New Arch Install Issues

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 09:24

Hi

I am having a few issues with my new Arch install- wondered if anyone would be willing to help:

1. I cannot get the GDM Greeting Manager to start- it just crashes telling me the GDM appears to be crashing. Slim works OK but I would rather use GDM.

2. I cannot create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that actually allows me to even boot and get as far as Slim.

My system is an Athlon 1900+XP, Abit KR7A, Radeon 9700 Pro, 512MB Crucial DDR.

Can anyone offer any help?

Thanks

fumbles · 21 Jun 2007 at 10:11

How do you have gdm starting?

rc.conf as a module down the bottom or in inittab?

[EDIT] I've just check, and I am doing it both ways

Ok I am thinking one works better then the other (cannot think of another reason for me to do it like that).

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 10:27

No I am using the rc.conf and loading the daemon

fumbles · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:28

Copy of xorg?

Una · 21 Jun 2007 at 15:32

Can you check gdm logs and see if there are any error messages?

/var/log/gdm/\:0.log

2. I cannot create an /etc/X11/xorg.conf file that actually allows me to even boot and get as far as Slim.

What do you mean by this? Just xorg fails to load? Booting has nothing to do with X.

Both /etc/X11/xorg.conf and output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log would be nice as well.

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 16:22

Hi there,

After much rebooting and messing around with Arch for most of today I managed to resolve these issues.

I have now installed Beryl and have it running, but it is quite slow- especially Firefox; what kind of system is required for decent performance? I have an AMD Athlon 1900+XP and an ATI Radeon 9700Pro.

I am using XGL with the open source ATI drivers.... There might be some tweaking I can do here though.

Also I am unable to open the Beryl settings manager and see the following in the terminal when I try and do so: "mask is 0 in visual Server error?"

Any ideas?

Thanks

My xorg.conf:

PHP:

Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

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

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

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

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

Section "Monitor"
	#DisplaySize	  470   300	# mm
	Identifier   "Monitor0"
	VendorName   "DEL"
	ModelName    "DELL E228WFP"
 ### Comment all HorizSync and VertRefresh values to use DDC:
	HorizSync    30.0 - 83.0
	VertRefresh  56.0 - 75.0
	Option	    "DPMS"
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     "NoAccel"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SWcursor"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac6Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "Dac8Bit"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BusType"            	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CPPIOMode"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CPusecTimeout"      	# <i>
        Option     "AGPMode" "4"           	# <i>
        #Option     "AGPFastWrite"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AGPSize"            	# <i>
        #Option     "GARTSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RingSize"           	# <i>
        #Option     "BufferSize"         	# <i>
        #Option     "EnableDepthMoves"   	# [<bool>]
        Option     "EnablePageFlip" "on"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "NoBackBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DMAForXv"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FBTexPercent"       	# <i>
        #Option     "DepthBits"          	# <i>
        #Option     "AccelDFS"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PanelOff"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DDCMode"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MonitorLayout"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "IgnoreEDID"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "UseFBDev"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedFB"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "CRT2HSync"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2VRefresh"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "CRT2Position"       	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MetaModes"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedDPI"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "MergedXinerama"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedXineramaCRT2IsScreen0" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedNonRectangular" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "MergedMouseRestriction" 	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DisplayPriority"    	# [<str>]
        #Option     "PanelSize"          	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ForceMinDotClock"   	# <freq>
        Option     "ColorTiling" "on"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCrystal" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreTunerPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreCompositePort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreSVideoPort" 	# <i>
        #Option     "TunerType"          	# <i>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocPath" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RageTheatreMicrocType" 	# <str>
        #Option     "RenderAccel"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SubPixelOrder"      	# [<str>]
        #Option     "ShowCache"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DynamicClocks"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BIOSHotkeys"        	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VGAAccess"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReverseDDC"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LVDSProbePLL"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "ConstantDPI"        	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "ati"
	VendorName  "ATI Technologies Inc"
	BoardName   "Radeon R300 ND [Radeon 9700 Pro]"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
	Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
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

Section "DRI"
	 Group        "video"
	  Mode         0660
  EndSection

Una · 21 Jun 2007 at 16:37

You want to be using fglrx driver instead of the ati open source one, that should increase performance of XGL.

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 16:56

Una said:
You want to be using fglrx driver instead of the ati open source one, that should increase performance of XGL.

I thought it was not compatible with xgl?

Una · 21 Jun 2007 at 16:58

No it does as far as I know,

# ATI

* If you can get the fglrx package installed, most newer generation ATI based cards will work with Xgl
* Mobility Radeon 9700 SE: Xgl running with proprietary fglrx driver 8.23
* HighTech Systems Radeon 9600: Xgl/Beryl/Compiz running with fglrx 8.33
* Radeon X300: Xgl running with proprietary fglrx driver 8.23
* Firegl 5200 and 5250 (T60p): Xgl running with proprietary fglrx driver 8.32 and version 8.33.6 and Xorg 7.2

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 17:11

You should read this if you have problems with ATI.
Uninstalling fglrx

Don't forget that:

* xf86-video-ati are the ATI open source drivers
* ati-fglrx(-beyond, ...) are the proprietary ones wich won't work with Beryl
* You have to replace "fglrx" by "radeon" in BOTH the xorg.conf and rc.conf files
* You have to uninstall ati-fglrx(-beyond, ...), ati-fglrx-utils and then install libgl-dri to get everything to work properly. As Veek said on this post :

Now I assume the xf86-fglrx(-beyond,...) refers to those drivers for any kernel- not just beyond, which suggests to me I am stuck with the third party drivers and that I should stop being cheap & buy an nVidia card and a decent PC

Una · 21 Jun 2007 at 17:30

Your pretty much never going to get decent acceleration using the open source ati drivers. I had XGL running with a radeon card and fglrx.

The open source drivers however do support AIGLX, which might be worth a try.

Its pretty pointless once the novely wears off in my opinion anyhow, not to mention it breaks far too often for my liking. So your not missing anything.

Bes · 21 Jun 2007 at 17:45

Una said:
Your pretty much never going to get decent acceleration using the open source ati drivers. I had XGL running with a radeon card and fglrx.

The open source drivers however do support AIGLX, which might be worth a try.

Its pretty pointless once the novely wears off in my opinion anyhow, not to mention it breaks far too often for my liking. So your not missing anything.

Yeah sod it I am going to give e17 a crack and get rid of xgl/ Beryl completley.... Just too slow for me to use every day