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devil - 13.04.2006, 11:19 Uhr
Titel: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solutions?
hi there,
talk about your experience with xorg 7.0 here, if you like.
maybe some problems/solutions fit together.
greetz
devil
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 11:37 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
3 Problems.
1. Display not working with KDE - Solved by following the advice on IRC and downloading fix-xorg7.sh
2. install-nvidia-debian.sh gives me an error about x-modules-path (logged on IRC - (bart), will recreate later today as I got over the problem by setting the driver to "nv" in the /etc/x11/xorg.conf file
3. bootup is considerably slower - but then I probably need to upgrade my hw 
devil - 13.04.2006, 11:45 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
homer,
did you run fix-fonts -e to fix slower boot?
greetz
devil
wakarimasen - 13.04.2006, 12:10 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
Hiding, until it's safe to come out and install...... 
drb - 13.04.2006, 12:57 Uhr
Titel:
Asus a7n266 (nvidia 1)
XP1900
Matrox 550
1GB ram
dist-upgraded to xorg7 without any problems. Ran the fix-xorg7.sh script following the upgrade.
drb
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 13:03 Uhr
Titel:
Hi Devil,
Just did, and it helped. The bootup time is back to normal. (Especially from the KDM Login).
On the NVidia script, I should have said I'm using the 7174 module, (older card) not the 8178 one that comes with CeBIT 2006.
The error message is:
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patching file /usr/src/nv/nv.c
Hunk #2 succeeded at line 1034 (offset 6 lines)
./nvidia-installer: unrecognised option '--x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules'
Invalid commandline, please run './nvidia-installer --help' for usage information
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cheers
Homer
stryder - 13.04.2006, 14:22 Uhr
Titel:
Dist-upgraded yesterday... Results I posted here:
http://kanotix.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t-17128.html
Just ran another dist-upgrade today (some other xorg file - common, I think) got installed) and also upgraded kernel to latest for good measure and:
1. Problem with firefox fixed (and gtk2 I guess)
2. Speed from nvidia screen to login screen, better. Screen refreshes, better.
3. Kano's script dumped a standard xorg.conf after kernel upgrade and nvidia install which stalled my mouse. I replaced xorg.conf with my original one and it's OK after init 3 and init 5.
4. For some reason firefox fonts in gnews got crappy - wonder why? Have always been OK. Anyway, apt-get install msttcorefonts and fix-fonts worked.
Like before, running fluxbox...
wakarimasen - 13.04.2006, 16:20 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solu
homer911 hat folgendes geschrieben::
3 Problems.
1. Display not working with KDE - Solved by following the advice on IRC and downloading fix-xorg7.sh
How did you do this - I have come out of hiding, and am now stuck at the X-screen 
neal - 13.04.2006, 16:34 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Dist-upgraded yesterday following Neuer User's instructions - absolutely no problems getting
Xorg7. Thanks, Neuer User, Kano, etc.
One small change: glxgears run in konsole no longer reported frames/sec.
Dist-upgrade today broke something with nvidia driver - attempting to run glxgears or
any of the OpenGL screensavers crashed my KDE session and sent me back to the login
screen. Rerunning the install-nvidia-debian script fixed the problem.
Tami - 13.04.2006, 16:42 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solu
wakarimasen hat folgendes geschrieben::
homer911 hat folgendes geschrieben::
3 Problems.
1. Display not working with KDE - Solved by following the advice on IRC and downloading fix-xorg7.sh
How did you do this - I have come out of hiding, and am now stuck at the X-screen
do this:
Zitat:
Neuer_User wrote:
wget
http://kanotix.com/files/fix-xorg7.sh , update-scripts-kanotix.sh , apt-get update ; apt-get dist-upgrade [on init 3], then run 'sh fix-xorg7.sh' run nvidia or ati script
(simply type it as su => <enter> instead of (,) )
Thanx to Neuer User advice and Kano's scripts I had no problems after today's distro upgrade
Thanks to all of you 
)
Neuer_User - 13.04.2006, 16:43 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
neal hat folgendes geschrieben::
One small change: glxgears run in konsole no longer reported frames/sec.
glxgears --iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark
(hope I did not misspell it 
)
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 16:46 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
OK,
-------------------------
Quick recap - wget http://kanotix.com/files fix-xorg7.sh (chmod a+x fix-xorg7.sh to make it usable)
ctrl+Alt+F1
init 3
apt-get update
Run fix-xorg7.sh (or ./fix-xorg7.sh)
apt-get dist-upgrade
install-nvidia-debian.sh (or whatever you use)
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devil28's fix-fonts -e, improved the bootup time
I had to edit /etc/x11/xorg.conf to change the driver to"nv" on one pc and "mga" on another (Using pretty
old hw)
For the w/e I will need to try it out on mien kinder laptops
makke - 13.04.2006, 16:52 Uhr
Titel:
glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark
or much easier:
glxgears -printfps
jackiebrown - 13.04.2006, 16:54 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
I have X but there are a couple of problems. I am using the 64 bit version with the updated source list but
startx is and unrecognized command and kdesu and sux do not work for giving access to x programs.
kedsu gives me WARNING: No X authentication info set for display :0.0
sux gives me /usr/bin/sux: line 213: xauth: command not found
I think this might be related to the fact that xbase-clients is still at 6.9 and has no new version avaible.
