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7etc/

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Registered: 2010-05-08

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[SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

At first sorry to ask once again about this question, but i´ve read lots of post here, in google and other sites, and i can´t find solution. I have a new computer, Dell Studio Xps. It comes with Radeon HD 4200. When I make lspci | grep VGA the answer is "VGA compatible controller: Ati Technologies ... [Radeon HD 5450]
I have tried to install xorg, using the xf86-video-ati driver. I try startx and i can see the 3 small windows, but when i close it, the computer shutdown.
I don´t want that anyone makes the work for me, but please, put me on the right way... The wiki pages have notes like "its older" "its incomplete", and it doesn´t help me so much, or I don´t understant it well.
(sorry for my english)
If you need more information (i think so) please tell me.
Thanks

Last edited by 7etc/ (2011-01-23 13:19:14)

ilusi0n

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Registered: 2010-06-09

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

You are testing the startx with what?
Did you tried first run xterm to see if is everything ok? (creating a .xinitrc on your home folder)
And what desktop enviromment or window manager are you trying to run?

Last edited by ilusi0n (2011-01-16 22:25:28)

7etc/

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

I use startx after install xorg and the drivers to see that xorg works correctly, but when I close the screen with the three windows, the system shutdown

ilusi0n

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

You need to run something first. First test with xterm.
Log in as your user account and:

cp /etc/skel/.xinitrc ~/

edit that file with nano and just write there

exec xterm

and write in terminal just

xinit

Will appear just a little terminal. If everything is alright just write on the terminal exit to get back to tty1

My guess is that you aren't running nothing. Before startx you need to install a desktop environment or a window manager or something else. Running xterm in this case is just for testing purposes.

Last edited by ilusi0n (2011-01-16 22:34:26)

7etc/

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

sorry, but I think that install xorg, the driver, and hal if you need, and then probe your system with startx, it´s the same that xterm. But this is not the question. My problem is that when i run startx, or xterm (i´ve probe too) my system shutdown.

cubeist

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Registered: 2010-08-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Problems with xorg and ATI

I've worked with systems with that card and it works very well with xf86-video-ati.  The wiki page that will get it working is: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/ATI

Some things to keep in mind, if you installed any catalyst files you need to remove all of them from your system before following the wiki above.  Also, once you have xf86-video-ati installed you should be able to run with KMS, so add the appropriate radeon.modeset=1 to your boot / grub / menu.lst entry and move your xorg.conf file (it's not needed with KMS) (sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak)