[arch-general] Bit of a snag in starting kde3 - No devices detected - driver prob?

[David C. Rankin]

Listmates,

	Having a bit more difficulty getting kde going than I anticipated. I installed
with "kdemod3-complete", installed xorg, and the nvidia driver for my 8800GT.
nvidia module loads fine. First attempt resulted in the following errors:

[01:20 archangel:/usr/share/fonts] # grep \(EE\) /var/log/Xorg.0.log
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) No devices detected.

	My xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log are at:

http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/linux/distributions/archlinux/xorg.conf
http://nirvana.3111skyline.com/download/linux/distributions/archlinux/Xorg.0.log

	I know I need to run mkfontdir, but that shouldn't keep the device from being
detected would it??

	Also, and somewhat strange, I was able to connect to the X server on the box
(archangel) [catchy name - sure it isn't the first] from my laptop (alchemy)
just fine using XDMCP (X :1 -query archangel) which had the normal gray X
background and X-cursor that worked just fine, so I know Xorg is installed and
working. Which leads me to believe it is either a problem with the nvidia
180.44 driver, a missing package, or a problem with the xorg.conf.

	I doubt it is a problem with the xorg.conf. I pulled it off the openSuSE 11.0
install on the same box and it works flawlessly there. All I had to do was
comment out of the Modules section:

#  Load         "type1"
#  Load         "freetype"

	That leaves the potential driver problem or a missing package. What say the gurus?

	Also, how do I get kde started on top of X. With the openSuSE install a
startkde3 script takes care of it, /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc sources the
$DISPLAYMANAGER from /etc/sysconfig/displaymanager (kdm3 in my case) and then
kde just appears. Any thought as to what piece of the puzzle I've messed up?


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