[gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
The wiki mentions knoppix in relation to xorg.conf, but I don't follow what's happening in the knoppix configuration. The xorg.conf on the hard drive, generated by gentoo, is being moved so that knoppix can use it? ' Configuring Video in X11 Code: Configuring x.org # Text configuration xorgconfig # Automatic Xorg Configuration X -configure mv /root/xorg.conf.new /root/xorg.default.conf # The knoppix configuration emerge mkxf86config mkxf86config.sh mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /root/xorg.knoppix.conf' http://gentoo-wiki.com/Xorg thanks, Thufir -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
On 8/9/06, THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I type in, for instance, this window (gmail in firefox) the screen flickers with each keystroke. Also, if I'm in the terminal window, for gnome, and type, same thing. [...] (IIRC the gentoo live CD didn't have this problem, but I might not have noticed. If there's a problem with using the knoppix config I'll try with the live cd...) [...] The Gentoo live CD also has this problem. However, it did seem to correctly identify my video card (SiS). -Thufir -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
On 8/9/06, THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] The knoppix CD seems to work fine, I'm in firefox, typing away at gmail, with no lines/static on the screen :) [...] Here's the knoppix xorg.config file, which seems to work: Script started on Wed Aug 9 17:53:23 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf -n 1 Section ServerLayout 2 Identifier XFree86 Configured 3 Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 4 InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard 5 # PS/2 Mouse not detected 6 # Serial Mouse not detected 7 InputDeviceUSB Mouse CorePointer 8 EndSection 9 10 Section ServerFlags 11 Option AllowMouseOpenFail true 12 13 EndSection 14 15 Section Files 16 RgbPath /usr/share/X11/rgb 17 ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules 18 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc:unscaled 19 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi:unscaled 20 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled 21 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 22 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo 23 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/PEX 24 # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... 25 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic 26 # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/75dpi 27 # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/100dpi 28 # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! 29 FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType 30 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype 31 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts 32 EndSection 33 34 Section Module 35 # Comments: see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346408 36 Load dbe # Double Buffering Extension, very important. 37 Load dri # This shouldn't be available choice if user has selected driver vga, vesa or nv. 38 Load glx # GLX Extension. 39 Load freetype # Freetype fonts. 40 Load type1 # Type 1 fonts 41 Load record # Developer extension, usually not needed 42 # Load extmod # This is okay, but if you look into man xorg.conf you'll find option NOT to include DGA extension with extmod, and for a good reason.. DGA causes instability as it access videoram without consulting X about it. 43 SubSection extmod 44 Option omit xfree86-dga 45 EndSubSection 46 # Load speedo # Speedo fonts, this module doesn't exist in Xorg 7.0.17 47 # The following are deprecated/unstable/unneeded in Xorg 7.0 48 # Load ddc # ddc probing of monitor, this should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. 49 # Load GLcore # This should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. 50 # Load bitmap # Should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. This is a font module, and loading it in xorg.conf makes X try to load it twice. 51 EndSection 52 53 Section InputDevice 54 Identifier Keyboard0 55 Driver kbd 56 Option CoreKeyboard 57 Option XkbRules xorg 58 Option XkbModel pc105 59 Option XkbLayout us 60 61 EndSection 62 63 Section InputDevice 64 Identifier Serial Mouse 65 Driver mouse 66 Option Protocol Microsoft 67 Option Device /dev/ttyS0 68 Option Emulate3Buttons true 69 Option Emulate3Timeout 70 70 Option SendCoreEvents true 71 EndSection 72 73 Section InputDevice 74 Identifier PS/2 Mouse 75 Driver mouse 76 Option Protocol auto 77 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 78 Option Device /dev/psaux 79 Option Emulate3Buttons true 80 Option Emulate3Timeout 70 81 Option SendCoreEvents true 82 EndSection 83 84 Section InputDevice 85 Identifier USB Mouse 86 Driver mouse 87 Option Device/dev/input/mice 88 Option SendCoreEvents true 89 Option Protocol IMPS/2 90 Option ZAxisMapping 4 5 91 Option Buttons 5 92 EndSection 93 94 # Auto-generated by KNOPPIX mkxf86config 95 96 Section Monitor 97 Identifier Monitor0 98 Option DPMStrue 99 VendorName SAM 100 ModelName SAM0022 101 HorizSync 30 -
[gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
On 8/9/06, THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] The knoppix CD seems to work fine, I'm in firefox, typing away at gmail, with no lines/static on the screen :) [...] Here's the knoppix xorg.config file, which seems to work: [...] here's the error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Desktop $ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Desktop $ cat error.txt -n 1 Script started on Wed Aug 9 19:31:49 2006 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ startx 3 4 5 X Window System Version 6.8.2 6 Release Date: 9 February 2005 7 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.8.2 8 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686 [ELF] 9 Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Mon Feb 13 20:23:47 UTC 2006 i686 10 Build Date: 20 March 2006 11 Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org 12 to make sure that you have the latest version. 13 Module Loader present 14 Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, 15 (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, 16 (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. 