Kano - 13.04.2006, 17:22 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
7174 is pretty old. As nVidia does not provide a newer legacy driver blame Nvidia or go shopping
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 17:33 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Hey,
I'm suprised the BOX still works, never mind the card.
Still. now I think I have used up all the excuses NOT to go shopping
I would like to try a home build - any ideas as to motherboards and such like ?
Thanks for a great distro
Regards,
Homer
dpdt1 - 13.04.2006, 19:28 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
64bit here, upgraded succesfully. sux doesn't work as said earlier plus i lost keyboard layout (greek in my case), and can't seem to recover it. xorg.conf seems exactly as it was before in that section but still i can't switch to greek no matter what..
BklynBoy - 13.04.2006, 20:49 Uhr
Titel:
drb hat folgendes geschrieben::
dist-upgraded to xorg7 without any problems. Ran the fix-xorg7.sh script following the upgrade.
drb
I have a problem. When I ran sh fix-xorg, I got: No such file or directory.
I had earlier run 'wget http://kanotix.com/files/fix-xorg7.sh'
Now I am stuck. Help.
UPDATE: I wget again, ran fix-xorg7, now all is well!
dpdt1 - 13.04.2006, 20:59 Uhr
Titel:
did you move the script from where you downloaded it to /usr/local/bin ?
if not move it, make it executable and try again..
good luck..
h2 - 13.04.2006, 21:12 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
I've created a full upgrade script, you can download it and get full instructions on the xorg7-h2 upgrade page as well. This script integrates the kano fix-xorg7 into it, but has more features.
The script, if you choose all the options, will upgrade a vanilla 2005-4 or cebit rc 3 install to the latest xorg 7. Or it will just install xorg 7, do a dist-upgrade, then let you reinstall your nvidia or radeon graphics drivers.
Rather than have two versions of these instructions, just go the link above to get the full upto date instructions.
Make sure to check the forums for any warnings before doing a dist-upgrade, these are not super safe right now.
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 21:19 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
IT works with CeBIT 2006 -so why not now ?
BTW: I just lost the last post I was trying to send. My side or Your side I can't tell
homer911 - 13.04.2006, 22:00 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Ok -let's try again,
The script worked before xorg7 so it can only be xorg7 or fix-xorg7.sh
Sorry, IRC Is too busy for me to keep track (bart)
piper - 13.04.2006, 23:22 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Well, before I did a d-u I went to #kanotix on IRC and asked if any problems with d-u,(I am gone away from home sun-tues at work and don't have access to a computer to check for myself) Kano answered within 2 seconds and told me exactly how to do it, had 1 slight problem (lost my icons control center) after which devil gave me the answer again within 2-3 seconds, all is well The reply time for me if I have a problem on IRC is A-1 the best. I think so far the transition has been pretty smooth and painless.
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27164 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5432.739 FPS
27153 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5430.520 FPS
27159 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5431.610 FPS
27169 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5433.678 FPS
27138 frames in 5.0 seconds = 5427.551 FPS
Host/Kernel/OS "KanotixBox" running Linux 2.6.16.5-kanotix-1 i686 [ KANOTIX 2006 CeBIT ]
CPU Info AMD Athlon XP 2400+ 256 KB cache clocked at [ 2000.448 MHz ]
Videocard ATI Radeon R350 [Radeon 9800 Pro] X.Org 7.0.0 [ 1024x768 @85hz ]
Network cards VIA VT6102 [Rhine-II], at port: e400
Processes 89 | Uptime 1:23 | Memory 418.719/756.121MB | HDD Maxtor 6Y160P0 Size 163GB (62%used) | GLX Renderer RADEON 9800 Pro Generic | GLX Version 2.0.5755 (8.24.
| Client Shell | Infobash v2.50rc10
anticapitalista - 13.04.2006, 23:54 Uhr
Titel:
Today I did a dist-upgrade following the instructions earlier in this thread (or somewhere) and no problems at all.
For what it's worth I followed the same procedure and used the kanotix script to upgrade my Mepis partitions too.
Many thanks for the great info.
mickhs - 14.04.2006, 00:11 Uhr
Titel: Xorg7 script
Thank you very much, h2, for this script. Worked beautifully. Although I had my fingers crossed the whole time that it would work. 
