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Old 02-17-2008, 08:30 PM   #46
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Try this instead:

cd /usr/X11R6
ls -Rla *
 
Old 02-20-2008, 06:21 PM   #47
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Try this instead:

cd /usr/X11R6
ls -Rla *
Here's the output.
Code:
bigdawg@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/X11R6$ ls -Rla *
lib:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  3 bigdawg users 72 2008-02-13 04:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x  3 bigdawg users 72 2008-02-13 04:44 ../
drwxr-xr-x  2 bigdawg users 72 2008-02-13 04:44 X11/

lib/X11:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  2 bigdawg users 72 2008-02-13 04:44 ./
drwxr-xr-x  3 bigdawg users 72 2008-02-13 04:44 ../
lrwxrwxrwx  1 bigdawg users 24 2008-02-13 04:44 fonts -> /usr/X11R7/lib/X11/fonts/
I tried to compile the xserver-xorg-video-openchrome the same as previous openchrome tarballs (i.e. ./configure --prefix=/usr/X11R7 ...) but had compile errors in make.
Code:
bigdawg@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome$ make clean
Making clean in libxvmc
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/libxvmc'
test -z "libviaXvMC.la libviaXvMCPro.la" || rm -f libviaXvMC.la libviaXvMCPro.la
rm -f "./so_locations"
rm -f "./so_locations"
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/libxvmc'
Making clean in man
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/man'
test -z "via.4" || rm -f via.4
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/man'
Making clean in unichrome
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/unichrome'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm: cannot remove `.libs/via_3d.o': Permission denied
make[1]: [clean-libtool] Error 1 (ignored)
test -z "via_drv.la" || rm -f via_drv.la
rm -f "./so_locations"
rm -f *.o
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/unichrome'
Making clean in .
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome'
rm -rf .libs _libs
rm -f *.lo
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome'
bigdawg@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome$ make
make  all-recursive
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome'
Making all in unichrome
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/unichrome'
if /bin/sh ../libtool --tag=CC --mode=compile gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I..    -DXFree86Server -DIN_MODULE -DXFree86Module -DXFree86LOADER -I/usr/X11R7/include/xorg -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/drm   -I/usr/include/drm -I/usr/X11R7/include/X11/dri   -g -O2 -MT via_3d.lo -MD -MP -MF ".deps/via_3d.Tpo" -c -o via_3d.lo via_3d.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/via_3d.Tpo" ".deps/via_3d.Plo"; else rm -f ".deps/via_3d.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
rm: cannot remove `.libs/via_3d.o': Permission denied
rm: cannot remove `.libs/via_3d.o': Permission denied
 gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I.. -DXFree86Server -DIN_MODULE -DXFree86Module -DXFree86LOADER -I/usr/X11R7/include/xorg -I/usr/X11R7/include -I/usr/include/drm -I/usr/include/drm -I/usr/X11R7/include/X11/dri -g -O2 -MT via_3d.lo -MD -MP -MF .deps/via_3d.Tpo -c via_3d.c  -fPIC -DPIC -o .libs/via_3d.o
Assembler messages:
FATAL: can't create .libs/via_3d.o: Permission denied
make[2]: *** [via_3d.lo] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome/unichrome'
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome'
make: *** [all] Error 2
So I tried using autogen after removing that directory and untarring xserver~.gz and going into new xserver- directory. But came up with more errors beyond my understanding.
Code:
bigdawg@Heavnersnetwork:/usr/src/xserver-xorg-video-openchrome$ ./autogen.sh
autoreconf: Entering directory `.'
autoreconf: configure.ac: not using Gettext
autoreconf: running: aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of XMMS_TEST_VERSION
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of PKG_CHECK_MODULES
/usr/share/aclocal/pilot-link.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PILOT_LINK_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_NSPR
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
/usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gdk-pixbuf.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF
/usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
autoreconf: configure.ac: tracing
autoreconf: running: libtoolize --copy
libtoolize: `config.guess' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `config.sub' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
libtoolize: `ltmain.sh' exists: use `--force' to overwrite
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:17: warning: underquoted definition of XMMS_TEST_VERSION
  run info '(automake)Extending aclocal'
  or see http://sources.redhat.com/automake/automake.html#Extending-aclocal
/usr/share/aclocal/xmms.m4:62: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_XMMS
/usr/share/aclocal/pkg.m4:5: warning: underquoted definition of PKG_CHECK_MODULES
/usr/share/aclocal/pilot-link.m4:1: warning: underquoted definition of AC_PILOT_LINK_HOOK
/usr/share/aclocal/nspr.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_NSPR
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:9: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/imlib.m4:167: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_IMLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gtk.m4:7: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GTK
/usr/share/aclocal/glib.m4:8: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GLIB
/usr/share/aclocal/gdk-pixbuf.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_GDK_PIXBUF
/usr/share/aclocal/audiofile.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AUDIOFILE
/usr/share/aclocal/aalib.m4:12: warning: underquoted definition of AM_PATH_AALIB
autoreconf: running: /usr/bin/autoconf
So I guess I'm not able to use that version of openchrome either.

