Installation of Arch (64) in VirtualBox, issues with Xorg

Hi friends,
I want to install Arch (64) in VirtualBox, recent versions both.
I did the main installation procedure.
But now I want to install X.
I did "pacman -S xorg", and "Xorg -configure", and copied the newly created xorg-file to /etc/X11. It correctly recognizes "vboxvideo" as the video driver.
Now the problem is this: the first time I do "xinit", it works, but after exiting, and commanding "xinit" again, I get a blank screen and a freeze.
After exiting X the first time, it tells me about problems with DRI and DRM.
(Sorry I can't insert the files here at the moment, because I don't have the Guest Additions installed yet.)
Hope to hear from you,
Daniel

Can you please post the error messages it gives you?

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X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux solarflare 2.6.20-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 16 20:22:11 CET 2007 i686
Build Date: 27 February 2007
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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 Mar 21 03:26:45 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "AOC 7F+"
(**) | |-->Device "NVIDIA 6200"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi").
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi".
Entry deleted from font path.
(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi").
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x81c34a0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 1.1
X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(--) using VT number 7
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3099 card 1106,3099 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b099 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1317,0985 card 1113,1216 rev 11 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0996 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0996 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1019,0996 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1019,0996 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1019,0996 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1019,0996 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1019,0996 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0221 card 1043,820c rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xeaffffff (0x3000000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xe8000000/24, 0xd0000000/28, 0xe9000000/24
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[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xe0000000 from 0xe7ffffff to 0xdfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[3] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[3] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[7] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9755
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.9755
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.1.1, module version = 1.1.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.6
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 1.0-9755 Mon Feb 26 23:23:13 PST 2007
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
compiled for 7.1.99.2, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libramdac.so
(II) Module ramdac: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.2.0, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.1
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[7] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[7] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[10] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
[11] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
[12] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
[21] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
[22] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 131072 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.03.00
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 4X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0): AOC Spectrum7F (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): AOC Spectrum7F (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
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(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
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(II) resource ranges after preInit:
[0] 0 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
[1] 0 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
[2] 0 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
[4] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xeb021000 - 0xeb0210ff (0x100) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xeb020000 - 0xeb0203ff (0x400) MX[b]
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[10] -1 0 0xe9000000 - 0xe9ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[11] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xdfffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
[12] -1 0 0xe8000000 - 0xe8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[13] 0 0 0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
[14] 0 0 0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[15] 0 0 0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
[16] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e4ff (0x100) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dc1f (0x20) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[b]
[23] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d0ff (0x100) IX[b]
[24] 0 0 0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
[25] 0 0 0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "1024x768"
(II) Loading extension NV-GLX
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA 3D Acceleration Architecture Initialized
(II) NVIDIA(0): Using the NVIDIA 2D acceleration architecture
(==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
(==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
(II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
(==) RandR enabled
(II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
(II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
(II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
(II) Initializing built-in extension XC-APPGROUP
(II) Initializing built-in extension XAccessControlExtension
(II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
(II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
(II) Initializing built-in extension XFree86-Bigfont
(II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
(II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
(II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
(II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
(II) Initializing built-in extension XEVIE
(II) Initializing extension GLX
(**) Option "Protocol" "Auto"
(**) Mouse1: Device: "/dev/input/mice"
(**) Mouse1: Protocol: "Auto"
(**) Option "CorePointer"
(**) Mouse1: Core Pointer
(**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
(==) Mouse1: Emulate3Buttons, Emulate3Timeout: 50
(**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
(**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4, 5, 6 and 7
(**) Mouse1: Buttons: 11
(**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
(**) Keyboard1: Core Keyboard
(**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
(**) Keyboard1: Protocol: standard
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbRules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbModel: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) Keyboard1: XkbLayout: "us"
(**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
(**) Keyboard1: CustomKeycodes disabled
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard1" (type: KEYBOARD)
(II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)
(--) Mouse1: PnP-detected protocol: "ExplorerPS/2"
(II) Mouse1: ps2EnableDataReporting: succeeded
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

No ... the problem is in the kernel that comes precompiled.
I did this test.
The first time I installed the kernel I unloaded nvidiafb since I dont like it.
When I install nvidiafb back something strange happends. Nvidia module fails to load.
The modprobe sais it cannot find the device nvidia.ko ... but it is there!
So my best guess is, there is something with the kernel. Any ideas?
Problem resolved, installed older driver
Last edited by Nefer-Ra (2007-03-22 02:59:25)

Odd visual issues with Xorg

Hey all, recently, after restarting post-upgrade, X loads my DE (Gnome), but fails to display it correctly. There are also quite a few visual artifacts. I've been running Arch on it for months, and I saw nothing in the update that would have broken anything. And the only errors/warnings in my Xorg logs are regarding vesa, fbdev, a fonts directory and ACPI (See code below).
$ grep EE Xorg.1.log
[ 1853.651] Current Operating System: Linux Tranquility 3.5.3-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Aug 26 08:15:06 UTC 2012 i686
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1853.712] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 1853.719] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
$ grep WW Xorg.1.log
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 1853.708] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 1853.708] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[ 1853.708] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[ 1853.711] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 1853.719] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 1853.754] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
A thumbnail of a screenshot is below. Should anyone require a higher resolution of the image, I will provide one on request. For the record, the mouse and some of the icons on the shell appear. The whole screen also flickers as if broken on mouse move.
All the best,
-HG
Last edited by HalosGhost (2012-09-02 20:31:30)

