Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On 1/25/07, Guillermo A. Amaral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Change the line : x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon to point to gdm. But you can just put everything back as it was before and add gdm to your rc.conf ( i think thats your safer bet to get the consoles and gdm working ) -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE Yes, thanks. Actually I found out this is a problem with the fglrx driver and my configuration. I have a laptop and I'm using an external LCD instead of the onboard screen. So, when I unplug the external LCD, there is no problem accessing virtual consoles or using init 3 or init 5. But, on the external LCD, the vc's don't appear .. I believe they actually exist, but they just don't appear. thanks, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On Friday 26 Jan 2007, golfer wrote: On 1/25/07, Guillermo A. Amaral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Change the line : x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon to point to gdm. But you can just put everything back as it was before and add gdm to your rc.conf ( i think thats your safer bet to get the consoles and gdm working ) -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE Yes, thanks. Actually I found out this is a problem with the fglrx driver and my configuration. I have a laptop and I'm using an external LCD instead of the onboard screen. So, when I unplug the external LCD, there is no problem accessing virtual consoles or using init 3 or init 5. But, on the external LCD, the vc's don't appear .. I believe they actually exist, but they just don't appear. thanks, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch Ahh yes that happends with the nvidia driver also in certain configurations -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE @ site: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ @ blog: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ # nick: thewonka | thewonka81 pkey: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/downloads/public.asc pgpdXQpXoY8st.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On 1/26/07, Guillermo A. Amaral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ahh yes that happends with the nvidia driver also in certain configurations OK, so nvidia is probably no better than ati, at least in the less expensive cards, regards, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On Thursday 25 January 2007 20:12:27 golfer wrote: I installed beta1 base a couple days ago on a laptop and initially things worked ok. I have dial-up via a usb modem, which worked for the first day, but now won't. I have been installing more software as I get it downloaded. First, I installed xorg and got it configured with blackbox. This took quite a while because I have and ati X1400, which was not recognized at all by xorg, but works on the latest fglrx release. When I successfully wrote an xorg.conf, I used init 5 and init 3 to demonstrate it worked. Next I tried to init 5, but it failed with a message about no xdm. So, I installed xdm and tested it successfully with init 5. When I set /etc/inittab to boot into run level 5, the reboot failed with columns of numbers filling the screen .. at the top was words like udev and debug, but nothing else made sense to me. I rebooted and it succeeded in starting xdm and I could log in. But, now the bad news, when I go to init 3, the screen goes blank and I do not have any virtual consoles to work with. Checking the log reveals nothing remarkable at the time. I have booted a number of times since this without boot problems, but the consoles never work when I try init 3 from blackbox. But, if I try C-A-F1 it will dump me into vc1 .. however, if I enter init 3 from vc1, the same problem occurs: the screen goes blank and the vc's are all dead. What's wrong with run level 3? I was able to get kdebase installed, so now have a web browser to try researching the wiki, but my usb modem (slmodem) has stopped working .. it just freezes the phone line and I have to unplug it to free the phone. By the way, I think it's a problem with the slmodem driver, because, I uninstalled it, and trying compiling the slmodem-20061021.tar.gz from linmodems, and it would not successfully compile. Also, there are a lot of emails at linmodems.org regarding problems with the 2.6.19 kernel. All my hardware is fine .. I'm using kubuntu on another partition and the same usb modem right now. I'm not sure how to troubleshoot this problem further. regards, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch Can you please send a copy of your inittab? -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE @ site: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ @ blog: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ # nick: thewonka / thewonka81 pgp2ew0Lcv5uR.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On 1/25/07, Guillermo A. Amaral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you please send a copy of your inittab? -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE Yes, and I also found this message in /var/log/everything.log when the usb modem locks up: Jan 25 18:40:51 myhost st7554: fifo underrun! here's the /etc/inittab: # # /etc/inittab # # Runlevels: #0Halt #1(S) Single-user #2Not used #3Multi-user #4Not used #5X11 #6Reboot #id:3:initdefault: id:5:initdefault: rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon # End of file BTW, how do I switch from xdm to gdm? regards, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
Re: [arch] base install 0.8 beta1 strange problems
On Thursday 25 January 2007 23:45:06 golfer wrote: On 1/25/07, Guillermo A. Amaral [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you please send a copy of your inittab? -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE Yes, and I also found this message in /var/log/everything.log when the usb modem locks up: Jan 25 18:40:51 myhost st7554: fifo underrun! here's the /etc/inittab: # # /etc/inittab # # Runlevels: #0Halt #1(S) Single-user #2Not used #3Multi-user #4Not used #5X11 #6Reboot #id:3:initdefault: id:5:initdefault: rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/1 linux c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/2 linux c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/3 linux c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/4 linux c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/5 linux c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 38400 vc/6 linux ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon # End of file BTW, how do I switch from xdm to gdm? regards, ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch Change the line : x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon to point to gdm. But you can just put everything back as it was before and add gdm to your rc.conf ( i think thats your safer bet to get the consoles and gdm working ) -- Guillermo A. Amaral, BCSE @ site: http://www.guillermoamaral.com/ @ blog: http://blog.guillermoamaral.com/ # nick: thewonka / thewonka81 pgp0nkdzcnnCp.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ arch mailing list arch@archlinux.org http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
