Re: [gentoo-dev] gdm-2.6.0.3, XOrg/Gnome problems with Xkb Options and Xorg/xfs problem

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Fri, 2004-06-25 at 10:20, Kevin wrote:
> Hi Folks-
>
> Any particular reason why gdm-2.6.0.3 (latest) is not in portage?  I see
> that gnome 2.6 has been in portage for awhile now, and I have 2.6.1_rc1
> installed, but the latest gdm ebuild in portage is still 2.4.4.7-r1.

> I just renamed my 2.4.4.7-r1 gdm ebuild in portage, put it in my overlay
> dir, renamed the selinux patch in files/ and wala, got a nice 2.6 gdm
> (which apparently has many new features over 2.4, though I haven't
> explored them at all yet).

You should probably check bugs.gentoo.org, which is where any show
stopping bugs would be that would block the upgrade.  If there are no
such bugs, then it would be a good idea for you to submit a feature
request to have the newer version added to portage.

> While I'm asking about gdm, can anyone comment on these XOrg/Gnome
> problems I'm having (recently posted to gentoo-user but which elicited
> no replies)?
>
> I recently upgraded from xfree-4.3.0-r5 to xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1 and am
> having some problems.  I've read the related posts in gentoo-user and
> gentoo-dev and in the forums, but don't see solutions to these issues
> being reported by anyone (though someone else in gentoo-user reported
> the same Xkb problem).
>
> One of my problems is apparently with the XKB options in the DeviceInput
> section of xorg.conf, but it only seems to show up when starting gnome
> and then only when I login in to gdm as root.
>
> I'm running this on an HP/compaq nx9010 laptop computer and I used the
> xorg.conf file found here
> http://www.freax.be/files/rh9_nx9010/fedora_-_xorg.conf as a base for
> my own.  I made some modifications to it based on the xorg docs I've
> read.
>
> The hardware in this laptop is as follows:
> P4 2.4GHz
> 512MB RAM
> Bus1, Device5, Function0: ATI Radeon IGP 340M (rev 0)
>
> I'm using the radeon driver that is included in the XOrg package because
> it's the only one that seems to give me a functional X display at all.
> I do have ati-drivers and ati-drivers-extra installed, but when I use
> the "fglrx" driver from ati-drivers in my xorg.conf file, X refuses to
> start at all.  The server reports no devices found so I guess the fglrx
> driver does not support the Radeon IGP 340M, but isn't that driver from
> ATI?  I tried the opengl-update ati command after putting fglrx in the
> Driver parameters of xorg.conf and before starting xdm (gdm), but no
> help there either.

Are you sure the driver supports the card?  ATI are a little slow and
getting drivers for newer cards into the package.  If you are sure that
the driver supports your card, I would suggest filing a bug on
bugs.gentoo.org and letting the maintainer take a look at it.

> The man 4 radeon page shows 2D-only support for this card/chip with this
> driver.  I'd like to have 3D support, but as I said, fglrx won't start
> up X.
>
> Using the radeon driver, when I start X with XSESSION in make.conf set
> to Gnome (logging into gdm as root), I get a dialog that says:

<snip>

> I don't get this when I log in as a normal user.  Anyone know how to fix
> this or is it something I should even be concerned about (probably won't
> login to gdm as root very often---but are there other hidden
> consequences?)?
>
> I don't get this when I login using kdm to start kde or when I use
> startx/.xinitrc to start enlightenment or fvwm or twm.  I'm using all
> of the latest packages (xorg-x11-6.7.0-r1, kde-3.2.3, gnome-2.6.1_rc1,
> fvwm-2.5.10-r5, enlightenment-0.16.7_pre4).
>
> I've followed the guidance at
> http://freedesktop.org/~xorg/X11R6.7.0/doc/XKB-Config.html, but can't
> seem to resolve this problem with any clues there.  In fact, I think my
> xorg.conf file has the exact same options they describe using there
> (except pc105).

Why not just remove all of the XKB stuff from your configuration?  It
doesn't look like you need it at all, and xorg-x11 will function fine
without it.  As an example, here is my InputDevice section with my
keyboard in it:

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
        Driver      "keyboard"
EndSection

> I'm also having difficulty getting X to work with the X Font Server
> using unix sockets (thus the tcp port mentioned above).  The xorg.conf
> man page states:

I won't be able to help you on that one, I just use the font paths.

-- 
Chris Gianelloni
Release Engineering QA Manager/Games Developer
Gentoo Linux

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