Hello everyone :-) I installed Arch on VirtualBox and now am trying to make xorg work. What I did: pacman -S xorg pacman -S nvidia nvidia-xconfig startx But xorg fails with (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:55:38 PST 2008 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found Help! :-) # nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Thu Feb 14 18:20:37 PST 2008 Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" # Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "glx" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" # generated from default Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" HorizSync 30.0 - 110.0 VertRefresh 50.0 - 150.0 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Device0" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Device0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "Enable" EndSection This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90 Release Date: 5 September 2007 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.24-ARCH i686 Current Operating System: Linux vasa 2.6.24-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Mar 30 11:40:06 CEST 2008 i686 Build Date: 23 March 2008 11:53:09AM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri May 16 20:58:06 2008 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (==) ServerLayout "Layout0" (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0" (**) | |-->Device "Device0" (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0" (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0" (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist. Entry deleted from font path. (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/misc, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/Type1 (**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) Loader magic: 0x81d77c0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3 X.Org Video Driver: 2.0 X.Org XInput driver : 2.0 X.Org Server Extension : 0.3 X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so (II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0 (--) using VT number 7 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,1237 card 0000,0000 rev 02 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7000 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:01:1: chip 8086,7111 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 01,01,8a hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 80ee,beef card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1022,2000 card 1022,2000 rev 40 class 02,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 80ee,cafe card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 08,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 8086,2415 card 8086,0000 rev 01 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7113 card 0000,0000 rev 08 class 06,80,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,0), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] (II) PCI-to-ISA bridge: (II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set) (--) PCI:*(0:2:0) unknown vendor (0x80ee) unknown chipset (0xbeef) rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/23 (II) Addressable bus resource ranges are [0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xf0400000 - 0xf07fffff (0x400000) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xf0080000 - 0xf00fffff (0x80000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf0000fff (0x1000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe07fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0 0x0000c200 - 0x0000c23f (0x40) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x0000c100 - 0x0000c1ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0 0x0000c040 - 0x0000c05f (0x20) IX[B] [7] -1 0 0x0000c020 - 0x0000c03f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c00f (0x10) IX[B] (II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps: [0] -1 0 0xf0400000 - 0xf07fffff (0x400000) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0xf0080000 - 0xf00fffff (0x80000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf0000fff (0x1000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe07fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B) [4] -1 0 0x0000c200 - 0x0000c23f (0x40) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x0000c100 - 0x0000c1ff (0x100) IX[B] [6] -1 0 0x0000c040 - 0x0000c05f (0x20) IX[B] [7] -1 0 0x0000c020 - 0x0000c03f (0x20) IX[B] [8] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c00f (0x10) IX[B] (II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] (II) All system resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B) [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0xf0400000 - 0xf07fffff (0x400000) MX[B] [5] -1 0 0xf0080000 - 0xf00fffff (0x80000) MX[B] [6] -1 0 0xf0000000 - 0xf0000fff (0x1000) MX[B] [7] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe07fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B) [8] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [9] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B] [10] -1 0 0x0000c200 - 0x0000c23f (0x40) IX[B] [11] -1 0 0x0000c100 - 0x0000c1ff (0x100) IX[B] [12] -1 0 0x0000c040 - 0x0000c05f (0x20) IX[B] [13] -1 0 0x0000c020 - 0x0000c03f (0x20) IX[B] [14] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c00f (0x10) IX[B] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "record" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri" will be loaded by default. (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension SHAPE (II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD (II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS (II) Loading extension SYNC (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XC-MISC (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension TOG-CUP (II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so (II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.1.0 Module class: X.Org Font Renderer ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5 (II) Loading font FreeType (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1 (II) NVIDIA GLX Module 169.12 Thu Feb 14 18:45:56 PST 2008 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.13.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension RECORD (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0 ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (II) LoadModule: "kbd" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.2 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.3 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0 (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 169.12 Thu Feb 14 17:55:38 PST 2008 (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0 (EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found