17 (==) Log file: /var/log/Xorg.0.log, Time: Wed Aug 9 19:31:55 2006 18 (==) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf 19 Couldn't open RGB_DB '/usr/share/X11/rgb' 20 (EE) Failed to load module bitmap (module does not exist, 0) 21 (EE) Failed to load module pcidata (module does not exist, 0) 22 23 Fatal server error: 24 Unable to load required base modules, Exiting... 25 26 27 Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 28 at http://wiki.X.Org 29 for help. 30 Please also check the log file at /var/log/Xorg.0.log for additional information. 31 32 XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server :0.0 33after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. 34 Couldnt get a file descriptor referring to the console 35 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ date 36 Wed Aug 9 19:31:59 IST 2006 37 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ whoami 38 thufir 39 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ exit 40 exit 41 42 Script done on Wed Aug 9 19:32:05 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~/Desktop $ So, can't just replace /etc/X11/xorg.conf from gentoo with the knoppix version :( Richard wrote: AFAIK this will work fine, but I have never tried it. You could copy it to some other name, like /etc/X11/xorg.conf.knoppix, and then use X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.knoppix to test it. Also watch out for ModulePath; you may have to remove or fix it if it shows up in the Knoppix config file. It should point to /usr/lib/xorg/modules. from http://hawat.thufir.googlepages.com/xorg.conf.knoppix.txt a few lines: 15 Section Files 16 RgbPath /usr/share/X11/rgb 17 ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules so that, at least, seems ok. I'm operating under the assumption that it's a problem with xorg.conf, of course. The knoppix version isn't working due to something with RGB. thanks, Thufir -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
On 8/9/06, THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 5 X Window System Version 6.8.2 Hrm, I assumed you were using the current version of x.org. I am betting that Knoppix is using xorg 7.0 (aka, modular X), so no, you will not be able to use the configuration file directly without fixing the various paths in it. But even then, you might find that Knoppix works better simply because it is using a current version of x.org, and not related to the configuration at all. So I suggest to upgrade to modular X first. The guide can be found here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml -Richard -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
[gentoo-user] Re: copy xorg.conf from knoppix
On 8/9/06, THUFIR HAWAT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did notice that Knoppix recognized a specific monitor, wheras the Gentoo live CD only recognized a generic monitor. Why would Knoppix recognize a specific monitor where gentoo doesn't? I would've assumed things like that are (nearly) independant of the distro. -Thufir It's just a matter of commenting out things which cause problems? I'm assuming there's a rainbow at the end :) Script started on Wed Aug 9 20:16:38 2006 [01;31mlocalhost[01;34m ~ #[00m X -config /etc/X11/xorg.conf.knoppix _XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6 _XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/localhost:0 _XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6 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 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 #1 SMP Mon Feb 13 20:23:47 UTC 2006 i686 Build Date: 20 March 2006 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 Aug 9 20:16:58 2006 (++) Using config file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.knoppix (EE) Failed to load module bitmap (module does not exist, 0) (EE) Failed to load module pcidata (module does not exist, 0) Fatal server error: Unable to load required base modules, Exiting... 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. [01;31mlocalhost[01;34m ~ #[00m [Kcat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.knoppix -n 1 Section ServerLayout 2 Identifier XFree86 Configured 3 Screen 0 Screen0 0 0 4 InputDeviceKeyboard0 CoreKeyboard 5 # PS/2 Mouse not detected 6 # Serial Mouse not detected 7 InputDeviceUSB Mouse CorePointer 8 EndSection 9 10 Section ServerFlags 11 Option AllowMouseOpenFail true 12 13 EndSection 14 15 Section Files 16 # RgbPath /usr/share/X11/rgb 17 ModulePath /usr/lib/xorg/modules 18 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc:unscaled 19 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi:unscaled 20 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled 21 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1 22 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/Speedo 23 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/PEX 24 # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... 25 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic 26 # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/75dpi 27 # FontPath /usr/share/fonts/X11/latin2/100dpi 28 # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! 29 FontPath /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType 30 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/truetype 31 FontPath /usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts 32 EndSection 33 34 Section Module 35 # Comments: see http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=346408 36 Load dbe # Double Buffering Extension, very important. 37 Load dri # This shouldn't be available choice if user has selected driver vga, vesa or nv. 38 Load glx # GLX Extension. 39 Load freetype # Freetype fonts. 40 Load type1 # Type 1 fonts 41 Load record # Developer extension, usually not needed 42 # Load extmod # This is okay, but if you look into man xorg.conf you'll find option NOT to include DGA extension with extmod, and for a good reason.. DGA causes instability as it access videoram without consulting X about it. 43 SubSection extmod 44 Option omit xfree86-dga 45 EndSubSection 46 # Load speedo # Speedo fonts, this module doesn't exist in Xorg 7.0.17 47 # The following are deprecated/unstable/unneeded in Xorg 7.0 48 # Load ddc # ddc probing of monitor, this should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. 49 # Load GLcore # This should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. 50 # Load bitmap # Should be never present, as it gets automatically loaded. This is a font module, and loading it in xorg.conf makes X try to load it twice. 51 EndSection 52 53 Section InputDevice 54 Identifier Keyboard0
