Problem regarding configuring X server

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello all, We are undergraduate students.We are trying to configure X server for MPX support as a part of our undergraduate project. We are configuring the X server but while configuring libX11 package error as No package 'xproto' found So we configured xproto with following command : *sudo

Problem regarding configuring X server

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello all, Sorry for previous mail as it was sent incomplete by mistake!!! We are undergraduate students.We are trying to configure X server for MPX support as a part of our undergraduate project. We are configuring the X server but while configuring libX11 package error as follows: checking

Re: Problem regarding configuring X server

2009-09-15 Thread Chris Wilson
Excerpts from Flittigs at PICT's message of Tue Sep 15 11:47:57 +0100 2009: So we configured xproto with following command : *sudo ./autogen.sh --prefix=/opt/gfx-test/ There is your problem. Always think long and hard before you invoke root privileges. In this case sudo is sanitising

Re: LeftOf in monitor section is not completely honored

2009-09-15 Thread Timothy S. Nelson
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Csillag Kristof wrote: Hi all, I am trying to set up a dual-head configuration. (Triple-head actually, but let's forget that for a moment.) Sounds like exactly what I've been doing. I'm currently using a FireMV 2400 hooked to three screens, only two of which

Re: Different color depths per head by default?

2009-09-15 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Mon, 2009-09-14 at 03:22 +0200, Csillag Kristof wrote: I have encountered another weird thing when setting up my displays. On X startup, the gradient background image of the login screen fills up both screens (as it should). On the right monitor (connected to DVI-0), the gradient is

Re: Different color depths per head by default?

2009-09-15 Thread Alex Deucher
2009/9/13 Csillag Kristof csillag.kris...@united-consult.hu: Dear all, I have encountered another weird thing when setting up my displays. On X startup, the gradient background image of the login screen fills up both screens (as it should). On the right monitor (connected to DVI-0), the

Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX prefix. on doing sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf , the X server starts running and screen goes blank. We also changed the startx script to

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Tiago Vignatti
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 04:24:15PM +0200, ext Flittigs at PICT wrote: Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX prefix. on doing sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf , the X server

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Simon Thum
Flittigs at PICT wrote: Hello all, we are undergrad students trying to install and compile the latest X release on a virtual box. We did all installation on /opt/MPX prefix. on doing sudo /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf , the X server starts running and screen goes blank. We also

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Flittigs at PICT
Hello, you're correct. I got a running X. On doing sudo startx -- /opt/MPX/bin/X -config /../xorg.conf -retro and putting this in background by appending and then doing ps I can see a process for x server running Now, to have a gdm and other stuff running, on starting X, should I write a

Re: xinerama/xrandr

2009-09-15 Thread Bernd Steinhauser
Hi, maybe this would work for you, although there could be problems with the rotated screens: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/ With that you should be able to use multiple GPUs, too. Daniel wrote: Hi, I've been trying to find some more information on all this... From

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Flittigs at PICT wrote: Now, to have a gdm and other stuff running, on starting X, should I write a script, as in some more piece of code along with the startx command? No, you should just start gdm, and let it start X for you. -- -Alan Coopersmith-

Re: Blank screen on starting X

2009-09-15 Thread Dan Nicholson
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@sun.com wrote: Flittigs at PICT wrote: Now, to have a gdm  and other stuff running, on starting X, should I write a script, as in some more piece of code along with the startx command? No, you should just start gdm, and let