ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 My system installed fine, and KDE is running OK, nice and fast starting up (I added x:5:respawn:/opt/kde/bin/kdm to /etc/inittab). I had a font problem, the fonts were too small, especially for GTK apps like Firefox, etc. I remembered solving this in previous distros, so I did the following: pacman -Sy xorg-fonts-100dpi pacman -Sy xorg-fonts-75dpi I then added the following line to the Monitor section of my xorg.conf: DisplaySize 260 195 so that when I run xdpyinfo | grep resolution, it shows that I'm running 100dpi. The problem is, that when the system boots, it takes around one minute before I get the kdm login. The screen remains black with the mouse cursor, so I know X has loaded, but there seems to be a severe delay. I never had this problem before the 100dpi fonts were installed. I had a feeling in might be something to do with the fact I cannot load the X Font Server at boot, so wondered maybe it's because when X is loaded, it's first loading the X Font Server before the kdm login is displayed. One thing to note, if I set the system to run at runlevel 3, I can login to the system and type "startx" and don't have a problem whatsoever. I just prefer to use runlevel 5, so this is really a disappointment. Does anyone know how I can get this resolved, so that it will start fast again like previously? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I definitely don't have this problem (using the same /etc/inittab setting, without running kdm as daemon from /etc/rc.conf ). My Xserver is loading the proprietary nvidia driver. First, check your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and see if the paths to your fonts (typically at /usr/share/fonts... ) are in there. Then, you might use kcontrol and change (as sysadmin) the font used in the KDM logon screen. BTW I didn't need to add any entry for "DisplaySize" in xorg.conf, it works fine right out of the box ( Nvidia FX5200/128MB crap, 19" Sanyo/Teac TFT screen @ 1280*1024 ). Of course you should check /var/log/xorg0.log to see if something fails to load and slows down the xserver while initializing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 OK, I will check that out a bit later. I had to enter the DisplaySize, else I only got 75x75 dpi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 This is my xorg.conf: [ian@elise ~]$ cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Layout0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "Files" EndSection Section "Module" Load "freetype" # Load "xtt" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "dri" Load "dbe" Load "record" Load "xtrap" Load "type1" #Load "speedo" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: #HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 #VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0 DisplaySize 260 195 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" Card "** Intel i810 (generic) [i810]" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection not sure where the font path should be? Can you explain where? My font paths are all defined in /etc/X11/fs/config. There's no errors in my xorg log file either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 wow...you have no fonts in xorg at all! that's a problem :P and probably what caused the small font issues before... here's my fonts section for reference (it is its own section, so you can just add it to the end of xorg.conf): Section "Files" #FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cronyx" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts" #FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/urw-fonts" # paths to defoma fonts #FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" #FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" EndSection you may not have all of these fontpaths, so check for them and remove them if they don't exist. you can also install them via pacman, just pacman -Ss the name of the directory and you should find 'em. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I've actually realised that since I was using "xorgcfg -textmode" to configure my machine. I've now done with Xorg -configure, and copied the generated xorg.conf file across. This is my new xorg.conf, but the problems remain: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "X.org Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" EndSection Section "Module" Load "glx" Load "extmod" Load "xtrap" Load "record" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "freetype" Load "type1" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "kbd" Option "XkbModel" "pc101" Option "XkbLayout" "gb" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7" EndSection Section "Monitor" ### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC: #HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5 #VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0 Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" DisplaySize 260 195 EndSection Section "Device" ### Available Driver options are:- ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False", ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz" ### [arg]: arg optional #Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>] #Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>] #Option "ColorKey" # <i> #Option "CacheLines" # <i> #Option "Dac6Bit" # [<bool>] #Option "DRI" # [<bool>] #Option "NoDDC" # [<bool>] #Option "ShowCache" # [<bool>] #Option "XvMCSurfaces" # <i> #Option "PageFlip" # [<bool>] Identifier "Card0" Driver "i810" VendorName "Intel Corporation" BoardName "82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device" Card "** Intel i810 (generic) [i810]" BusID "PCI:0:2:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" EndSubSection EndSection so the little font issue seems to be a red-herring. Never had a problem using xorgcfg -textmode in Gentoo by the way ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 so the little font issue seems to be a red-herring. Never had a problem using xorgcfg -textmode in Gentoo by the way ;) and there are (at least) hundreds of arch users who never had an issue with it either ;) edit: i don't understand your use of displaysize...perhaps try removing that line and see if things are still OK font wise, and if it fixes the issue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) You SHOULD create your default xorg.conf by pacman -S hwd hwd -x cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf.hwd /etc/X11/xorg.conf (you may backup your current configuration file first, if you wish) ...and after that you could tuneup for as long as you wish... the one you use has quite a few things missing. hwd (= The Arch way of configuring a few things, including the xserver) was updated some one week ago, and it works now with xorg7. Of course there's nothing wrong with xorgcfg, but using hwd you don't risk forgetting something... Edited March 24, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Tried