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Old 04-18-2007, 08:48 AM   #1
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Problems Instaling Beryl on Etch


Can anyone help me out abit in installing Beryl? I've already got the apt-get part and done X-Server configuration according to what people said it should be but there seems to be a problem with it... whenever Im running Beryl it gives me the regular loading text for like 1.5 second and then suddenly a white screen... I think that my computer still works fine after the white screen part (because In my click mayhem I've noticed that Amarok is switching songs as if I doubled clicked for that change... Im running Debian Etch (fully updated) and my graphics card is Nvidia Geforce 5200FX (its drivers were installed from the Nvidia site rather then apt-get). heres my Xorg list:
Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder3)  Mon Feb 26 23:38:46 PST 2007

# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command    :
#   sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Default Layout"
    Screen         "Default Screen" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice    "Configured Mouse"
Option "AIGLX""on"
EndSection

Section "Files"

	# path to defoma fonts
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    FontPath        "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
    Load           "bitmap"
    Load           "dbe"
    Load           "ddc"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "freetype"
    Load           "glx"
    Load           "int10"
    Load           "record"
    Load           "v4l"
    Load           "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver         "kbd"
    Option         "CoreKeyboard"
    Option         "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option         "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option         "XkbLayout" "us,il,ru"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier     "Configured Mouse"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "CorePointer"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "LM1910"
    HorizSync       30.0 - 100.0
    VertRefresh     50.0 - 160.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
    Driver         "nvidia"
Option "RenderAccel""true"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite""true"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Option 	   "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps"
    Option 	   "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
    Identifier     "Default Screen"
    Device         "nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200]"
    Monitor        "LM1910"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       1
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       4
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       8
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       15
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
        Modes      "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1200x800" "1152x864" "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"

   Option "Composite""Enable"

EndSection
Anyone has any idea's for a solution?

Thanks
 
Old 04-18-2007, 12:26 PM   #2
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Hello

I will give you my xorg.conf which works fine.I also had a white screen when i was trying to run beryl but with this configuration everything works fine!
Of course , i don't know if this works for you too.
You must have a copy of your xorg.conf if sth goes wrong!

Quote:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us,gr"
Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:7:0:0"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "On"
Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Γενική Οθόνη"
Option "DPMS"
HorizSync 30-65
VertRefresh 50-75
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT"
Monitor "Γενική Οθόνη"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1280x960" "1280x854" "1280x800" "1280x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
 
Old 04-18-2007, 02:38 PM   #3
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I copied that exactly word by word (both in your case and in the original guidance)but theres still the the old same thing white screen (only this time with slight problems in the monitor itself)... so I reverted back for now.btw I forgot to notice that the only exit from the white screen is Kill X so its probably Xorg conf or Xorg file related... and

Last edited by 2Pacalypse; 04-18-2007 at 03:06 PM.
 
Old 04-22-2007, 12:16 PM   #4
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help please... I'm stuck at this Beryl installation/configuration... I even tried to update my kernel, using ggeo's Xorg file and reinstalling ALL of my Nvidia related files (Drivers,Kernel etc.) but all I managed to do is to switch the white screen into a black one.
 
Old 04-22-2007, 05:22 PM   #5
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Hello

Try see these :

[HTML]http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Troubleshooting_nVidia
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=10103
[/HTML]

Unfortunately i can't think of sth else right now..
 
Old 04-22-2007, 09:58 PM   #6
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Your xorg.conf is quite close to mine, which I just fiddled with the other day to get AIGLX working and banish the black windows. I can't say for certain the differences are the problem (I kinda doubt they are, your xorg.conf should be adequate for Beryl to run without AIGLX at least), but here they are:

I now have these 2 options in both my Screen and Device sections
Code:
    Option       "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true"
    Option       "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
In my Screen section, I removed Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" because Xorg.0.log spat out an error about it not being used or somesuch.

In my ServerLayout, Option AIGLX is "true", not "on". I'm not sure the difference is noteworthy to be honest.

I have "dri" in my modules section, and when fiddling for AIGLX the other day, I added this (it's own section note):
Code:
Section "DRI"
        Mode 0666
EndSection
And that's about it, like I said, it should be working for you.


If you've updated (through apt) since installing the driver from nvidia.com, it's possible your glx driver is broken(replaced actually, see the troubleshooting link ggeo posted). run the following in a terminal and it will tell you if that's the case:

cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep -i GLX;cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep WW;cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log |grep EE

If you get errors about GLX not be loaded or initialized etc, run (as root) nvidia-installer --uninstall, and then reinstall the nvidia driver, or grab version 9755 if you haven't already and install that, or start installing the nvidia drivers "The Debian Way".

good luck!
 
Old 04-24-2007, 10:17 AM   #7
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hmm, It didnt seem to help... my GLX is fine but I still get black screen and with these modifications My X-Server crash's about 5 minutes post initialization. but I think that its a possible lead, maybe it should be altered abit to be Nvidia Geforce 5200FX compatible?
 
Old 04-27-2007, 05:55 AM   #8
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Can someone please help me out with this? I really really want Beryl, I really liked it back In Ubuntu and I really want in In Debian
 
  


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