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foress_89
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 Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:15 am Post subject: Graphical interface not working |
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I installed gentoo from the LiveDVD, I did a networkless installation since it was said to be faster. Everything seemed to installed correctly, but... The graphical interface (gnome) won't start. It fails to load these modules : vesa, mouse, kbd.
| Code: | (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
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I ran xorgconfig, but it still does the same thing. |
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didymos
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:36 am Post subject: |
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The driver packages weren't installed. Typically you want these for input:
x11-drivers/xf86-input-evdev
x11-drivers/xf86-input-keyboard
x11-drivers/xf86-input-mouse
For video, it's looking for the vesa driver. You'll want to use something more specific to your card, but vesa is good for testing:
x11-drivers/xf86-video-vesa
I'm surprised it didn't do that automatically, but I've never bothered using the LiveCD, so I don't know how it configures this stuff.
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:38 am Post subject: |
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try adding something like this to /etc/make.conf, and then emerge -uDN xorg-x11
| /etc/make.conf: | INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse"
VIDEO_CARDS="vesa" |
It seems as if some of the X.org modules just never got built |
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foress_89
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:46 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks for the replies. Didymos, I don't understand what your are telling me to do. I was also surprised that it didn't to that automatically. As for SiberianSniper, I am trying that, it's emerging, but I have some doubts... we'll see. |
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SiberianSniper
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| Basically we told you to do the same thing, just two different ways of doing it. Since X.org is now modular, you need different packages for each driver, such as mouse, keyboard, joystick, and video. Many people (myself included) are using evdev instead of mouse/keyboard/joystick so it's often good to include that driver as well (add to the INPUT_DEVICES). You'll also want to customize your VIDEO_CARDS choice depending on your hardware. See /usr/portage/profiles/desc/input_devices.desc and /usr/portage/profiles/desc/video_cards.desc for all of the available options. |
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foress_89
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
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Hey, I just did what you suggested (I modified my make.conf file) and it's working. Wow, thanks  |
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didymos
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| Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 2:19 am Post subject: |
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| foress_89 wrote: | | Thanks for the replies. Didymos, I don't understand what your are telling me to do. |
I'm telling you which packages contain the drivers. I didn't tell you to do anything because I don't know what the deal is with LiveCD/DVDs. Like I said, I've never used one. However, if you have networking set up and it works, then you can just emerge them. As to make.conf, the profile includes default values for the INPUT_DEVICES and VIDEO_CARDS variables. For video, the default is basically every commonly needed driver, and for input, it definitely includes the mouse and keyboard drivers. What does this show?:
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ls -ld /etc/make.profile
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