Thanks for the help.
 
Old 02-20-2008, 06:50 PM   #48
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Dude... I don't think your getting the big picture here.

1.) ROOT!!!!!

You've got the same permission problems on the make/make install. If you can't remember to su then just log in as root and be done with it. Your perms are screwed up as well on that ls...

The second and last bit of code there are no errors what so ever. You ran autogen.sh... Fine. Now run ./configure...

2.) Why are you trying to build new drivers when you haven't even validated the first set of drivers? Did you try putting "via" in your xorg.conf?

This is all pretty basic stuff. About 5 days ago, I thought of asking if I could SSH into your box. Could have been running in minutes... But instead, we are going over the same stuff over and over again.

All my earlier suggestions still stand and I don't think they've been tried yet...
 
Old 02-20-2008, 08:27 PM   #49
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Dude... I don't think your getting the big picture here.

1.) ROOT!!!!!

You've got the same permission problems on the make/make install. If you can't remember to su then just log in as root and be done with it. Your perms are screwed up as well on that ls...
Your right about me not using su. I was just following your commands as user and not root. That's probably why none of it has worked thus far. You did mention using su for make install in post #32.
Quote:
Originally Posted by jong357;
Yep. It makes a difference. Always do the "make install" as root.
I honestly didn't know I needed to be root to build them. Please forgive my being such a newbie. It's been a long time since I built/compiled and I had a friend help me back then. He's been using Unix/Linux for years. Most of what I have compiled was done from what I read from the howto's and posts. I did the ls -Rla * as root but the output is huge.

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The second and last bit of code there are no errors what so ever. You ran autogen.sh... Fine. Now run ./configure...
So even if there are errors in the ./autogen.sh I can still move forward and do ./configure? That I didn't know. I thought I had to run without errors or problems would evolve later. But I know now. Thanks.

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2.) Why are you trying to build new drivers when you haven't even validated the first set of drivers? Did you try putting "via" in your xorg.conf?
I don't understand what you mean by validated the first set of drivers? And Yes I did try using via in my xorg.conf and it didn't work. It said no screen found I think. I tried that the other day. Unlike before it didn't say anything about not finding the driver. I have tried everything in xorg.conf via, via_drv, and openchrome. But since I didn't build from root/su (stupidity)it wouldn't find the driver needed.

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This is all pretty basic stuff. About 5 days ago, I thought of asking if I could SSH into your box. Could have been running in minutes... But instead, we are going over the same stuff over and over again.

All my earlier suggestions still stand and I don't think they've been tried yet...
Sorry to have wasted you time throughout this process. Let me know what suggestions you are referring to and I will try it all again.

Again Sorry and Thanks for the help!!
 
Old 02-20-2008, 08:58 PM   #50
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Your not wasting my time. I was just a little cranky. Low blood sugar or something. The autongen.sh DIDN'T have any errors. None what so ever. That's all standard output and it went fine.

Xorg saying "no screens found" is yet another problem that you should have pursued. That probably meant the new via driver was loaded and ready to go but something else about your xorg.conf wasn't right.

Go look at the moon. It's almost Blood Red... ;-)
Last edited by jong357; 02-20-2008 at 09:07 PM.
 
Old 02-20-2008, 09:26 PM   #51
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I will research the "no screens found" to see what I can find. If I can't get it to work then I'm going to start over using su and see how things go. Newbie question alert -- Can I recompile as root over what is already in the directory?

I think there is still something up with my X11R7. I can't use xorgconfig or xorgsetup. I tried to see if xorgsetup would find the driver but didn't work.

Yeah the moon does look wicked.!!
 
Old 02-21-2008, 07:59 AM   #52
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Hi,

The moon here was a pale red at about 21:00 not full eclipse yet. Beautiful clear sky. Awesome! Too cold to stay outside. I'll have to wait until 2010 and hope it's warmer.
 
Old 02-21-2008, 10:06 AM   #53
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Never got red here.. Just a dirty orangeish brown... Bummer. Yea. 15 degrees last night. I looked out my bedroom window till it got too high too see.

Rollo, you can do a "make clean" in the source and then start over with the compiling. It would still probably be easier to just back stuff up and then install 12.0... You would be assured of having a proper Xorg and you would have an updated toolchain so you could run the latest and greatest openchrome too. Up to you.

Have you tried "X -Configure"? It is strange that those commands don't work. You REALLY need a working and proper xorg.conf to adequately test to see if the new driver works or not.
 
Old 02-27-2008, 06:34 PM   #54
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Ok jong need your help again. I know it's never ending with us newb's. I tried to restore X11R6 but now I can't startx again. I've gone back and changed all X11R7's to X11R6. This is what I've done so far.

