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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 01:00:40
Message-Id: 200905240300.33724.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: x11-base/xorg-server-1.5.3-r5 with x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.552-r2 -- file conflict by David Relson
1 On Sonntag 24 Mai 2009, David Relson wrote:
2 > On Sun, 24 May 2009 01:22:06 +0300
3 > Nikos Chantziaras wrote:
4 >
5 > ...[snip]...
6 >
7 > > > ### Begin xorg.conf ###
8 > > >
9 > > > Section "ServerFlags"
10 > > > Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
11 > > > EndSection
12 > > >
13 > > > Section "Files"
14 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/util"
15 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/encodings"
16 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
17 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts"
18 > > > FontPath "/usr/local/share/fonts"
19 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default"
20 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
21 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
22 > > > FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
23 > > > EndSection
24 > > >
25 > > > ### End xorg.conf ###
26 > >
27 > > This xorg.conf won't load ati-drivers at all. If it works, it is
28 > > probably running with another driver (radeon or vesa perhaps). You
29 > > need to run "aticonfig --initial" as root first.
30 >
31 > Really? My understanding had been that xorg-server-1.5.3 uses evdev and
32 > runs happily without an xorg.conf file. Without an xorg.conf I had
33 > keyboard and font problems -- cured by the above configuration.
34 >
35 > As an experiment, I ran the suggested command ( "aticonfig
36 > --initial" ). This added a lot to xorg.con and I then restarted X.
37 > My screen resolution dropped from 1280x1024 to 640x480 and the screen
38 > looked awful.
39 >
40 > I've returned to the short config shown above.
41 >
42 > To be honest, I don't know which display driver is in use and don't
43 > much care since the display is working fine AFAICT.
44 >
45 > David
46
47 Section "ServerLayout"
48 Identifier "Layout0"
49 Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
50 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
51 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
52 EndSection
53
54 Section "Files"
55 EndSection
56
57 Section "Module"
58 Load "evdev"
59 Load "v4l"
60 EndSection
61
62 Section "ServerFlags"
63 Option "DontZap" "no"
64 EndSection
65
66 Section "InputDevice"
67 Identifier "Mouse0"
68 Driver "evdev"
69 Option "CorePointer"
70 Option "Name" "Logitech, Inc. MX610 Laser Cordless Mouse"
71 Option "evBits" "+1-2"
72 Option "keyBits" "~272-287"
73 Option "relBits" "~0-2 ~6 ~8"
74 EndSection
75
76 Section "InputDevice"
77 Identifier "Keyboard0"
78 Driver "evdev"
79 Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
80 Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
81 Option "XkbModel" "evdev"
82 Option "XkbLayout" "de"
83 Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
84 EndSection
85
86 Section "Monitor"
87 Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
88 Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
89 Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
90 Option "DPMS" "true"
91 EndSection
92
93 Section "Device"
94 Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
95 Driver "fglrx"
96 BusID "PCI:2:0:0"
97 EndSection
98
99 Section "Screen"
100 Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0"
101 Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
102 Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
103 DefaultDepth 24
104 SubSection "Display"
105 Viewport 0 0
106 Depth 24
107 EndSubSection
108 EndSection
109
110 works fine, 1680x1050 is the natural resolution of my display - automatically
111 chosen by X on start. Thanks to no modes or modelines I have a bazillion of
112 possible resolutions via randr available (either setting them with krandrtray
113 or xrandr).