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mag1strate 09-06-2009 02:12 PM
xorg.conf files not running properly in arch linux
 
They Guys I seem to be having a problem getting my xorg.conf file to work, I can't seem to be getting that X in the middle of my screen as they are telling me that I would. Here is a copy of my config file.

PHP Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
  Identifier    "Modified_for_xorg-x11_kernel-2.6.6"
  Screen         0 "Screen0" 0 0
  InputDevice   "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
  InputDevice   "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
  ModulePath    "/usr/lib/modules"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
  FontPath      "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection
    
Section "Module"
  Load  "dbe"
  Load  "dri"
  Load  "dri2"
  Load  "glx"
  Load  "record"
  Load  "extmod"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
  Identifier  "Mouse0"
  Driver      "mouse"
  Option      "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
  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 - 130.0
  VertRefresh      50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Card0"
  BoardName   "RV770 [Radeon HD 4850]"
  VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"    
  BusID            "PCI :1 :0 :0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
  Identifier   "Screen0"
  Device       "Card0"
  Monitor      "Monitor0"
  DefaultDepth 24
SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     1
  EndSubSection
SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     4
  EndSubSection
SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     8
  EndSubSection
SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     15
  EndSubSection
SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     16
  EndSubSection
  SubSection   "Display"
        Viewport   0 0
        Depth     24
        Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
  EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Extensions"
        Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection 
Am I doing something wrong? I think I have too many Display subsections. And I am using Arch, Thanks guys!

windtalker10 09-06-2009 02:45 PM
Your display sections are fine.
Do you have hal running and added to your daemons list and did you depmod -a?
You also may not get just an X but 3 small windows.
There are also several ways to get X started.
What always worked best for me was as user,,, startx.


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