Very nice piece of work.
jackiebrown - 14.04.2006, 03:26 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
dpdt1 hat folgendes geschrieben::
64bit here, upgraded succesfully. sux doesn't work as said earlier plus i lost keyboard layout (greek in my case), and can't seem to recover it. xorg.conf seems exactly as it was before in that section but still i can't switch to greek no matter what..
i think we are stuck on some thing for a while along with all non i386
Debian Package Search
dpdt1 - 14.04.2006, 09:54 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
h2 hat folgendes geschrieben::
You'll also see a question, a blue box, that asks if you want to keep your keyboard layout, default is no, keep it as no.
i think i was fool enough to choose yes there. so i'm to blame.
jackie, there is an xbase-clients package that someone (found in the amd64 debian mailist) compiled.. maybe i'll try it and let you know..
http://www.fugmann.net/~afu/amd64/xbase ... _amd64.deb
dpdt1 - 14.04.2006, 10:09 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
works great!
sux works like before plus greek kb layout is back!
dpdt1 - 14.04.2006, 14:10 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
kanotix repos also got their own xbase-clients package and that too works!!
thanks, guys.
golfgreg - 14.04.2006, 16:24 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
had 1 slight problem (lost my icons control center) after which devil gave me the answer again within 2-3 seconds, all is well T
Piper, May I ask how you solved this icon problem with the control center???
That is all that is wrong here, love kanotix,
Greg
h2 - 14.04.2006, 18:42 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
Sorry, I meant the blue box asks if you want to CHANGE [not 'keeep'] your layout, default is no, chooose no unless you have some very good reason to change it to the new option. Picking No will keep your layout as is.
@jens - 14.04.2006, 19:15 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
I did the dist-upgrade today. All went fine exept the latest nvidia driver (have a FX 5500). The refresh rate wasn't adjustable, and 70Hz is not enough for me. Never mind, I simply installed the older driver and had my 85Hz back.
Regards,
@jens
piper - 14.04.2006, 20:36 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
golfgreg hat folgendes geschrieben::
had 1 slight problem (lost my icons control center) after which
devil gave me the answer again within 2-3 seconds, all is well
T
Piper, May I ask how you solved this icon problem with the control center???
That is all that is wrong here, love kanotix,
Greg
golfgreg try this first:
fix-kc
If that don't, work try this:
dpkg -i --force-confmiss --force-confnew /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-data_4%3a3.5.2-1_all.deb
piper - 14.04.2006, 20:41 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
There is a space between
confnew /var
golfgreg - 14.04.2006, 21:39 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
Thanks piper,
The second part worked great, although the Kanotix menu in the kp is now lost....
That's alright though, this fix is enough.
There certainly is a few of you on this forum that are super fast and helpfull... so much that I usually don't have to ask the questions, they have already been answered!!
Thanks for the help, all of you!
Greg 
piper - 14.04.2006, 22:49 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are th
You can try this:
apt-get install knxcc-kde
If that don't work give this a try:
apt-get install --reinstall kdebase-data then apt-get install knxcc-kde
jackiebrown - 14.04.2006, 23:27 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
dpdt1 hat folgendes geschrieben::
h2 hat folgendes geschrieben::
You'll also see a question, a blue box, that asks if you want to keep your keyboard layout, default is no, keep it as no.
i think i was fool enough to choose yes there. so i'm to blame.
jackie, there is an xbase-clients package that someone (found in the amd64 debian mailist) compiled.. maybe i'll try it and let you know..
http://www.fugmann.net/~afu/amd64/xbase ... _amd64.deb
I know what I am installing when I get home
hubi - 15.04.2006, 00:15 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what ar
piper hat folgendes geschrieben::
You can try this:
apt-get install knxcc-kde
If that don't work give this a try:
apt-get install --reinstall kdebase-data then apt-get install knxcc-kde
try first:
dpkg -i --force-confmiss --force-confnew /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-data_4%3a3.5.2-1_all.deb
hubi
jackiebrown - 15.04.2006, 01:52 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
jackiebrown hat folgendes geschrieben::
dpdt1 hat folgendes geschrieben::
h2 hat folgendes geschrieben::
You'll also see a question, a blue box, that asks if you want to keep your keyboard layout, default is no, keep it as no.
i think i was fool enough to choose yes there. so i'm to blame.
jackie, there is an xbase-clients package that someone (found in the amd64 debian mailist) compiled.. maybe i'll try it and let you know..
http://www.fugmann.net/~afu/amd64/xbase ... _amd64.deb
I know what I am installing when I get home
Ofcourse now its in debian.
eco2geek - 15.04.2006, 03:25 Uhr
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I updated my main box (32-bit Athlon CPU; nVidia card) by following devil28's instructions (before the warning not to dist-upgrade). All went well.
Notes: It's especially important to update the Kanotix scripts before reinstalling the nVidia driver, else it won't download a new one. Also, if you install the nVidia driver (which automatically starts X) before running "fix-fonts -e" and X won't start, running "fix-fonts -e" will fix the problem.
After the upgrade, bitmapped fonts are back in Firefox. (I haven't run "dpkg-reconfigure-fontconfig-config" yet.)
I had an X Cursor theme named Blue Glass 3D installed. Switching to it caused KDE to run with a black screen (nothing displayed except the kicker panel). Out it goes!
It would be interesting to know if there are any unnecessary files/directories left behind by the upgrade. It'd also be interesting to know when Xgl's gonna be in Sid!
t-bone - 15.04.2006, 19:16 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Damn. Spent 2 hours trying to use the fixes and advice on the forum to get the distro-upgrade to work. End result: Fortunately I had made a Ghost of my Kanotix before, because I certainly had to use it! 
