smtkr
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This install is on a Dell 5150 laptop, which has made things a little difficult. I installed Gentoo via stage 2. Luckily, some very smart people on IRC were able to help me with things such as making this system bootable and installing xorg-x11. Now, I have installed XFCE and am actually running it right now. The only way I can get x to start is by deleting the xorg.conf file. The one that is created automatically fails to load x. Clearly, I'm doing something wrong. Anyhow, here's what happens when I startx:
Using vt 7
Symbol drmGetClient from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.0 is unresolved
below that is a complaint about synaptics touch pad (which is less important--i can remove it for the time being because I have a USB mouse). I actually installed a synaptics package (emerge synaptics).
So, now you want to see my xorg.conf file (many of the commented lines have been clipped so that the forum would accept the post:
EDIT: Screen hog <xorg.conf file removed>
System: Dell Inspiron 5150 Laptop
UXGA 15" display
Radeon 9000 32MB
synaptics touchpad
M$ optical mouse (2 buttons+scrollwheel/button)
I'm really new to linux, so please be specific. I can also post any files you want to look at (I believe x has a log file somewhere).
Thanks
Using vt 7
Symbol drmGetClient from module /usr/lib/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.0 is unresolved
below that is a complaint about synaptics touch pad (which is less important--i can remove it for the time being because I have a USB mouse). I actually installed a synaptics package (emerge synaptics).
So, now you want to see my xorg.conf file (many of the commented lines have been clipped so that the forum would accept the post:
EDIT: Screen hog <xorg.conf file removed>
System: Dell Inspiron 5150 Laptop
UXGA 15" display
Radeon 9000 32MB
synaptics touchpad
M$ optical mouse (2 buttons+scrollwheel/button)
I'm really new to linux, so please be specific. I can also post any files you want to look at (I believe x has a log file somewhere).
Thanks