X issue

[ph0bYx]

Hey guys!

So I got this laptop Acer Aspire E1-571G and I installed Arch Linux on it. I managed to install it but when I get to starting X I get into trouble. I installed Enlightenment 17 as my display manager but when I do 'startx' I get errors. Here's the Xorg log:
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I realize there is something wrong with my video card drivers but I'm not sure how to fix it, I installed nvidia driver (the open source one installed automatically, but I installed the proprietary as well but no luck).

Halp

[bad_brain]

hm, please run dmesg and paste the according entries...

[ph0bYx]

Here you go: http://code.suck-o.com/42498" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[bad_brain]

hm, no trace of the nvidia driver being loaded, seems it's trying to use the vesa one.

try if you can manually configure it:

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cd /etc/X11
Xorg -configure

P.S. check first if there is an xorg.conf file in there, if yes copy it as backup (like xorg.conf.bak) first, just in case.

[ph0bYx]

Didn't read the PS, but I think it hasn't effected the original conf since I get an error like right at the start (after generating a couple of files):

"Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed"

[bad_brain]

please list the files in /etc/X11, it maybe has created the new config file as xorg.config-new, you would have to rename it then, also make sure to remove any earlier config file versions, it might label them as configs for extra screen (which would explain the error message).

[ph0bYx]

Rename to xorg.conf.bak?
Here's the list:

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twm/system.twmrc
xinit/xinitrc
xinit/xinitrc.d
xinit/xserverrc
xorg.conf.d/10-evdev.conf
xorg.conf.d/10-quirks.conf
xorg.conf.d/50-joystick.conf
xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf
xorg.conf.d/50-vmmouse.conf

I renamed the xorg.conf.d to xorg.conf.bak but I still get the same error while trying to run -configure

[bad_brain]

whoah...rename it back! xorg.conf.d is a directory....check inside there, and use the -al switch to see if there are hidden .bak files...

P.S. open /root/.bashrc and comment out the lines for the color option at the start, makes it a lot easier to see what a file is and what a directory (you'll have to reboot afterwards for the settings to take effect):

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# You may uncomment the following lines if you want `ls' to be colorized:
export LS_OPTIONS='--color=auto'
eval "`dircolors`"
alias ls='ls $LS_OPTIONS'
alias l='ls $LS_OPTIONS -l'
alias la='ls $LS_OPTIONS -lA'

[bad_brain]

also, if there is no xorg.conf file at all in there create one with touch xorg.conf and then try if it works with the configuration this time...

[ph0bYx]

I did try to open that file but it doesn't exist (bashrc) but what I did found is xorg.conf.new in /root directory.

Also creating xorg.conf in X11/xorg.conf/ didn't do anything.

PS: Gotta go do some work, I'll be back in about 2 hours so that you don't have to wait for my answer
Thanks for the help, man! Really appreciate it!

[bad_brain]

feel free to come to IRC in the evening (I'll see when you're there), you could give me SSH access then if you like and I can take a look...