Kanotix-Newbie - 16.04.2006, 00:59 Uhr
Titel:
Damn. I just upgraded today (not dist-upgrade) and I already had Xorg7 installed. I noticed a few packages relating to xorg would be upgraded so I went to runlevel 3 and did the upgrade. Now I wrecked my system. I can't enter KDM and fix-xorg7.sh doesn't fix it anymore. Is it just me, or did anyone else experience the same problem ?
gardyloo - 16.04.2006, 01:56 Uhr
Titel:
Kanotix-Newbie: Yep. I'm in the same boat as you. I'll leave it up to the experts to tell me when to upgrade again. Luckily, I have a rdiff-backup image from a few years ago, which has got me back to working in a nice way Sorry I can't help (yet).
master_b - 16.04.2006, 03:48 Uhr
Titel: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
Ran Synaptic and installed all changes.
Got console login only.
Followed instructions on main Kanotix page ( excluding nvidia fix) but still only get console.
log-in as user and then to root using sux.
startx
gives me a grey screen with a clock in top-right corner, 2 xterms on right side of screen and a large, oversized ( heightwise) term on the left - all in pale green.
The fix-xorg.sh script doesn't fix it..
Now I find that Kanotix site has a new warning re "do not upgrade etc".
How do I fix this, or do I just need to wait as per latest warning, for repo to be updated?
Bill
master_b - 16.04.2006, 03:52 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
(follow-up)
have determined that its TVM that loads.
Bill
jackiebrown - 16.04.2006, 07:42 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
same problem. i gave up and went back to 6.9. I will wait a couple of weeks
devil - 16.04.2006, 09:13 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
master_b,
synaptic is not to be used for dist-upgrade!!
there´s a new fix out today, check the news.
if after that kdm wont start, try: ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin
greetz
devil
Bam - 16.04.2006, 09:24 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
I have the same problem master_b & jackiebrown have. KDM won't start, KDE wont boot from "startkde". "startx" boots to TWM (the grey wm with green window borders). I did my dist-upgrade without any wm running (telinit 3). tried devil's advice above...still no help. I was on the IRC channel last night, got some great advice & a lot of help..thanks to everyone. But unfortunately I still can't boot KDE. I can load KDE from inside TVM, but that's just a mess. It appears to me that Xorg 7 works & my nvidia drivers work. the nvidia splash comes up when I startx & glxgears runs fine. Something is just causing KDE not to be able to find the xserver.
[edit] I also made sure I was using the latest fix-xorg7.sh script
Thanks in advance to anyone who can shed some light on this.
titan - 16.04.2006, 10:27 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
devil28 hat folgendes geschrieben::
there´s a new fix out today, check the news.
if after that kdm wont start, try: ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin
greetz
devil
I did the original upgrade fine, no problems but today thing have gone wrong.
I followed the instructions ran the fix-xorg script but no X, tried your suggestion above, and also installed the radeon driver, run fix fonts and I get the following error.
fix-xorg7 .sh line 26 unexpected EOF while looking for matching '"'
fix-xorg7.sh line 31 syntax error expected end of file.
all suggestions welcome
Ian
devil - 16.04.2006, 11:56 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
titan,
when did you read the news/wget the new script? there was a little mistake in the wget.
it has to be wget -NC, not wget. with only wget the script will have been renamed to fix-xorg7-1.sh, if you happened to have the one from the other day still in home.
so check for that. maybe you executed the old fix.
greets
devil
titan - 16.04.2006, 14:44 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
devil28 hat folgendes geschrieben::
titan,
it has to be wget -NC, not wget.
devil
hi devil, yes it was the new script, any other suggestions please.
Ian
drb - 16.04.2006, 15:39 Uhr
Titel:
I had exactly the same problem. I downloaded the new file to overide the old one and couldn't get kde back. I've ended up with apt-get remove --purge kdm; apt-get install kdm; reboot to get my desktop back - unfortunately I can't get the kdm option to work only the xdm. With xdm I can't alter my screen resolution! At least I've got a desktop.
drb
PS just noticed ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin! Getting there!
titan - 16.04.2006, 17:34 Uhr
Titel: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
I have just checked everything again and it looks like it is an error in the new xorg.conf file, startx give the following error.
using config file /etc/x11/xorg.conf parse error line 161 of section monitor in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf 1280x1024 is not a valid keyword in this section.
and at the end
fatal server error no screens found.
ian
Bill - 16.04.2006, 17:48 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
It's getting over into testing now so use caution. I'm going to wait until Kanotix has a new live cd with Xorg 7 to try brfore burning myself for the 3rd time.
piper - 16.04.2006, 18:11 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
Easter is out !!!
mt_deb - 16.04.2006, 21:03 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
Thanks piper , got it and I'm seeding now ................whoooo hooo thanks Kano!
will let you know how it is after I install it on my play computer
gardyloo - 16.04.2006, 22:02 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
Easter's installed. Xorg works (finally! 7.0.12!) and other than the usual little bits of personalizing the thing, restoring certain programs, etc., it works great. Hope others' experiences are as pleasant.