Quote:
Originally Posted by jong357 View Post
and for restoring your original X11R6:

rm -rf /usr/X11R6
tar xf X11R6.backup.tar.gz
I did as /bin/bash said.
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Originally Posted by /bin/bash View Post
If it doesn't work and you want to undo it just delete /usr/X11R7 then untar the backup copy of /usr/X11R6 you made, then change the symlink in /usr/bin back to /usr/X11R6/bin. And you'll probably need to reboot.
Then I tried startx, nothing so I rebooted and tried again, still nothing. I also changed my xorg.conf back to X11R6 in the paths (i.e. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ ).
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Looks like you need to add /usr/X11R7/lib to /etc/ld.so.conf and then run 'ldconfig'...
I went back and changed my ld.so.conf so the /usr/X11R7/lib is no longer there and ran ldconfig.
Here is my xorg.conf .
Code:
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/share/X11/rgb"
	ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
	FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load  "extmod"
	Load  "xtrap"
	Load  "record"
	Load  "dbe"
	Load  "dri"
	Load  "freetype"
	Load  "type1"
EndSection

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

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/mouse"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "ShadowFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DefaultRefresh"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ModeSetClearScreen" 	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "vesa"
	VendorName  "Unknown Vendor"
	BoardName   "Unknown Board"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	Monitor    "Monitor0"
	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
	EndSubSection
EndSection
Here is the Xorg.0.log .
Code:
X Window System Version 6.8.2
Release Date: 9 February 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.13 i686 [ELF] 
Current Operating System: Linux Heavnersnetwork 2.6.22.2 #2 SMP Wed Aug 15 20:23:52 EDT 2007 i686
Build Date: 11 September 2005
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Feb 27 05:55:30 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
	Undefined Device "SiS" referenced by Screen "Screen 1".
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error parsing the config file

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
I don't know why there's a SiS device.
I'm unabe to run xorgsetup or xorgconfig.
Code:
ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root users 4613 2005-07-11 00:05 /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgsetup*
ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root users 49632 2005-09-12 02:03 /usr/X11R6/bin/xorgconfig*
ls -l /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root users 3198 2005-09-12 01:56 /usr/X11R6/bin/startx*
The error is the same
Code:
-bash: xorgconfig: command not found 
-bash: xorgsetup: command not found
-bash: startx: command not found
Any suggestions??

Another question. Can I use 2 different harddrives to install Slak 12?? Such as using 10Gb(hda) drive for / and /swap and a 30Gb(hdb) for /usr and /var. I noticed I ran out of space on my Slak 10.2 with / having 2Gb of space. I've got the Slak 12 dvd and want to give it a try but don't want to wipe 10.2 .

Thanks for the help.
 
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Hi,

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<snip>

Another question. Can I use 2 different harddrives to install Slak 12?? Such as using 10Gb(hda) drive for / and /swap and a 30Gb(hdb) for /usr and /var. I noticed I ran out of space on my Slak 10.2 with / having 2Gb of space. I've got the Slak 12 dvd and want to give it a try but don't want to wipe 10.2 .

Thanks for the help.
Yes, you can spread your install over multiple drives. Your mounting will be taken care of with the '/etc/fstab'. You will be prompted during the 'setup' for the locations of the '/', 'swap', '/usr', '/var' or whatever alternates you want to use for your new '/etc/fstab'. Just make sure you allocate enough space for each.

BTW, 30GB is a lot for just '/usr' and '/var'. Place your '/home' along with those.

An example of a SOHO server;
Quote:
~#fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 122.9 GB, 122942324736 bytes
16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 238216 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 19842 10000336+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 19843 23811 2000376 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 23812 25796 1000440 83 Linux
/dev/hda4 25797 238216 107059680 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 25797 29765 2000344+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 29766 41671 6000592+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 41672 47671 3023968+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 47672 55609 4000720+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda9 55610 75451 10000336+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda10 75452 95293 10000336+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda11 95294 115135 10000336+ 83 Linux
Quote:
:~# cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hda3 / ext3 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda5 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda6 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda7 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda8 /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda9 /arc1 ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda10 /arc2 ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda11 /arc3 ext3 defaults 1 2
#/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
 
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Why don't you just do a "removepkg" on all your original x11 packages and then just re-install them with "installpkg"?

Probably the easiest way to go.
 
Old 02-28-2008, 04:55 PM   #57
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starting x
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Why don't you just do a "removepkg" on all your original x11 packages and then just re-install them with "installpkg"?

Probably the easiest way to go.
I removedpkg x11 then installpkg in the /x on disc 1. Everything is running smoothly again, THANKS jong.

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Yes, you can spread your install over multiple drives. Your mounting will be taken care of with the '/etc/fstab'. You will be prompted during the 'setup' for the locations of the '/', 'swap', '/usr', '/var' or whatever alternates you want to use for your new '/etc/fstab'. Just make sure you allocate enough space for each.

BTW, 30GB is a lot for just '/usr' and '/var'. Place your '/home' along with those.
The amount of space allocated for each is my concern. I thought that the /usr would use up the most space for data,mp3,video, and such. Which directory is going to use the most space? I tried to use /usr for everything before but still ended up using /'s space. Seems like /home used up the space of / as well. Any advise or info as to why.

Thanks for the help.
 
  


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