ConnorBehan wrote:Things to try: turning EXA / RenderAccel on and off, turning the Composite extension on and off, downgrading xorg-server or xf86-video-ati or whatever it was in the update that broke your display.
Connor, thank you for your reply. EXA is a no-go. If by RenderAccel, you mean AccelDFS, it's also a no-go (if not, I don't know what you're referring to). I am also not familiar with the Composite extension. As far as I'm aware neither the driver or the xorg server were in the update which preceded the issue.
As a final update, I managed to get GNOME into Fallback mode to see if that would help at all. Though it does display my background, which doesn't happen in standard mode anymore, the icons and shell are all still messed up. As I need my laptop to be in fairly functioning condition before Wednesday—and because I'm fairly sure this whole thing was due to a mistake I made somewhere along the way—I'm just going to do a clean install tonight.
Thanks for all the help as always folks. Have a good night!
All the best,
-HG

Issues with xorg and catalyst

Hi.
I was running an older version catalyst and xorg, but I upgraded everythin to try to get rid of an issue, and now the problem is much worse.
For some reason the open source ati/radeon drivers now result in a very high load average, so I'm trying to get the catalyst drivers to work.
However, I'm getting a floating point error.
Here's the log
[ 13.823]
X.Org X Server 1.9.2
Release Date: 2010-10-30
[ 13.823] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 13.823] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.35-ARCH x86_64
[ 13.823] Current Operating System: Linux harah 2.6.36-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 24 00:39:57 CET 2010 x86_64
[ 13.823] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/a8eaea92-ee81-4bb0-9bb8-6904e884df07 ro nomodesetting
[ 13.823] Build Date: 01 November 2010 10:29:19PM
[ 13.823]
[ 13.823] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
[ 13.823] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 13.823] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 13.823] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Dec 6 19:52:38 2010
[ 13.857] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[ 13.857] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 13.929] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout"
[ 13.929] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0)
[ 13.929] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
[ 13.930] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
[ 13.930] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 13.930] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 13.993] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[ 13.993] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 14.079] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[ 14.090] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 14.090] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 14.090] (II) Loader magic: 0x7d3360
[ 14.090] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 14.090] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 14.090] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
[ 14.090] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
[ 14.090] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
[ 14.091] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9480:104d:9035 rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0020000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000d000/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 14.091] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[ 14.091] (II) "extmod" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dbe" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dri" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
[ 14.091] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[ 14.284] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[ 14.296] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.296] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.296] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.296] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[ 14.296] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[ 14.296] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[ 14.296] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[ 14.310] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.310] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.310] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.310] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.310] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[ 14.310] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 14.310] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 14.332] (II) Module glx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.334] compiled for 7.6.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.334] (II) Loading extension GLX
[ 14.334] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[ 14.334] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[ 14.335] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.335] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
[ 14.335] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 14.335] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.335] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[ 14.335] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[ 14.335] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[ 14.365] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.365] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 14.365] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.365] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[ 14.365] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[ 14.366] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[ 14.366] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 14.366] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
[ 14.366] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[ 14.366] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[ 14.366] (II) LoadModule: "fglrx"
[ 14.391] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fglrx_drv.so
[ 14.858] (II) Module fglrx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.864] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.79.4
[ 14.864] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 14.868] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 14.868] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 14.868] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 14.893] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
[ 14.893] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.79.4
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Version Identifier:8.79.4
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Release Identifier: 8.791
[ 14.893] (II) ATI Proprietary Linux Driver Build Date: Oct 26 2010 22:57:54
[ 14.893] (++) using VT number 7
[ 14.894] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[ 15.013] (II) Loading PCS database from /etc/ati/amdpcsdb
[ 15.025] (--) Chipset Supported AMD Graphics Processor (0x9480) found
[ 15.027] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[ 15.027] (II) AMD Video driver is running on a device belonging to a group targeted for this release
[ 15.027] (II) AMD Video driver is signed
[ 15.027] (II) fglrx(0): pEnt->device->identifier=0x1382b40
[ 15.027] (II) fglrx(0): === [xdl_x760_atiddxPreInit] === begin
[ 15.028] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[ 15.028] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[ 15.028] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[ 15.042] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.042] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 0.1.0
[ 15.042] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 15.042] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 15.042] (II) fglrx(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 15.042] (**) fglrx(0): Option "DPMS" "true"
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): RGB weight 888
[ 15.042] (II) fglrx(0): Using 8 bits per RGB
[ 15.042] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
[ 15.043] (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm"
[ 15.043] (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm"
[ 15.043] (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
[ 15.201] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 15.201] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 15.201] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 15.201] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 11, (OK)
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 11
[ 15.201] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): NoAccel = NO
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): ATI 2D Acceleration Architecture enabled
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): Chipset: "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650" (Chipset = 0x9480)
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): (PciSubVendor = 0x104d, PciSubDevice = 0x9035)
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): board vendor info: third party graphics adapter - NOT original ATI
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): Linear framebuffer (phys) at 0xc0000000
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xd0020000
[ 15.201] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x0000d000
[ 15.201] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
[ 15.225] (II) fglrx(0): AC Adapter is used
[ 15.269] (II) fglrx(0): Primary V_BIOS segment is: 0xc000
[ 15.352] (II) Loading sub module "vbe"
[ 15.352] (II) LoadModule: "vbe"
[ 15.353] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
[ 15.367] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.368] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.1.0
[ 15.368] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA BIOS detected
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Total Mem: 16384 kB
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Software Rev: 11.20
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: M96
[ 15.368] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
[ 15.408] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
[ 15.408] (--) fglrx(0): Video RAM: 1048576 kByte, Type: GDDR3
[ 15.408] (II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
[ 15.408] (--) fglrx(0): Using per-process page tables (PPPT) as GART.
[ 15.408] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[ 15.410] (II) fglrx(0): Using adapter: 1:0.0.
[ 15.441] (II) fglrx(0): [FB] MC range(MCFBBase = 0xf00000000, MCFBSize = 0x40000000)
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 45.
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
