New install - xorg won't install eek!

Hey everyone
I just installed arch linux but having problems
when i type pacman -S xorg i get the following error
error : 'xorg' : not found in sync db
Any ideas???
Gaunt

As I see it the xorg dummy package was (and still is) removed but a group xorg has been installed. And it seems like your pacman is looking for the package instead, which is kinda weird imo. What do 'pacman -V' and 'pacman -Qg xorg' say?
even though I must admit I don't see the huge problem here. I mean why not install the xorg-packages seperately as documented in the link given in the first reply to this topic? You could also check if the xorg dummy package is still in abs and then compile it from there.

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    EndSection
    Section "Module"
    # Load "dri2"
    # Load "dri"
    Load "record"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "glx"
    Load "dbe"
    EndSection
    Section "ServerFlags"
    Option "Xinerama" "off"
    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"
    Identifier "Monitor0"
    VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
    ModelName "Monitor Model"
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
    Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "0-DFP1"
    Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
    Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
    Option "Position" "1680 0"
    Option "Rotate" "normal"
    Option "Disable" "false"
    EndSection
    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "0-DFP2"
    Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
    Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
    Option "DPMS" "true"
    Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
    Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
    Option "Position" "0 0"
    Option "Rotate" "normal"
    Option "Disable" "false"
    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 "AccelMethod" # [<str>]
    #Option "offscreensize" # [<str>]
    #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
    #Option "ignoreconnector" # [<str>]
    #Option "forcereduced" # [<bool>]
    #Option "forcedpi" # <i>
    #Option "useconfiguredmonitor" # [<bool>]
    #Option "HPD" # <str>
    #Option "NoRandr" # [<bool>]
    #Option "RROutputOrder" # [<str>]
    #Option "DRI" # [<bool>]
    #Option "TVMode" # [<str>]
    #Option "ScaleType" # [<str>]
    #Option "UseAtomBIOS" # [<bool>]
    #Option "AtomBIOS" # [<str>]
    #Option "UnverifiedFeatures" # [<bool>]
    #Option "Audio" # [<bool>]
    #Option "AudioStreamSilence" # [<str>]
    #Option "HDMI" # [<str>]
    #Option "COHERENT" # [<str>]
    #Option "ForceLowPowerMode" # [<bool>]
    #Option "LowPowerModeEngineClock" # <i>
    Identifier "Card0"
    Driver "radeonhd"
    VendorName "ATI Technologies Inc"
    BoardName "RV790 [Radeon HD 4800 Series]"
    BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
    EndSection
    Section "Device"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    Driver "fglrx"
    Option "Monitor-DFP1" "0-DFP1"
    Option "Monitor-DFP2" "0-DFP2"
    BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
    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
    Modes "1680x1050"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection
    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
    Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
    DefaultDepth 24
    SubSection "Display"
    Viewport 0 0
    Virtual 3360 3360
    Depth 24
    Modes "1680x1050"
    EndSubSection
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