Attempting to get an X11 server running

[Devin Teske]

On Jun 29, 2011, at 9:33 PM, Dieter BSD wrote:

>> Q1: how do you start X?
> 
> "Xorg"
> (no config file)
> 
> result: display works (1400x1050), but no keyboard or mouse
> 
> "Xorg -configure"
> (creates /root/xorg.conf.new)
> "Xorg -config /root/xorg.conf.new"
> 
> result: 1280x1024 which monitor doesn't like

I've observed this behavior when the probed graphics driver (e.g., "nv") cannot produce the desired resolution, and switching to "vesa" does the job. However, that is not a universal truth.

I've also observed situations where the probed graphics driver does just fine (e.g., "mach64" -- or nearly any of the ATI drivers).

For the "nv" drivers (NOTE: I'm specifically talking about xf86-video-nv, not nvidia-driver), I often find myself doing this:

1. X -configure
2. sed -i.bak -e 's/nv/vesa/' /root/xorg.conf.new
3. X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

Your mileage may var.


> 
> I also tried "Xorg -keyboard Keyboard0 -pointer Mouse0"
> with and without "-config /root/xorg.conf.new", same results.
> I tried editing the config file, adding a 1400x1050 modeline,
> same results.
> 
>> Q2: Have you tried to start X without a config file?
> 
> Yes, see above
> 
>> Q3: Do you have consolekit installed?
> 
> yes, consolekit-0.4.3 from .../amd64/packages-8.2-release/...
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