[ 15.466] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
[ 15.466] (==) fglrx(0): Center Mode is disabled
[ 15.466] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 15.466] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 15.467] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 15.485] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 15.485] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 15.485] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 15.485] (==) fglrx(0): Active stereo disabled
[ 15.485] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 15.485] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 15.485] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 16.276] (II) fglrx(0): Finished Initialize PPLIB!
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using monitor section aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 has no monitor section
[ 16.880] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 has no monitor section
[ 16.908] (II) Loading sub module "ddc"
[ 16.908] (II) LoadModule: "ddc"
[ 16.908] (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
[ 16.908] (II) fglrx(0): Connected Display0: LVDS
[ 16.908] (II) fglrx(0): Display0: Failed to get EDID information.
[ 17.262] (II) fglrx(0): Cannot get EDID information for LVDS
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS connected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output DFP1 disconnected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output CRT1 disconnected
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Output LVDS using initial mode 1600x900
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 17.277] (II) fglrx(0): Adapter ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650 has 2 configurable heads and 1 displays connected.
[ 17.277] (==) fglrx(0): PseudoColor visuals disabled
[ 17.277] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 17.277] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 17.277] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): NoDRI = NO
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): Capabilities: 0x00000000
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): CapabilitiesEx: 0x00000000
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): OpenGL ClientDriverName: "fglrx_dri.so"
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): UseFastTLS=0
[ 17.278] (==) fglrx(0): BlockSignalsOnLock=1
[ 17.278] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[ 17.278] (II) Loading extension ATIFGLRXDRI
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): doing swlDriScreenInit
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit for fglrx driver
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 17.278] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 17.278] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 16, (OK)
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 16
[ 17.278] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] DRM interface version 1.0
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] created "fglrx" driver at busid "PCI:1:0:0"
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 8192 byte SAREA at 0x2000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] mapped SAREA 0x2000 to 0x7f30163fd000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] framebuffer handle = 0x3000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] added 1 reserved context for kernel
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): swlDriScreenInit done
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Version Information:
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Name: fglrx
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Version: 8.79.4
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Date: Oct 26 2010
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Desc: ATI FireGL DRM kernel module
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module version matches driver.
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Kernel Module Build Time Information:
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel UTS_RELEASE: 2.6.36-ARCH
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel MODVERSIONS: no
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel __SMP__: no
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): Build-Kernel PAGE_SIZE: 0x1000
[ 17.278] (II) fglrx(0): [uki] register handle = 0x00004000
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): Display width adjusted to to 1664 due to alignment constraints
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): DRI initialization successfull
[ 17.326] (II) fglrx(0): FBADPhys: 0xf00000000 FBMappedSize: 0x010a8000
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): FBMM initialized for area (0,0)-(1664,2624)
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): FBMM auto alloc for area (0,0)-(1664,1664) (front color buffer - assumption)
[ 17.351] (II) fglrx(0): Largest offscreen area available: 1664 x 960
[ 17.355] (==) fglrx(0): Backing store disabled
[ 17.355] (II) Loading extension FGLRXEXTENSION
[ 17.355] (**) fglrx(0): DPMS enabled
[ 17.355] (II) fglrx(0): Initialized in-driver Xinerama extension
[ 17.355] (**) fglrx(0): Textured Video is enabled.
[ 17.355] (II) LoadModule: "glesx"
[ 17.355] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/glesx.so
[ 17.801] (II) Module glesx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 17.801] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 1.0.0
[ 17.801] (II) Loading extension GLESX
[ 17.801] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX enableFlags = 528
[ 17.829] (II) fglrx(0): GLESX is enabled
[ 17.829] (II) fglrx(0): Acceleration enabled
[ 17.829] (II) LoadModule: "amdxmm"
[ 17.860] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/amdxmm.so
[ 17.924] (II) Module amdxmm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 17.924] compiled for 1.8.99.905, module version = 1.0.0
[ 17.924] (II) Loading extension AMDXVOPL
[ 17.924] (II) Loading extension AMDXVBA
[ 17.943] (II) fglrx(0): UVD feature is enabled
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): Enable composite support successfully
[ 17.945] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "VendorName" is not used
[ 17.945] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "ModelName" is not used
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): X context handle = 0x1
[ 17.945] (II) fglrx(0): [DRI] installation complete
[ 17.945] (==) fglrx(0): Silken mouse enabled
[ 17.994] (==) fglrx(0): Using HW cursor of display infrastructure!
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): Disabling in-server RandR and enabling in-driver RandR 1.2.
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): 'LVDS LCD' ConnectorType, abstracted as 'Panel'
[ 17.994] (II) fglrx(0): 'eDP LCD' ConnectorType, abstracted as 'Panel'
[ 19.414] (--) RandR disabled
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[ 19.414] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[ 19.415] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[ 19.416] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 19.417] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:0:0
[ 19.417] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
[ 19.417] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 17, (OK)
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 17
[ 19.417] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:0:0
[ 20.423]
Backtrace:
[ 20.553] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x28) [0x49f1a8]
[ 20.553] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x60239) [0x460239]
[ 20.553] 2: /lib/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f30158e9000+0xf1c0) [0x7f30158f81c0]
[ 20.553] 3: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133d3bd) [0x7f300efcb3bd]
[ 20.553] 4: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133e0ad) [0x7f300efcc0ad]
[ 20.553] 5: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x133e776) [0x7f300efcc776]
[ 20.553] 6: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1399111) [0x7f300f027111]
[ 20.553] 7: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1393dbe) [0x7f300f021dbe]
[ 20.553] 8: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x11e9e74) [0x7f300ee77e74]
[ 20.553] 9: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x11da94b) [0x7f300ee6894b]
[ 20.553] 10: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x1332d9) [0x7f300ddc12d9]
[ 20.553] 11: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x9c3dc4) [0x7f300e651dc4]
[ 20.553] 12: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (0x7f300dc8e000+0x9c3f20) [0x7f300e651f20]
[ 20.553] 13: /usr/X11R6/lib64/modules/dri/fglrx_dri.so (__driCreateNewScreen_20050727+0x999) [0x7f300efcedb9]
[ 20.553] 14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0x7f3013776000+0x1ab47) [0x7f3013790b47]
[ 20.553] 15: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so (0x7f3013776000+0x1c2a5) [0x7f30137922a5]
[ 20.553] 16: /usr/bin/X (InitExtensions+0x91) [0x484711]
[ 20.553] 17: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x21133) [0x421133]
[ 20.553] 18: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xfd) [0x7f301486ec4d]
[ 20.553] 19: /usr/bin/X (0x400000+0x20e79) [0x420e79]
[ 20.554] Floating point exception at address 0x7f300efcb3bd
[ 20.554]
Fatal server error:
[ 20.554] Caught signal 8 (Floating point exception). Server aborting
[ 20.554]
[ 20.554]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 20.554] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 20.554]
[ 20.554] (II) fglrx(0): Backup framebuffer data.
[ 20.555] (II) fglrx(0): Backup complete.
My xorg.conf file (generated by aticonfig --initial)
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "aticonfig Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection
Section "Module"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Driver "fglrx"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection
And my lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 4 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc RV710/730
06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless WiFi Link 5100
08:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8055 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 14)
0a:03.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 05)
0a:03.1 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 22)
0a:03.2 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 12)
Relevant line is:
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M96 [Mobility Radeon HD 4650]
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I also tried disabling dri in xorg.conf, since dri appears in the backtrace for the error. That resulted in a segfault coming from something related to gl, so I disabled all acceleration, and got a black screen.
Thanks!