(I just did the "upgrade installation" option from the live cd. Worked fine)
mt_deb - 16.04.2006, 23:52 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
I have one problem so far everything installed just fine , but it is as if my cdrom does not exsit, so I tried to mount it via a terminal by doing mount /dev/cdrom
and here is the error I am getting
mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/cdrom,
missing codepage or other error
any clues ??? the cdrom is spinning as I can hear it, I also tried running K3b to see if it would do it's normal first run thing by showing the speed settings and ask if this was correct and sure enough it did so K3b does see the cdrom drive.
I just need to figure out why it wont mount when I put it in the drive ( the cd I am trying to mount has all my saved settings and such )
Thanks for any suggestions
Deb
By the way how do you know what version of Xorg you are running , I mean I assume there is a file somewhere that shows the version ?
mt_deb - 17.04.2006, 00:06 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
SOLVED ...Thanks to Devil28 ( one of your posts elsewhere ) Just found it
I edited /etc/default/hal ....I uncommented the last line and rebooted and everything is good now !
I'm so glad you guys are so smart ( kisses )
piper - 17.04.2006, 00:08 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
Good Deal
mt_deb - 17.04.2006, 00:18 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian time)
I spoke too soon, I got excited when I saw the icons show up on the desktop and I figured all was good , nope , still won't mount. Dang I can't imagine why they won't mount.
master_b - 17.04.2006, 05:34 Uhr
Titel:
devil28, your advice re "there was a little mistake in the wget.
it has to be wget -NC, not wget." wont work for me - I get"--C command not found"
please post correct command in full to enable cut n paste.
re "synaptic is not to be used for dist-upgrade!!" sorry, I meant update - don't think that synaptic does upgrades - am I correct?
----------------------
never mind above nots,
tried " ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin"
and got my KDE desktop back
thanks
Bill
jackiebrown - 17.04.2006, 06:48 Uhr
Titel:
master_b
this worked for me
ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin
(thanks devil)
Bam - 17.04.2006, 07:37 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: updated with Synaptic today ( 16Apr Australian t
piper hat folgendes geschrieben::
Used the easter release with the upgrade installation option & fixed my problems. After about an hour of tweaking/re-installing a few programs, I was back where I was before I messed up my dist-upgrade. This couldn't have come out at a better time! Beats the hell out of re-installing from scratch & spending a day configuring everything back to my liking. Thanks to all involved.
I still wish I could have figured out how to manually fix my problem. I hate not knowing how I fixed something, would rather have learned something along the way, but at least I'm back to a full running system.
Now I just have to remember to verify my backup isn't corrupt before doing my next dist upgrade
Thanks again.
eco2geek - 17.04.2006, 09:33 Uhr
Titel:
master_b hat folgendes geschrieben::
never mind above nots,
tried " ln -s /usr/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin"
and got my KDE desktop back
thanks
Bill
Thanks! kdm stopped working on 2 boxes (startx and xdm both worked, but kdm didn't) and...that fixed it!
dpdt1 - 17.04.2006, 12:24 Uhr
Titel:
i don't know if it's a xorg problem or an ati driver one.. (since the update script updated both xorg and fglrx) but i have an issue with fgl_glxgears and glxgears.
Zitat:
dpdt1@home01:~$ fgl_glxgears
Using GLX_SGIX_pbuffer
Floating point exception
Zitat:
Apr 17 14:19:42 localhost kernel: fgl_glxgears[19560] trap divide error rip:2b3777cdf1cd rsp:7fffffb303f0 error:0
glxgears works, (i see the turning gears) but i dont have any (frame speed) output.
any ideas?
(running 2.6.16.2-slh64-smp-1 kernel)
devil - 17.04.2006, 13:00 Uhr
Titel:
dpdt1,
yup, use glxgears -printfps
you could also try glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark
which explains a bit, why things have changed.
maybe.
greetz
devil
dpdt1 - 17.04.2006, 13:19 Uhr
Titel:
ok. i know its not a benchmark, but since this is probs and sols for the latest update, i thought i dropped my story too..
anyway, thanks.
oh and fgl_glxgears works if i run "fgl_glxgears -fbo". i just had to search a bit more..
devil - 17.04.2006, 13:51 Uhr
Titel:
glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark is not my idea, its a real cheat from the maker of glxgears. try it, it works.
greetz
devil
dpdt1 - 17.04.2006, 14:01 Uhr
Titel:
yes it does.
i'm sorry i misunderstood at first.
thanks.
homer911 - 17.04.2006, 18:46 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
Been shopping, no difference - Looks like a case of Debian-ism
Spat my dummy, threw my toys out of the sandpit and started again.
Guess what ?
knxcc and knxcc-kde are the culprits
And XOrg7 of course
Just as well I held onto a dual boot W2KP/Kano hd
devil - 17.04.2006, 18:49 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
homer,
for knxcc, do:
dpkg -i --force-confmiss --force-confnew /var/cache/apt/archives/kdebase-data_4%3a3.5.2-1_all.deb
then: apt-get install knxcc-kde
fixed
greetz
devil
homer911 - 17.04.2006, 19:10 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
devil28,
Thanks but - slh is not very keen on the --force option and I kinda agree.
