RE: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-15 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
] Problems starting X On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:34:39 -0400 Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can solve your problem, I feel it :D Watch out, or you'll end up as a case for the Scary Devil Monastery. I've probably already

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-15 Thread Francisco Rivas
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:34:39 -0400 Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can solve your problem, I feel it :D Watch out, or you'll end up as a case

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-15 Thread Dan Farrell
On Tue, 15 May 2007 14:18:25 -0400 Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message to all list : We have a work to do: Help people!. The wrold need person like us, people help people to be better. Smile and have a nice very nice day. The world does indeed need people like you, the helpful

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Hi everybody Well the xorg server downgrade did not help either, so I abandon the cloesed source drivers from Ati and went on to try to install my S3 onboard savage graphic processor. This work almost instantly without any problems except for the fact that I experienced a lot of areas on

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Francisco Rivas
Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can solve your problem, I feel it :D The most important thing is try, one more try and it's enough.. Uninstall the xserver, unistall the ati drivers check all configurations of your kernel.. Install xserver 7.1 and 8.36.5 ati

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Guillermo A. Amaral
On Saturday 12 May 2007 05:31, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: Hi everybody SNIP Deciding that I could not work with that I tried the open source drivers for the ati card. SNIP Joe If your not looking for 3D Accel how about trying the VESA driver, or try some live distro that load up your

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-12 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Sat, 12 May 2007 11:34:39 -0400 Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi friends, Johannes bro.. I can't give up with that, I know we can solve your problem, I feel it :D Watch out, or you'll end up as a case for the Scary Devil Monastery. I've probably already reached this point. :)

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-11 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Francisco Rivas skrev: Hi all friends, I really like this situations because we learn so much...I have to thank you to all for this experience... Well we got a lot of work to do for help Johannes. You fell confortable installing the ati-drivers manually?, if your aswer is Yes, then: 1.-

RE: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-11 Thread JD
-Original Message- From: Johannes Skov Frandsen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 11, 2007 5:24 PM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X Francisco Rivas skrev: Hi all friends, I really like this situations because we learn so much

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-11 Thread Francisco Rivas
@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X Francisco Rivas skrev: Hi all friends, I really like this situations because we learn so much...I have to thank you to all for this experience... Well we got a lot of work to do for help Johannes. You fell confortable installing the ati

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Francisco Rivas wrote: Hi Johannes and every friend of the list :D. Johannes two things: 1.- I think (i guess) it's better install the 8.36.5 ati drivers, because the 8.32.5 ati drivers is too bugs and is better have the actual driver, you can download from the ati page and put on the

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: I should then be using version 8.28.8 of the driver. I have tried coping both the 8.28.8 and the 8.36.5 to my dist folder and tried to run emerge: emerge -va ati-drivers but it only suggests the 8.32.5 version, which as

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote: On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: I should then be using version 8.28.8 of the driver. I have tried coping both the 8.28.8 and the 8.36.5 to my dist folder and tried to run emerge: emerge -va ati-drivers but it only

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread Aleksandar L. Dimitrov
On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 12:24 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: Aleksandar L. Dimitrov wrote: On Thu, 2007-05-10 at 10:45 +0200, Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: I should then be using version 8.28.8 of the driver. I have tried coping both the 8.28.8 and the 8.36.5 to my dist folder

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread Francisco Rivas
Hi all friends, I really like this situations because we learn so much...I have to thank you to all for this experience... Well we got a lot of work to do for help Johannes. You fell confortable installing the ati-drivers manually?, if your aswer is Yes, then: 1.- Disable all support for ati

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-10 Thread young sun
Sorry,my English is poor:-) I have a ATI with 9250 ,so I have to add x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.29.1 to /etc/portage/package.mask,ati-driver-8.28.8-r1 (not ati-driver-8.28.8) and the kernel with 2.6.19 is well,but the 2.6.20 cant. xorg 7.2 isnt support R200 (inclue 9200 9250)seriers.Dont update

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-09 Thread Francisco Rivas
Hi Johannes and every friend of the list :D. Johannes two things: 1.- I think (i guess) it's better install the 8.36.5 ati drivers, because the 8.32.5 ati drivers is too bugs and is better have the actual driver, you can download from the ati page and put on the portage distfiles and install

[gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Johannes Skov Frandsen
Hi This is my first attempt on installing X so bare with me if my question is somewhat trivial. So...I emerge gnome... tried to start x and got the following error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ startx xauth: creating new authority file /home/joe/.serverauth.3857 X Window System Version

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Francisco Rivas
Hi, a few months ago I had the same problem, then : emerge xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vga [1] xf86-video-vesa [1] xf86-input-keyboard Note: Only if you want because when you install the ati driver you don't need neather of them. By

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Francisco Rivas
Excuse me please, only few things.. On 5/8/07, Francisco Rivas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, a few months ago I had the same problem [too], then : emerge xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vga [1] xf86-video-vesa [1] xf86-input-keyboard

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Dale
Francisco Rivas wrote: Hi, a few months ago I had the same problem, then : emerge xf86-input-mouse xf86-video-fbdev xf86-video-vga [1] xf86-video-vesa [1] xf86-input-keyboard Note: Only if you want because when you install the ati driver you

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Mark Kirkwood
Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: Hi This is my first attempt on installing X so bare with me if my question is somewhat trivial. So...I emerge gnome... tried to start x and got the following error message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ $ startx xauth: creating new authority file

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting X

2007-05-08 Thread Dmitry
Hello, I've never tried to run X without config, but.. I see that your output shows: (EE) Unable to locate/open config file is your /etc/X11/xorg.conf okay ? Johannes Skov Frandsen wrote: Hi This is my first attempt on installing X so bare with me if my question is somewhat

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update

2006-08-07 Thread Stewart Taylor
Richard Fish wrote: On 8/6/06, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Probably you have

[gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update

2006-08-06 Thread Stewart Taylor
Hi allI've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log.Note that your system uses syslog. All of kdm's

Re: [gentoo-user] Problems starting x after update

2006-08-06 Thread Richard Fish
On 8/6/06, Stewart Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all I've just completed an emerge --update --deep world, all went ok until I re-started, then I could only get console mode. This is the contents of /var/log/xdm.log. Check /var/log/Xorg.0.log. Probably you have ModulePath in