Was there a kernel update in a recent upgrade? If so, you need to rebuild the catalyst drivers.

Problems running xfce (&icewm), issues with xorg...?

Hi,
I am making a 2. attempt at arch linux. I have installed arch on my laptop. The first problem I don't seem to be able to overcome without help is getting xorg working.
When i run startx the tty hangs. Its not even recovered by killing startx from another tty.
First i tried startx without exec. This is the exception in that it did not hang. Then i tried startex with "exec startxfce4" in the .xinitrc. I tried again after a reboot becouse of the message:
/usr/bin/startxfce4: X server already running on display :0
I made an additional attemt using icewm in place of xfce, it did also hang the tty.
My laptop has an integrated intel graphics chip, as well as a NVIDIA dedicated graphics card.
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [NVS 4200M] (rev a1)
At first I tried installing only the NVIDIA driver, but they did not load correctly, assuming I understand the logs. The same with the intel driver. As a result, xorg did not recognize my display. Therefore I have all of the following installed:
xf86-video-intel xf86-video-nouveau nvidia xf86-video-vesa
When I explicitly installed the vesa driver, I did not see an error saying that no monitor was found.
In addition i have the following packages installed:
xorg-server xorg-server-utils xorg-xinit xfce4 icewm
In addition I may have done
pacman -S xorg and chosen the default xf86-input-evdev
I have put the logs and such here:
http://folk.uio.no/henrikq/arch/xorg/
I have no idea what to do at this point, so help would be appreciated.

