Hello,
I have trialed Kahelos.Nice, I ike it.
One issue, I have it operating on my old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600. Has Trident Video with 16mb. I've been to change the display in preferences, but only 800x600? I previously ran Ubuntu 9.10 in 1024x768 with no issue though earlier versions required a change to xorg.conf file?
Many thanks
CHris
hm...the fix might be easy, but the proccess behind it might be a tad lengthy..
i would proceed on the assumption you know what a terminal is and you arent afraid of console
To ensure that all goes well, please do the following
First ensure that you have xf86-video-trident installed
next run a system updrade by
sudo pacman -Syu
than
in terminal , type
sudo gedit /etc/inittab
and find the line
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
remove the # from that line and save the file
next type sudo gedit /etc/rc.conf
and remove @gdm from the daemons
after that , in terminal ...,type sudo telinit 3
beware ...you will be transported to the black and white console...with just text..
login in via console and type the following
sudo X -configure
or
sudo Xorg -configure
after that , type sudo telinit 5 ..you should be moved back to GDM login screen if all goes well.
hope it all goes well...:)
Hi there, you're right, brain explosion on my part, I forgot I had already posted....
1. The card on my Satellite pro 4600 is a Trident CyberBlade XP graphics card with 16 MByte memory.
2. I ran the upgrade
3. I removed the # as suggested
4. I removed the only @gdm I could find
5. I typed sudo telinit 3 in terminal, and nothing happened, just went to a new line in terminal??
Any thoughts?
hmm..ops i missed a step :x sorry!!
first ,
please make sure you have done the inittab section..( or no GUI would start automatically..)
next run a reboot :) lol sounds stupid ...missed this step..
after reboot , you should see grub menu
edit the boot options of the kernel you are booting into by highlighting it and press letter e
to edit the section ..press e again.
you should see a line containing two letters 'ro' without the quotationmarks..
than...you should add a 3 after the ro ...
it will become ro 3
next after editing that press enter /esc (cant remember i do this part rather instinctively..)
than press B to boot
you would be at a console.
login at console than ..
sudo X -configure
or
sudo Xorg -configure
after that , type sudo telinit 5 ..you should be moved back to GDM login screen if all goes well.
Hi there,
Did all that right down to sudo X -configure, which gave me the following read out "Fatal Server error: could not create lock file in /tmp/.tX0-lock
Please consult The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help".
The other command alternative you gave give same result??
I repeated the instructions, with same result
Appreciate your help thus far!
Chris
did you manage to get to telinit 3?
if you were at telinit 3 , XORG shouldnt be running
means...just a console
if you just have a coneole , it would be rather safe to do these steps
sudo killall Xorg
sudo killall X
hm..weird.. sudo should give you root rights...wonder why you couldnt write to tmp
unless for a few reasons ..( those reasons i could think of )
Make sure that /tmp directory exists and is owned by root and of group root.
AND
file permissions for the dot file are: drwxrwxrwt
Don't forget the trailing "t".
do that by ....
sudo chmod 777 /tmp
sudo chmod ugo+t /tmp
Here's my /etx/X11/xorg.conf for my Satellite Pro 4600
# Settings for wacom eraser
# Settings for wacom cursor (mouse)
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/arphic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/freefont"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/kochi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
# Xorg 7.0 font paths
# Other font paths
# path to defoma fonts
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-75
VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-75
VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "ATIMonitor"
VendorName "unknown"
ModelName "unknown"
Option "DPMS" "true"
HorizSync 30-75
VertRefresh 55-70
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth 16
Option "TwinView" "false"
Option "SecondMonitorVendorName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorModelName" "unknown"
Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "30-75"
Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "55-70"
Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf"
Option "ConnectedMonitor" "dfp,dfp"
# Only the official NVIDIA driver supports twinview
# these setting are an example
#Option "MetaModes" "1024x768, 1024x768"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen1"
Device "Card1"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultColorDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "ATIScreen"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "ATIMonitor"
DefaultColorDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XKbOptions" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Touchpad"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "1700"
Option "RightEdge" "5300"
Option "TopEdge" "1700"
Option "BottomEdge" "4200"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.09"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "synaptics"
Identifier "ALPS Touchpad"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
Option "Protocol" "event"
Option "LeftEdge" "130"
Option "RightEdge" "840"
Option "TopEdge" "130"
Option "BottomEdge" "640"
Option "FingerLow" "7"
Option "FingerHigh" "8"
Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
Option "MaxTapMove" "110"
Option "EmulateMidButtonTime" "75"
Option "VertScrollDelta" "20"
Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.25"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.50"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.030"
Option "EdgeMotionMinSpeed" "200"
Option "EdgeMotionMaxSpeed" "200"
Option "UpDownScrolling" "1"
Option "CircularScrolling" "1"
Option "CircScrollDelta" "0.1"
Option "CircScrollTrigger" "2"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Appletouch"
Driver "synaptics"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Protocol" "auto-dev"
Option "LeftEdge" "100"
Option "RightEdge" "1120"
Option "TopEdge" "50"
Option "BottomEdge" "310"
Option "FingerLow" "25"
Option "FingerHigh" "30"
Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
Option "TapButton1" "1"
Option "TapButton2" "3"
Option "TapButton3" "2"
Option "MinSpeed" "0.79"
Option "MaxSpeed" "0.88"
Option "AccelFactor" "0.0015"
Option "SHMConfig" "on"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Absolute"
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Mode" "Relative"
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/wacom"
EndSection
Section "Extensions"
Option "Composite" "Enable"
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "XFree86 Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
#Screen 0 "ATIScreen" 0 0
#Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
#Option "Xinerama" "true"
#Option "Clone" "true"
#InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer"
#InputDevice "Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "ALPS Touchpad" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "Appletouch" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "Stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "Eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "Cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
#InputDevice "Serial Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "trident"
BoardName "unknown"
Screen 0
Option "UseInternalAGPGART" "no"
Option "XAANoOffscreenPixmaps" "true"
Option "DmaMode" "None"
Option "CursorShadow" "1"
Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "63"
Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2"
Option "CursorShadowXOffset" "4"
Option "FlatPanelProperties" "Scaling = native"
Option "NoLogo" "true"
Option "UseEDID" "true"
Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "true"
Option "RenderAccel" "true"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card1"
Driver "trident"
BoardName "unknown"
Screen 1
#Option "MonitorLayout" "crt,crt"
#BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Option "DontZap" "False"
EndSection
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