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Registered: 2011-03-19

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xinit error

hi-hi

well,i follow this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc6dpndUlcY to install  X server + Fluxbox

at 3:07 he give

$xinit

so i give "xinit" and i take this http://pastebin.com/NXbVV7rR
could someone help me please?

                                                             
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bohoomil

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Re: xinit error

Have you installed drivers for your graphics card? I think you should read about Xorg and check if you have completed all the necessary steps before installing Fluxbox.

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sap

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Re: xinit error

i think i have done it,but same error.

i gave "pacman -S xf86-video-intel" ,but i dont know if is the correct .

i can help you with that

$lspci
http://pastebin.com/VcSkA3Uh

$pacman -Ss xf86-video
http://pastebin.com/BsU05BHK

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bohoomil

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Re: xinit error

Would you please run

lsmod | grep intel

-- and show the ouput?

Do you have the driver loaded via xorg.conf, like that:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "Card0"
        Driver      "intel"
        ...
EndSection

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sap

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Re: xinit error

$ lsmod | grep intel
http://pastebin.com/RGjRtPUJ

well,i gave "find / -name 'xorg.conf' and it didnt find it.

then i did this
$ Xorg -configure

and now in /root,i have a file xorg.conf.new
http://pastebin.com/svR4v5dr

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lives2evil

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Re: xinit error

It looks like your xorg installation is mess up at some point.
Try reinstalling. Use this command instead:

# pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils

and some how your log said that "This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation." which should not be the case if you're using official respository.

Last edited by lives2evil (2011-03-19 18:00:36)

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bohoomil

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Re: xinit error

Don't get me wrong, but please... Read the article I pointed you to before.

xorg.conf or separate Xorg configuration files are always to be found in /etc/X11/ or /etc/X11/corg.conf.d/ respectively. So first of all, copy what you got to /etc/X11/xorg.conf, and try starting X again.

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Willie Green

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Re: xinit error

It looks like your xorg installation is mess up at some point.
Try reinstalling. Use this command instead:

# pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-utils xorg-server-utils

and some how your log said that "This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation." which should not be the case if you're using official respository.

I get that "pre-release version" message when I startx as well.

IMHO Xorg has been FUBAR ever since the last update and can't install with a simple pacman -S xorg anymore.

I've installed the # pacman -S xorg-server xorg-init xorg-utils xorg-server-utils
followed by # pacman -S xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm
and then installing xf86-video-fbdev and/or xf86-video-vesa because xf86-video-intel isn't loading the vesa and/or fbdev modules even though Udev is supposed to do that all automagically now without an Xorg.conf....

Bah!!! It's all FUBAR.

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sap

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Re: xinit error

@bohoomil
i did 2 times but didn't help me,i have the same "error"

@Willie Green
hohoho your method works.

thank you all for your replies!
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