Sorry about the long absence, I have been busy.
I do indeed have Optimus. I had a friend look at the problem. He set me up with an .xinitrc and xorg.conf. We got stuck at black screen on startx. I have managed to account for all error but one:
[ 111.205] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
xrandr --listproviders, gives:
Providers: number : 2
Provider 0: id: 0x2af cap: 0x1, Source Output crtcs: 0 outputs: 0 associated providers: 0 name:NVIDIA-0
Provider 1: id: 0x43 cap: 0x2, Sink Output crtcs: 2 outputs: 2 associated providers: 0 name:modesetting
I have put log files etc here:
http://folk.uio.no/henrikq/arch/xorg2/

I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation hasfailed, no error appeared during the installation but I am havinginconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. Werebooted and can log into Novell client but th

I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation has failed, no error appeared during the installation but I am having inconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. We rebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appear for ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems to work, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernet card/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has several applications and it would take several hours, so I am hoping someone has an idea to fix this issue. So I was trying to figure out why he did not get the prompt to login and why it's not in the systray and it appears to not have completed the install? I checked the add/remove programs, its not listed within their, I also checked the registry and found nothing for endpoint within their, but the files are within c:\program files\novell\zenworks endpoint security.
I have also tried uninstalling it but that fails due to it "not being installed", and it will not reinstall over itself either.
I did notice that stuninstdrv.exe is running in task manager. Any help would be great...
Windows xp sp3
ESM 3.5.154
Thanks,
Andy

If you are searching the registry, check for the "Senforce" string. It should be at HKLM\Software\Senforce
Try running the install program for the ZSC with the following command line:
setup.exe /V"STUNINSTALL=1"
If you've specified an uninstall password, try this one instead:
setup.exe /V"STUNINSTALL=1 STUIP=password"" (please note the double quote at the end)
Let me know if that helped you.
Daniel
>>>
From: Andy_DeWees<[email protected] du>
To:novell.support.zenworks.endpoint-security-management
Date: 2/5/2009 12:52 PM
Subject: I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation hasfailed, no error appeared during the installation but I am havinginconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. Werebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appearfor ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems towork, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernetcard/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has severalapplications and
I have installed the agent 10 or 15 times and one installation has failed, no error appeared during the installation but I am having inconsistent issues with my ethernet card not working here and there. We rebooted and can log into Novell client but the login prompt did not appear for ESM client or the icon was not in the systray. Everything seems to work, besides at times (a couple times today) it terminates his ethernet card/connection. I would re-image his computer but he has several applications and it would take several hours, so I am hoping someone has an idea to fix this issue. So I was trying to figure out why he did not get the prompt to login and why it's not in the systray and it appears to not have completed the install? I checked the add/remove programs, its not listed within their, I also checked the registry and found nothing for endpoint within their, but the files are within c:\program files\novell\zenworks endpoint security.
I have also tried uninstalling it but that fails due to it "not being installed", and it will not reinstall over itself either.
I did notice that stuninstdrv.exe is running in task manager. Any help would be great...
Windows xp sp3
ESM 3.5.154
Thanks,
Andy

[SOLVED] ARCH install on EFI computer with GPT

Hello everyone. I'm having a problem with installation of arch. When i boot with pendrive "made" with dd i get some "Install override security policy" (or something like that) anyway i can't "edit" pendrive after dd so i create MSDOS partition table and format as FAT32 and copy content of the iso to the pendrive. Boots the same so i googled that i have to overwrite grubx64.efi with loader.efi so i done that and it boots fine. But pendrive doesn't install grub it says that my system doesn't support efi, so i followed this and and from google i read about i have to activate efivars with modprobe but it doesn't work either. I tried EFI install with VirtualBox but error still is the same. Anybody installs arch on UEFI machine ?? Ubuntu (and Xubuntu, Lubuntu...) & Fedora works fine with UEFI install. I don't want to move disk to MBR because of MBR limitations (for example only four primary partitions) and i have important data on the disk so i can't do that.
I tried Arch based distros and there are also problems with install. Manjaro after install shows that UEFI variables wasn't detect properly ( or something like that). Antergos doesn't boot because there is not necessary files (who even release that? this doesn't even work in virtual box) after adding these files i've get 30 seconds Arch problem because label is incorrect antergos says that label have to be ANTERGOS201311 and i can't give that label because FAT32 has 11 characters limitation and if i tried work it out with ext4 it doesn't work at all (there is no prefix UEFI in boot options). I can't also solve that with dd because i have to paste missing files to the pendrive and dd make pendrive unwritable.
Doesn't matter, issue solved. All i have to do is to
mount -t efivarfs efivarfs /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
Last edited by maslascher (2013-12-01 11:04:49)

That all depends on the settings you give your VM, you can make it virtualize either a BIOS or a UEFI machine irrelevant of the host firmware.
https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch03.html#efi
I'm not sure if UEFI is still considered experimental or how well it works, as I always just use BIOS mode.
Last edited by slithery (2015-06-12 20:17:46)

