All,
Thanks for your help...
turns out it was a couple of things..
-- I installed X from source on the 1st install..
-- Nvidia Drivers where corrupt.
-- Xorg7 was in shambles.
-- No fonts where installed by pacman.
-- Startup scripts broke after New xorg..
Basically when it rains it pours...
below is what I did to make it work again.. And installing those "Pain
in the A$$" nvidia drivers...
And yes some of this was hacked off of wiki howto pages..
Source info belongs to original posters...
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---- update nvidia drivers on linux box
-"http://nvidia.com/object/unix";
NOTE: You must recompile the kernel
-- Get the latest and greatest kernel
-"tar -zxvf linux-kernel.tar.gz"
-- Make menuconfig
-- Answer the questions
DO NOT COMPILE ANY NVIDIA MODULES!!!
-- Compile the kernel
-- Run the util with the path
-"./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg1.run -a -b -N
--kernel-name=2.6.15.5"
-"-a" = Accept License
-"-b" = Do not backup conflicting files
-"-N" = No Network
-"--kernel-name=" = New kernel name.. from "/lib/modules/<name>"
-- Will ask to update "xorg.conf" = "YES"
-- boot to new kernel
-- Change settings in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
- Add to "Section Modules"
-"Load "glx""
- Comment out "DRI"
########
#Section "DRI"
# Mode 0666
#EndSection
########
-- Add "nvidia" to "modules" section in "/etc/rc.conf"
-- Startx
-- IF you get sans font not found..
-"pacman -S cabextract ttf-ms-fonts"
-- Life is good with new FAST HW RENDERED GRAPHICS
---------------- UPGRADE ARCH.. BROKE with XORG7
-- Backup orig xorg.conf
-"cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /home/joeh"
-- Blow away Xorg and reinstall
######
pacman -Q | grep -i -a "^x" | awk '{ print $1}' | xargs pacman -Rd $1
pacman -Q | grep -i -a "^libx" | awk '{ print $1}' | xargs pacman
-Rd --force $1
pacman -Q | grep -i -a "^nvidia" | awk '{ print $1}' | xargs pacman
-Rd --force $1
rm -rf /etc/X11
rm -rf /usr/share/X11/
rm -rf /usr/share/fonts
rm -rf /usr/lib/libGL*
rm -rf /usr/lib/libnvidia*
rm -rf /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
rm -rf /usr/share/applications/nvidia-settings.desktop
rm -rf /usr/lib/libXvMCNVIDIA*
######
-- Get xorg
-"pacman -Sy xorg-server xorg-client"
NOTE: will ask for alot of depencies and install all
-- Install more xorg packages
-"pacman -S xorg-apps xorg-font-utils xorg-res-utils"
-"pacman -S xorg-server-utils xorg-utils"
-"pacman -S xorg-xauth xorg-xdm xorg-xfs xorg-xfwp"
-"pacman -S xorg-xinit xorg-xkb-utils xorg-xsm"
-"pacman -S xorg-twm icewm xterm"
-- Install Fonts
-"pacman -S xorg-fonts-75dpi xorg-fonts-100dpi"
-- Install Input Drivers
-"pacman -S xorg-input-drivers"
-- Install Video Drivers
-"pacman -S xf86-video-vesa"
-- DON'T INSTALL NVIDIA.. WILL DO THAT LATER
-- Create new xorg.conf file
-"hwd -x"
NOTE: file is in "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd"
-- Move file to xorg.conf
-"mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd /etc/X11/xorg.conf"
-- Startx from root
NOTE: If all goes well then startx from user
-- Edit "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
-- Compare settings from old config "/home/joeh/xorg.conf"
to new
-- Things I found wrong
- Under section input device
- Remove "Serial Mouse"
- Remove "USB Mouse"
- Change "ps2 mouse" device
-to "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
-- Startx
-- if you can startx w/o a problem goto "install nvidia drivers" SOP
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Thanks again,
Joe H.
Rickard Eriksson wrote:
> Make sure you have the package called xorg-xinit installed, it's in the
> current repo
>
>> All,
>>
>> I've read a few forums and not luck..
>>
>> I upgrades my Xorg last night and rebooted...
>> I'm running IceWM and Xorg, With a "nvidia" driver 6800 GT AGP Card..
>>
>> I login into cli then do a "startx"
>>
>> I get an error stateing "not found".
>>
>> Question:
>>
>> When I upgraded all of my X I guess it broke a few things..
>> Any hints or point me to the right direction..
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Joe
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