Problem w/ X.Org

Tha1 · 04-18-2009, 04:55 AM

Hey. i´ve installed the latest version of Arch yesterday. All went smoothly with the installation of several packages, but i got stuck when it came to xorg.

I´ve installed xorg, but can't configure it. It says

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unknown command

when i try to run startx to test the xorg.conf file,and the same thing when I call xorgconfig to just make a new file.And when i run

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hwd -xa

it says that there is no Xserver installed.
I typed

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pacman -Qs xorg

and this was the output:

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local/hwd 5.4.3-1
    Hardware detect and xorg.conf generator for Arch Linux
local/xorg-font-utils 7.4-1
    X.Org font utilities
local/xorg-fonts-alias 1.0.1-1
    X.org font alias files
local/xorg-fonts-encodings 1.0.2-2
    X.org font encodiing files
local/xorg-fonts-misc 1.0.0-3
    X.org misc fonts
local/xorg-server 1.6.1-1 (xorg)
    X.Org X servers
local/xorg-server-utils 7.4.4 (xorg)
    X.Org utilities required by xorg-server
local/xorg--xkb-utils 7.4-1
    X.org keyboard utilities

When I run hwd to see if it detects the GPU, he detects it normally (it's a Geforce 8600GT). I'm using ext4 as the filesystem.
Can you help me,please?

Pixxt · 04-18-2009, 03:17 PM

Try

pacman -Ss nvidia or -Sg nvidia

Tha1 · 04-19-2009, 05:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pixxt

Try
pacman -Ss nvidia or -Sg nvidia

I already have the nvidia drivers installed.

I was able to install xorg-xinit, that as it seems, was necessary. but now i have this error when i do startx:

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(EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0)

I've reinstalled freetype2, but it continues to stuck at this.

Any ideas?

berbae · 04-19-2009, 07:51 AM

Hi Tha1 and welcome to Arch.

I can suggest to you the following advices.

First install these packages:
hal
xf86-input-evdev

start hal under root with:
/etc/rc.d/hal start

and to have it started at each reboot:
add hal at the end of the DAEMON line in /etc/rc.conf file

Have a minimal xorg.conf file:

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Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "DontZap"  "False"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

That should be enough with the last xorg-server 1.6.1 release.

Restart Xorg.
Try that and tell if that works for you, if not try to post the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file.
Good luck.

axelfc · 04-22-2009, 03:32 PM

First create an xorg.conf by running nvidia-xconfig

Next edit /etc/inittab and make the changes you see below

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

Or enable gdm if you have Gnome.

Finally reboot and tell us if you were able to login.

This guide could also give you a little help.

Arch Linux Installation Guide

synss · 05-03-2009, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axelfc

First create an xorg.conf by running nvidia-xconfig

Next edit /etc/inittab and make the changes you see below

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

Or enable gdm if you have Gnome.

Finally reboot and tell us if you were able to login.

This guide could also give you a little help.

Arch Linux Installation Guide

I would not force a display manager when xorg refuses to start!!!