I am about an hour away from installing EASTER - so I will give that a go and see what happens.
Mein kinder are off to SuSe so - no real rush
Homer
devil - 17.04.2006, 19:11 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
homer,
in this case --force is the only way to go, even slh will agree on that.
if you install easter preview, none of this is needed.
greetz
devil
Boldie - 17.04.2006, 19:18 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
I have done a dist-upgrade(stupid stupid n00b), followed all the steps recommended on the first page. X is dead, X is dead.. Well there are a problem with the fixed fonts. I get a message that says sometheing like this: "can't find fonts "fixed"". At first I got a message "cant open "Speedo"" but that I fixed by # it in Xorg.conf.
Any one?
homer911 - 17.04.2006, 19:21 Uhr
Titel: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/
About 30 Mins away from the Download ending - will let you know later.
My access time to kanotix.com is really slow today - Guess the site is getting even more popular
Homer
anticapitalista - 17.04.2006, 19:47 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the pr
Boldie hat folgendes geschrieben::
I have done a dist-upgrade(stupid stupid n00b), followed all the steps recommended on the first page. X is dead, X is dead.. Well there are a problem with the fixed fonts. I get a message that says sometheing like this: "can't find fonts "fixed"". At first I got a message "cant open "Speedo"" but that I fixed by # it in Xorg.conf.
Any one?
Same here. Cannot boot into x at all even after doing the ln -s bit.
First upgrade went well, but this recent one went give me X.
EDIT: Re-downloaded the fix-xorg7.sh and all is ok.
master_b - 18.04.2006, 03:24 Uhr
Titel: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solutions?
Saw that warning was gone from Forums re update/upgrade so attempted upgrade on my server - didn't work.
Followed same steps as worked for me previously (above) when had problems with another PC.
Now KDM wont run and "startx" gets "command not found" message.
Would prefer to fix problem rather than "upgrade" using 2006-Easter LiveCD.
Suggestions please.
Still have 2 more PCs and a laptop to update/upgrade, but not until all is stable.
Bill
Kano - 18.04.2006, 03:54 Uhr
Titel: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solutions?
http://wiki.debian.org/Xorg69To7
Crust - 18.04.2006, 04:42 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
I had to change a line in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X was changed to ServerCmd=/usr/bin/Xorg
The wiki article suggests the -br option for Xorg, but not sure what it does.
It's supposed to "create root window with black background", but not sure that's what it means. My system works fine without it.
-Crust
eco2geek - 18.04.2006, 06:05 Uhr
Titel: Re: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solu
Crust hat folgendes geschrieben::
I had to change a line in /etc/kde3/kdm/kdmrc. ServerCmd=/usr/X11R6/bin/X was changed to ServerCmd=/usr/bin/Xorg
Aha, so that's what it was.
Crust hat folgendes geschrieben::
The wiki article suggests the -br option for Xorg, but not sure what it does.
It's supposed to "create root window with black background", but not sure that's what it means. My system works fine without it.
It changes that ugly gray crosshatch you see when X first comes up, and before kdm kicks in, to a black one, which looks much better. On some monitors, like my 17" LCD, the gray crosshatch also flickers.
Purely cosmetic, but nice. (One of Kanotix's scripts, fix-dpi-kdm, actually appends "-br" to the "ServerArgsLocal=" line instead of the "ServerCmd=" line.)
feffer777 - 18.04.2006, 06:52 Uhr
Titel: After dist-upgrade appearance problems
After d-u, I had some probs getting into kde but this was solved by making a sym-link to X as has been described by devil and others. Then booting into kde was normal, but the desktop appearance was distorted. All my fonts and icons were huge. Also the launch panel was squished and unreadable. Reset monitor res to 1024x768, but the problem continued. Did "/usr/sbin/fix-dpi-kdm 75" and tried 96, 72. This helped the default font size. So I went to Control Center and adjusted icon size and the launch panel, and then things got back to normal. I tried several apps and they all seemed to look and work fine. There are still a few appearance problems in some apps, though. I did "fix-fonts -e" after the d-u, of course.
Open Office is set for 12 point Bitstream Vera Serif, but it looks like about 16 point. I suppose I can adjust this for on screen viewing and then change it for printing, but that's not a great solution. Audacity has very oversized fonts throughout and I can't see any way to adjust this. Any ideas on this last little upgrade issue?
Regards,
Ron
mzilikazi - 18.04.2006, 17:35 Uhr
Titel: After dist-upgrade appearance problems
After upgrade x-cursor-theme was no longer obeyed. Simple fix:
cp -ar /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/ /usr/share/icons/
I also use the silver cursor theme. Any theme you want to use must now live in /usr/share/icons
cp -ar /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/silver/ /usr/share/icons
Also GDM is hosed the same way KDM is and not so suprisingly the fix is the same.
mcedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
These lines must change:
Code:
Xnest=/usr/X11R6/bin/Xnest -audit 0 -name Xnest
# Add -terminate to make things behave more nicely
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0 -terminate
# Definition of the standard X server.
[server-Standard]
name=Standard server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -dpi 96 -audit 0
[server-Chooser]
name=Chooser server
command=/usr/X11R6/bin/X -audit 0
Simply remove all instances of X11R6 and change X to Xorg. New paths should be:
/usr/bin/Xnest
/usr/bin/Xorg
master_b - 19.04.2006, 01:43 Uhr
Titel: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solutions?