No internet/DNS connection with Arch guest on Virtualbox

I am trying to run Archlinux as a guest OS in Virtualbox on an Ubuntu 7.10 host system, and I cannot connect to anything but my router. So far, I have only installed the base system (Arch Linux core 2007.08-2) from a CD.
I can ping the localhost (both on 127.0.0.1 and 10.0.2.15) and my gateway (10.0.2.2), but not my DNS server (10.0.2.3) or anything else (like www.google.com). So far, I went through the "Beginners Guide", the "Official Arch Linux Install Guide", the configuring network section of the ArchWiki, and tried to find some solution on the internet. Still no luck.
I have set up networking to use dhcp. The networking section in my /etc/rc.conf file looks like:
HOSTNAME="arch"
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
ROUTES=(!gateway)
The daemons that run during startup are:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond)
I have put the hostname in the /etc/hosts file like:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost arch
The nameserver that shows up in my /etc/resolv.conf file is:
nameserver 10.0.2.3
I am a bit puzzled and I don't know what to do. I do think it is an Arch issue, since I also have Windows XP running in a Virtualbox with Ubuntu as host, and that works fine with the same Virtualbox settings and network settings within the guest OS.
I would appreciate any help here.
Last edited by Average Joe (2008-04-19 12:41:29)

Try reading the VirtualBox manuals.
I specifically remember that ping doesn't work at all, although you DO have internet connection.
Try running some sort of web browser (firefox or links), and then decide if you have internet access or not.
And, of course, make sure you do have dhcp running ("dhcpcd eth0").
One last thing:
I have an Arch guest (on VirtualBox), running on an Arch host.
Everything works fine..
Simply installed it from the installation CD, didn't have to do nothing special for it to work..
Last edited by fiod (2008-04-19 13:41:19)

Issues with Arch, xorg and Asus eee 4G 701

Hello, this is my first post here
I installed Arch 2009.02 on my Asus eee 701(4G), the installation went well and the system was up and running within minutes. I configured the wireless card (Atheros) which arch supported out-of-the-box and updated the system with pacman -Syu. Then, I installed the intel driver for the vga of the eee and attempted to configure X.
The issues started at this point. "Xorg -configure" appeared to work, but when I did "X -config /root/xorg.conf.new" all I could see was the mouse cursor as an X and nothing more. The touchpad didn't respond and nothing worked.
Then, I tried using "xorgcfg" but even though the screen worked great (I could see the stuff displayed), the system couldn't receive any input from the touchpad and thus the result was just a little bit better than with "Xorg -configure". I tried to reboot and use a USB mouse to see if the cursor responded but to no avail...
As a last resort, I decided to use the xorg.conf found on the eee page of the archwiki. I downloaded it in my PC, saved it and used wget to move it from my ftp server to the eee. I moved it to /etc/X11/ as xorg.conf and attempted to run "X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf" to see if it worked. Unfortunately, no result. xorg attempted to start and then quit with the error "Fatal server error: no screens found".
That's pretty much it... I have no idea what to do next or why the xorg.conf found in the Arch wiki doesn't work... Any suggestions would be really appreciated...
Last edited by DreamAxe (2009-02-19 08:23:39)

I did what you suggested above, but it still fails. Then I studied the log and I found this:
Parse error on line 10 of section files in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"RgbPath" is not a valid keyboard in this section
Any suggestions on how to solve this?
EDIT: OK, the discussion page on the Archwiki helped. All I had to do was remove the 'RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"' line and xorg worked flawlessly
Last edited by DreamAxe (2009-02-20 05:03:26)

Issues with Arch 2009.02 in VMware Workstation [SOLVED]

I installed Arch Linux 2009.02 i686 as a guest in VMware Workstation 6.5.1, my host is Vista x64. The installation of Arch itself and Xorg wasn't a problem although from this point I've had several issues.
I was unable to 'startx' or 'xinit' without getting crashes, however adding hal to the daemons fixed that problem - some wiki entries state to add dbus, but dbus is already started. A lot of content on the wiki is outdated, telling users to use hwd; I did install hwd separately (from sourceforge) although it gave me hundreds? of errors related to PCI and eventually failure to parse some x configuration binary in /usr/bin.
Multimedia Issues
I then installed xfce4 and gstreamer-plugins. All video and audio play back too quickly, i.e. it seems to play the streams as fast as they can decode. This also happens with flash content such as youtube after I'd installed the appropriate programs. Thinking this may be a timing issue, I editted the vmware config file on my Windows host although it did not help; the timing in the VM seemed to be correct anyway.
Display Issues
When I run 'startxfce4' from a terminal, Xfce will start as 800x600 - if I go to change this resolution all options show 0Hz as the refresh rate and many options my monitor cannot display are shown even though I have VMware set to allow a maximum size of 1680x1050. I was unable to generate a 'good' xorg.conf file using 'X -configure' and as mentioned earlier, hwd would not work for me. I installed xf86-video-vmware and xf86-video-vesa as well as both open-vm-tools and normal vmware-tools (not at the same time or together) but can't seem to sort this issue. vmware-tools was able to generate a valid xorg.conf file but it only included a handful of 4:3 resolutions and some of these still showed 0hz. For some strange reason 'startx' and 'xinit' now do not work having failed to find /dev/fb0.
VMware Tools
When I did try to install vmware-tools, it had many difficulties trying to build the modules - mostly regarding to not recognising __FREEBSD__, I cannot remember the complete error. I also tried to build open-vm-tools but that gave an error about not being able to find libproc even though I had procps installed. Stopping open-vm-tools on shutdown also always fails and occurs twice.
I'm going to try reinstalling now that I know a little more about what I did to get things working but if anyone could give me a hand it'd be much appreciated.
Last edited by andyxl987 (2009-08-04 00:17:29)

