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

[David C. Rankin]

David C. Rankin wrote:
> David Rosenstrauch wrote:
>> David C. Rankin wrote:
>>>     I'm almost there, the nvidia 180.44 driver is working fine. Yea! X
>>> starts fine
>>> now, but craters on ~/.xinitrc complaints.
>>>     So I'm down to just getting ~/.xinitrc straightened out.
>>> Ultimately I would
>>> like to get either kdm3 or xdm login configured for runlevel 5
>> I'd think you could delete ~/.xinitrc, add kdm3 to the DAEMONS line in
>> rc.conf and you'd be good to go.  Any reason why that's not working?
>>
>> DR
>>
> 
> I'll try that now and report back...
> 
> 

	OK, I must be suffering from a cranal rectal inversion. I'm missing something
basic that must be right in front of my nose.

	Currently, kdm is running:

[18:22 archangel:/etc/X11/xinit] # ps ax | grep kdm
<snip - several more kdmflush entries>
 830 ?        S<     0:00 [kdmflush]
 833 ?        S<     0:00 [kdmflush]
3498 ?        Ss     0:00 /opt/kde/bin/kdm
4917 pts/2    R+     0:00 grep kdm

	I was missing xterm for some reason, but installed that and cured the error of:

X.Org X Server 1.6.1
Release Date: 2009-4-14
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.29-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux archangel 2.6.29-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri Apr 17
14:14:28 CEST 2009 x86_64
Build Date: 15 April 2009  11:01:49AM

        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Wed Apr 22 17:58:05 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
 xterm: command not found
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	Now startx starts an x session and I get a black background with a white xterm
in the top left corner of the display (approx 320x200) on my 1680x1050 display.
The mouse works and I can move into the xterm, but it looks as if something is
running (no prompt, but the block cursor is busy), and then about 30 seconds
later, X shuts down normally and I am back at the command line.

	Another symptom is that when startx is use, there is no KDE, just the xterm
and black background. When /opt/kde/bin/startkde is used, no xterm appears and
the following output is received:

xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
Agent pid 4307
xset:  unable to open display ""
xsetroot:  unable to open display ''
startkde: Starting up...
ksplash: cannot connect to X server
xprop:  unable to open display ''
usage:  xprop [-options ...] [[format [dformat]] atom] ...

<snip options>

kdeinit: Aborting. $DISPLAY is not set.
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
ksmserver: cannot connect to X server
ERROR: Couldn't attach to DCOP server!
startkde: Shutting down...
Warning: connect() failed: : No such file or directory
Error: Can't contact kdeinit!
startkde: Running shutdown scripts...
unset SSH_AUTH_SOCK;
unset SSH_AGENT_PID;
echo Agent pid 4307 killed;
xprop:  unable to open display ''

<snip options>

startkde: Done.

	That is obviously a mess, but I'm confused as to how to straighten it out. I
put the current xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log up for review:

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

	Just an aside: I went ahead and updated
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA with a note about compositing being
set by default in the NVidia 180.44 driver:

Enabling Composite in Xorg

<new>
Note: As of the NVidia 180.44 driver, support for GLX with the Damage and
Composite X extensions is enabled by default.

</new>

	If anything jumps out at you concerning why kde is still not going, please
don't hesitate to let me know. I'm going to go back and start at the Arch Linux
wiki and step through page by page and see if I can't solve this puzzle. Thanks
for all your help!

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