[arch-general] Getting X running on new install

[Ionut Biru]

On 03/30/2010 06:40 PM, Alain Muls wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am using Ubuntu since 2005 and I like it. The only problem is that each 6
> month I am spending some time to update. I have for that 2 root partitions
> available.
>
> I heard about Arch Linux and its rolling release and decided to try it out.
>
> The base install went fine and I have a running core system.
>
> So I decided to tackle the X server which under Ubuntu uses the nvidia
> proprietary driver.
>
> I installed
> pacman -S nvidia
> nvidia-config
>
> and gave startx from my user account a try. No luck, the message was cannot
> load module nvidia.
>
> Then I used lshw and the card is loisted as
> G96 [GeForce 9600 GT]
> both under Ubuntu and Arch Linux.
>
> I uninstalled the nvidia and installed
> pacman -S nvidia-96xx
> nvidia-config
>
> and again no luck.
>
> How can I get this card up and running with full hw support as under Ubuntu?
>
> Tx/Alain

you should really read beginners guide. everything is covered there.
everything have to installed. after a core installation be sure to fully 
update the system:
pacman -Syu

after that you _need_ to install xorg.
pacman -S xorg

after that you may decide what driver you want to use.
pacman -S nvidia

-- 
Ionut