After a lot of experimentation I've got a satisfactory installation although a few minor problems remain:
Adjustments required to correctly run Alsa+Xorg in Arch Linux 2009.02 using VMware Workstation
The current kernel does not play nicely with alsa, downgrade to kernel26-2.6.29.4-1:
wget http://www.schlunix.org/archlinux/core/ … pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U kernel26-2.6.29.4-1-i686.pkg.tar.gz
Install/Upgrade dbus:
pacman -Sy dbus
Add hal (if it's not installed then make sure to do so) to your daemons located in /etc/rc.conf, e.g.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal)
The current open-vm-tools-modules is not compatible with the older kernel, instead use open-vm-tools-modules-2009.04.23-1:
wget http://www.schlunix.org/archlinux/commu … pkg.tar.gz
pacman -U open-vm-tools-modules-2009.04.23-1
The installation will prompt you with an error that /etc/modprobe.conf could not be found (as does the current version), add the following to /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:
install pcnet32 /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install vmxnet; /sbin/modprobe -q --ignore-install pcnet 32 ; /bin/true;
You can now install open-vm-tools:
pacman -S open-vm-tools
To autoload open-vm-tools on start up you need to add it to your daemons located in /etc/rc.conf, e.g.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond hal open-vm-tools)
Add vmware-user to your /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc file if you desire (for seamless mouse and display switching), e.g. my xinitrc with xfce4 ends with:
vmware-user &
exec startxfce4
Install the following components: xf86-video-vmware xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-vmmouse xf86-input-mouse:
(You will not be able to start x if you have installed xf86-video-fbdev and do not have a valid xorg.conf file, this is addressed later)
pacman -S xf86-video-vmware xf86-video-vesa xf86-input-vmmouse xf86-input-mouse
Lastly we need to edit/create the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file to use our vmware drivers, this will enable automatic resolution switching and seamless mouse functionality:
(All of the following is necessary otherwise X will ignore our vmware drivers)
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "VMware Mouse"
Driver "vmmouse"
Option "Protocol" "ps/2"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "VMware SVGA"
Driver "vmware"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "VMware Config"
InputDevice "VMware Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Issues
* open-vm-tools fails to stop during a shutdown or /etc/rc.d/open-vm-tools stop/restart
* most screen resolutions show 0Hz (although everything works correctly) and adding VertRefresh to xorg.conf produces a major error
* playback of flash video produces a sound artefact when starting - although I think this may be to do with the decoder rather than system
I've marked this as solved although I welcome any suggestions regarding these minor issues. The open-vm-tools one I can probably sort out but it's too late now to look into tonight
Last edited by andyxl987 (2009-08-04 00:21:03)

Multiple issues with new installation

I have several issues with my fresh installation of arch (just got myself a free old-as laptop , thus trying out arch for the first time as I usually run gentoo), and I'm not sure where these should go. I figure that I may as well lump them all at once while I'm at it.
The laptop model is a Toshiba Dynabook TX/430DX Japanese laptop similar to a Tecra A2 afaik.
1. If I use stock ARCH kernel, when I load up x11 it seems to be using some wrong drivers or something. Tried with and without xorg.conf. The screen is all fuzzy etc. However, I compiled my own kernel (the Zen sources), took out a whole bunch of drivers I knew I wouldn't be using (etc. SATA/IDE/extra whatnot so that it would merely take 3 hours to compile the kernel), x11 works fine. HOWEVER with the zen sources, when I close x11 I can't exit to console. I get some sort of weird artefact from what happened to be on the screen, or it just goes black. It does actually seem to be in console as I can turn off the laptop with ctrl.alt.del and the capslock etc seems to work fine. I'm thinking of recompiling the zen sources with the stock arch kernel config when I have the time just to see what happens, but I'm not too sure it'd help.
The VGA device is an: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Intergrated Graphics Device (rev 02), using the intelfb module.
2. In most consoles I've used, if you type in part of a command then press ctrl.up/down, it autocompletes with previous commands you've run matching what you've already entered. However, in my install it brings me to the very first command in my bash history. How do I make it autocomplete previous commands?
3. When I use wvdial (I have a mobile modem), I get odd characters as shown in the screenshot posted.
I don't think it's a unicode issue, as ncmpcpp displays properly. This displays itself both in the console and in x11 (screenshot).
4. If I'm using the stock kernel and I stop wvdial, I get a whole bunch of kernel error trace messages. After this, anything that goes to dmesg will be displayed to whatever terminal I'm on (but not actually echoed, it gets overwritten if I change screen etc). Wvdial is also prone to crashing, sometimes taking out the whole laptop. However, while using the zen kernel I do not suffer this issue at all.
Any help in helping me find the source of these issues would be greatly appreciated. They're not showstopping issues, but extremely irritating nonetheless.
Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I created a zen kernel based on the arch stock kernel. Unsurprisingly, I still suffer from the x11 video issue. However, I don't have issues with number 4.
Last edited by ugugii (2009-06-14 00:57:37)

