010-06-07 22:01:03)

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#9 2010-06-08 01:24:05

xakh
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Okay, now I have a different question. What do I need to do to set up SLiM to recognize and run with LXDE when the system starts? I'm having a lot of trouble with that.

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#10 2010-06-08 01:41:59

evr
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Registered: 2009-01-23
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

i recommend you check out the wiki. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Sli … vironments

you need to put 'exec startlxde' in your ~/.xinitrc

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#11 2010-06-08 12:28:04

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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

Actually, you should put 'exec ck-launch-session startlxde' if you don't want to run into issues with poweroff, mounting, etc.

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#12 2010-06-08 18:38:16

xakh
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Re: Had it for a few hours, then borked a system to hell.

That worked. I'll probably be back, asking about sound in a bit, but right now I'm just getting the machine nice and neat looking.

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