Tried update and dist-upgrade on another PC with kanotix installed.
Followed previous advice which fixed first PC, but this time got a whole list of dependency problems:-
xbase-clients
xutils >=4.1.0-12
xserver-common
xcontrib
lbxproxy
xdm
xfs
xfwp
xprint
xvfb
xserver-xorg
Gave up and did "update" from 2006-Easter livecd, which in turn failed to complete boot after install - see new thread.
Bill
kenyee - 20.04.2006, 03:38 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
Two quick questions:
- is it safe to try this yet?
- is there any way to do a backup before doing it?
Yep, I'm a chicken
jackiebrown - 20.04.2006, 05:36 Uhr
Titel: RE: Have you installed Xorg 7.0? what are the probs/solution
it's safeish
stryder - 21.04.2006, 06:39 Uhr
Titel:
The weekend is just around the corner and would be a good time to do a dist-upgrade. I have done the original 6.9->7 dist-upgrade and everything is OK after using the fix-org7 script but have stopped dist-upgrading since reports of further problems surfaced. Now everything seems to be under control. May I ask if there are things I can do beforehand so as to have a smooth dist-upgrade? Like deleting some bin folder? Or copying some default icons to /usr/share/icons? I know I should update, dist-upgrade, download the fix and run it. Any help will be appreciated. Running lite regularly dist-upgraded, and using nvidia.
devil - 21.04.2006, 07:25 Uhr
Titel:
stryder,
you should have a smooth upgrade now, if the first step is done already. the only thing i could imagine would be, that some app says, can´t copy to /usrX11R6/bin, cause not empty. simply rename /usrX11R6/bin to .old or whatever, and you´ll be good to go.
greetz
devil
stryder - 21.04.2006, 09:07 Uhr
Titel:
Thanks devil... Am still clueless as to what the fuss is all about as everything looks and runs the same as always. But I do like to be up to date, which I will be by this weekend.
kenyee - 21.04.2006, 12:53 Uhr
Titel:
Looks like I'm one of the ones that had xserver-xorg removed after a dist-upgrade (mentioned in Wiki). If it says it's going to remove it, do *NOT* go through w/ the upgrade. I can't figure out how to reinstall xserver-xorg. It won't let me reinstall (complains about a lot of dependencies it doesn't know how to install)-:
After a deep google dig, it seems others are also having problems w/ 64-bit Debian:
http://www.64bit-world.com/forums/linux ... 0-a-2.html
http://www.grep.be/blog/en/computer/debian/the_edge/
Thought it seems jackiebrown got his 64-bit Kanotix working someone (but had the same error msgs):
http://kanotix.com/PNphpBB2-viewtopic-t ... rt-15.html
jackie: any tips on how you got your X back up? It seems like there are missing packages in the 64-bit debian repository (all the video/input ones don't seem to be installable).
UPDATE: fixed the missing dependency problems by adding another repository to my /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib
Apparently, the amd64.debian.net repository doesn't have the all the latest packages. Now I can at least install everything (xserver-xorg-input*, xserver-xorg-video*) except xserver-xorg. xserver-xorg uses a program called whiptail which depends on libnewt 0.51 (only version available in repository is 0.52, so whiptail is out of date). I'll have to wait until whiptail is updated to use the new libnewt library before I can install xserver-xorg 
UPDATE2:
Downloaded libnewt0.51 from here: http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/down ... unofficial
Then did apt-get remove libnewt0.52 to uninstall the later one.
Then did dpkg -i to install libnewt0.51
Then did apt-get install xserver-xorg to install Xorg 7.0 finally
When I do the install-nvidia-debian.sh, it blows up (segfault) doing a gcc-version-check. At least I'm closer and X is installed
I'd bet I can switch my xorg.conf driver to nv instead of nvidia and run X, though I'm puzzled as to why the nvidia driver install blows up now...
jackiebrown - 21.04.2006, 20:42 Uhr
Titel:
kenyee,
The amd64 repositories are now obselte. Nothing new is going into them. Just use the regular http://ftp.debian.org/debian one now
kenyee - 21.04.2006, 21:06 Uhr
Titel:
I didn't know they were obsolete
I'll update the Xorg69To7 Wiki to mention this. This would definitely explain why some people are having problems with xserver-xorg mysteriously disappearing
Looks like I've got an ugly issue w/ the nvidia installer (happens when running nVidia's .run file so it's not a bug in Kanotix' install-nvidia-debian.sh script):
http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=68892
jackiebrown - 21.04.2006, 23:36 Uhr
Titel:
Try this
sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-1.0-8756-pkg2.run --x-module-path=/usr/lib/xorg/modules
devil - 21.04.2006, 23:51 Uhr
Titel:
kenyee, the 64 bit repos being moved has nothing to do with xorg/xserver isssues in the transition.
