xorg.conf doesnt let kde (kdm) startup!

tlo · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 10

Hi all, this is my first post on these forums.

I have Sager 3880 laptop with a centrino 1.7 and a nVidia go 6600. i was trying to get KDE to run at my proper resolution. i tried to edit my xorg.conf, but it didnt exist, there was only a "xorg.conf.example". so i edited that, and saved it as xorg.conf. when i rebooted, the boot would hang at one step for about 10 seconds (at a step that didnt used to hang at all), and then proceed, but it wouldnt load up KDE or KDM, i would just get the console. i deleted the xorg.conf, rebooted, and it loaded fine, just in the stupid resolution. i made a new xorg.conf as a straight up copy of the example, no changes, when i rebooted the same hang and no load kdm occured. i deleted it, and it booted up fine the next time. what am i doing wrong?
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dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

Use Xorg -configure to build a suitable xorg.conf for your system (I only had to adjust the mouse device location), and remove xdm from default runlevel until you're able to start X correctly. You may want to follow this guide.
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tlo · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 10

im getting all sorts of errors when i run Xorg -configure. it says that it can't find my mouse. i don't use a mouse, i use a touchpad. i emerged the mouse driver already but it still won't. i tried running it anyway and just changing xorg.conf.new, the "mouse0" driver to "synaptics", but then i try the running tester and it complains.
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dc46and2 · n00b Joined: 23 Oct 2005 Posts: 35

You said you emerged the driver for your touchpad, but you didn't mention if you loaded the module--I assume that the driver is a kernel module? Use

dgaffuri · Advocate Joined: 05 Jun 2005 Posts: 2078 Location: Italy

Leave the mouse driver as is and change the device option (probably /dev/mouse) to your real mouse device, probably

kasperhans · Posted: Thu Nov 24, 2005 12:30 pm Post subject:

post ypur xorg config, your dmesg, your lsmod output and your rc-update -s to see where to start solving

tlo · n00b Joined: 23 Nov 2005 Posts: 10

i've moved on and tried a reinstall from stage 3, and have other problems with that, so this thread is no longer needed. thanks for the replies, and can a mod delete this please?
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