People are probably going to want to know the make/model of the lappy before they can
help.
Deej

[SOLVED] Post installation issues with KDE 4.7.0

I reinstalled my machine (DELL Studio 540 PC) with Arch Linux 64 bit. I did an install using LVM2 and RAID (have 2 500 GB drives in my machine). Everything went fine with the installation and bootloader (grub2) but I'm having a few issues with KDE and grub2.
1. When booting my machine grub2 gives an error saying "error: fd0 not found" (twice). My machine does not have a floppy drive and has never had one. There is no option in the BIOS to turn floppy off. So why is grub2 complaining about it?
2. With KDE 4.7.0 thumbnails of pdf files are not generated anymore, they were with previous versions of KDE4. Anybody else have that issue with 4.7?
3. I have and Brother DCP-7045n printer in my network and when try to print from a KDE program (Koffice, Kate, Kwrite, Kile etc.), the margins are completely messed up. The print preview on the screens looks right but the actual print everything shift upwards to the right. So things on top of a page are cut off for example. Printing from Gnome/GTK apps (Acrobat Reader, Libreoffice etc.) do not show this behaviour. I 've had this issue with KDE4 since KDE 4.3. Here is the original ustream bug:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=196590
Anybody got an idea how to fix this?
4. Skype is crashing on me on startup constantly several times before it finally runs. I've had this problem since the 2.2.x series got released? Anybody got a fix for that. I was hoping a reinstall would fix that problem (same with the printing issue) but no luck.
5. I'm using KDE's microblogging plasma app to check my twitter account but I can't get to remember my password. Everytime I log into I have to manually login to my twitter and kdewallet is running and has my password stored and everything. This one really pusles me.
6. The final issue I having and issue was also the reason why I wanted to reinstall my machine in the first place. I originally used KDEmod as my desktop but they stopped making KDEmod some time ago when they started working on Chakra. So I removed KDEmod and installed KDE from Arch directly. A nice feature of KDE4 is its ability to generate previews on folders containing images and videos. When I switched to KDE that feature stopped working. So I was expecting that with a fresh install that this work and it does except for folders containing jpeg files. If I have a folder containing only jpeg files no previews/thumbnails are generated on the folder but previews the jpeg files themselves are generated. Does anybody else have that problem with jpegs and folder previews?
Hope somebody can help me with these few issues...
Last edited by fettouhi (2012-04-05 06:00:06)

benny_kenobi wrote:
fettouhi wrote:1. When booting my machine grub2 gives an error saying "error: fd0 not found" (twice). My machine does not have a floppy drive and has never had one. There is no option in the BIOS to turn floppy off. So why is grub2 complaining about it?
Have you installed grub2 with that --no-floppy flag as described in:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Grub2#BIOS_systems?
fettouhi wrote:2. With KDE 4.7.0 thumbnails of pdf files are not generated anymore, they were with previous versions of KDE4. Anybody else have that issue with 4.7?
fettouhi wrote:Does anybody else have that problem with jpegs and folder previews?
Nope. Is it selected in dolphin>settings>general>previews.
fettouhi wrote:5. I'm using KDE's microblogging plasma app to check my twitter account but I can't get to remember my password.
Well that won't be a solution, but you might use choqok instead - at least it stores the password.
To answer your first answer, yes I installed grub2 with the --no-floppy option as mentioned in the wiki. Regarding 2 I don't understand why that works for you then? I have all things turned on under previews (folder, video, jpeg etc.) but as mentioned in my first post I have no previews with pdf files and jpegs do generate on folder previews. Finally regarding 5 the microblogging plasma app worked fine on my old installation even after I updated to KDE 4.7.0. The password issue I'm having is on my fresh install.

Issue with ARD 3.0 not pushing out Installs, Says its installing but not

Issue with ARD 3.0 not pushing out Installs, Says its installing but not
Has anyone seen this. It seems to happen with ARD 3, have not seen this in ARD 2.
I go to the Install Packages on Target Computers, put in: 10.4.7 Combo (for the correct CPU, PPC or Intel), security updates, QT 7.1.2, etc.
Push it to Macs I can connect to, observe and control.
The progress bar copies the files (in some instances it does not) and then it just hangs there, bar does not move, Installs never finish, not good, very odd.

Is it the same clients that have the problem every time? Are those clients doing anything cpu intensive? Have you tried rebooting the affected clients?
Maybe try a smaller package on those clients.

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