greetz
devil
kenyee - 22.04.2006, 00:00 Uhr
Titel:
devil: my sources.list was pointing at the old amd64 repo. Because of that, it was missing xserver-xorg-video-* so my entire xserver-xorg tree was removed during the dist-upgrade. Once I pointed my sources.list at the ftp.debian repo, I got xserver-xorg back. Seems related to the Xorg7 transition IMHO...
jackie: thanks...now I get an nVidia splash screen! But it complains that it can't find the fixed font. I looked at all the other font paths in xorg.conf. It looks like they're all gone! I'll bet they were all removed when xserver-xorg was removed. And there's no xorg-fonts package to install. Dohh...one step closer.
Could not init font path element /var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/, removing from list!
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
======
my /usr/share/fonts/X11 directory looks like this:
$ ls /usr/share/fonts/X11/
encodings fonts.cache-1 misc util
UPDATE3: getting closer: installed the "xorg" which in turn loaded the xfonts-100dpi, xfonts-75dpi, and xfonts-Type1 packages. Now that font directory looks like:
100dpi 75dpi Type1 encodings fonts.cache-1 misc util
I did have to run mkfontdir on the 3 new directories before startx would stop complaining about missing those fonts. When installing the font packages, they complained:
usage error: unrecognized option
Usage: update-fonts-dir DIRECTORY ...
usage error: unrecognized option
Usage: update-fonts-alias DIRECTORY ...
The font packages seem to have gone out of date w/ xfont-utils...the font packages seem to be using a new parameter that xfont-utils doesn't have yet...
stryder - 22.04.2006, 11:07 Uhr
Titel:
Perhaps it is my good fortune, but udev just won't install, even with apt-get install -f. Didn't need the xorg7 fix but ran fix-fonts -e for good luck. Everything else went fine and I am up and running. Peeked into kde and am running fluxbox as usual... all OK. Will probably hold off another dist-upgrade till udev is sorted out. Yes, I am using a usb mouse.
stryder - 23.04.2006, 13:46 Uhr
Titel:
OK, I just dist-upgraded and udev upgraded fine. Everything seems to be working. On boot up there were quite a few errors involving udev and the kernel that I couldn't catch so perhaps I might run into some problems later. But usb mouse working fine.
turtaf - 23.04.2006, 15:00 Uhr
Titel:
Hi I just installed new X and I'm experiencing a small problem with my touhpad:
It'sone of those touchpads with the scrolling option on the right.
well X doesn't detect it and when I use it my cursor just goes up and down
as I'm addicted to use my scrolling option, how can I fix this problem?
jackiebrown - 23.04.2006, 18:09 Uhr
Titel:
make sure that
xserver-xorg-input-synaptics
is installed
jiro - 23.04.2006, 20:52 Uhr
Titel:
turtaf hat folgendes geschrieben::
Hi I just installed new X and I'm experiencing a small problem with my touhpad:
It'sone of those touchpads with the scrolling option on the right.
well X doesn't detect it and when I use it my cursor just goes up and down
as I'm addicted to use my scrolling option, how can I fix this problem?
do a dist-upgrade. i've been going crazy with that same problem for the last day or two. just did a dist-upgrade and the problem is now gone. the last dist-upgrade included a bump to udev - i'm guessing that is where the problem was.
umm I also think I did a minor change to my touchpad config via ksynaptics just to force it to write new config settings. that may have helped too (i enabled, then disabled, horizontal scrolling and then saved the "new" settings (w/o actual change, just to force-save the settings to xorg.conf)
stryder - 24.04.2006, 03:27 Uhr
Titel:
Rebooted this morning and the error messages have disappeared. No clue as to why. But perhaps everything might just turn out OK.
drb - 24.04.2006, 11:42 Uhr
Titel:
Stryder
I got the same error messages after udev 0.90-3 but they disappeared on reboot. I upgraded to 0.90-4 this morning; kernel errors come up at boot and don't disappear at reboot. Everything appears to be working OK though.
drb
PS Boots without any error messages with 2.6.16.5 so this appears to be a 2.6.16.9 issue
Zitat:
OK, I just dist-upgraded and udev upgraded fine. Everything seems to be working. On boot up there were quite a few errors involving udev and the kernel that I couldn't catch so perhaps I might run into some problems later. But usb mouse working fine.
stryder - 24.04.2006, 13:55 Uhr
Titel:
Yes, I just dist-upgraded again and noticed udev listed. Error messages cropped up. I am using the latest kernel too. Don't seem to be a problem either.
wakarimasen - 24.04.2006, 20:44 Uhr
Titel:
Since I upgraded to XOrg 7.0, I have some odd problems.
If I run glxgears, or glxgears -iacknowledgethatthistoolisnotabenchmark or infobash -v
I am booted out of KDE to a blank screen, and then have to login again.
I am running the latest kernel 2.6.16.9-kanotix-1
Any ideas?
Edit: Fixed by running the install-debian-nvidia script
Thanks to the help from the irc!
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