hwd -x too, doesn't make the slightest bit of difference. Time still takes 1 minute. But at runlevel 3, I can login and startx no problems. It's related to kdm since xdm works within 2-3 seconds. I hate xdm though, if kdm won't do it, I'll have to rebuild and try another distro. It really is that bad for me. Tried removing DisplaySize too. The reason for DisplaySize is to achieve 100dpi, else you just get 75dpi, and the fonts are crap. Either way, still sloooooooow. It was only until these 75dpi and 100dpi fonts (plus xfs dependency and some others got installed) that this problem started. One other thing I've tried is /opt/kde/bin/genkdmconf and this doesn't make any difference either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 (edited) Huh? I created my initial xorg.conf with hwd, and I have an autogenned session like: Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/75dpi" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latin2/100dpi" # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType" EndSection This was more than one year ago (slightly altered by hand after migrating to xorg 7), but I can still autogen it by "hwd -x". http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7 Please take a look here, you may miss some setting or package... Edited March 24, 2006 by scarecrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 I've not posted the autogenned xorg.conf, here is the new one after the hwd -x. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Xorg Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" # PS/2 Mouse not detected # Serial Mouse not detected InputDevice "USB Mouse" "CorePointer" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb" ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX" # Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF... FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic" # FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi" # FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi" # True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig! FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType" EndSection Section "Module" Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts Load "type1" Load "freetype" Load "record" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "" Option "XkbVariant" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Serial Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Microsoft" Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "PS/2 Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "auto" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" EndSection # Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" Option "DPMS" "true" DisplaySize 260 195 # HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors HorizSync 28.0 - 96.0 # Warning: This may fry old Monitors VertRefresh 50.0 - 75.0 # Very conservative. May flicker. # VertRefresh 50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default. # Default modes distilled from # "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor # Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998. # $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $ # 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync # 640x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync # 720x400 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "720x400" 35.5 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync # 640x480 @ 60Hz (Industry standard) hsync: 31.5kHz ModeLine "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.5kHz ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync # 640x480 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 43.3kHz ModeLine "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync # 800x600 @ 56Hz (VESA) hsync: 35.2kHz ModeLine "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz ModeLine "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 72Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.1kHz ModeLine "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 46.9kHz ModeLine "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync # 800x600 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 53.7kHz ModeLine "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync # 1024x768i @ 43Hz (industry standard) hsync: 35.5kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync Interlace # 1024x768 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 48.4kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # 1024x768 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 56.5kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync # 1024x768 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync # 1024x768 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 68.7kHz ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync # 1152x864 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 67.5kHz ModeLine "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync # 1280x960 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 60.0kHz ModeLine "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync # 1280x960 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 85.9kHz ModeLine "1280x960" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync # 1280x1024 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 64.0kHz ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync # 1280x1024 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 80.0kHz ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync # 1280x1024 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 91.1kHz ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync # 1600x1200 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 75.0kHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync # 1600x1200 @ 65Hz (VESA) hsync: 81.3kHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync # 1600x1200 @ 70Hz (VESA) hsync: 87.5kHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync # 1600x1200 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 93.8kHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync # 1600x1200 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync # 1792x1344 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 83.6kHz ModeLine "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync # 1792x1344 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 106.3kHz ModeLine "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync # 1856x1392 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 86.3kHz ModeLine "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync # 1856x1392 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz ModeLine "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync # 1920x1440 @ 60Hz (VESA) hsync: 90.0kHz ModeLine "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync # 1920x1440 @ 75Hz (VESA) hsync: 112.5kHz ModeLine "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync # Additional modelines ModeLine "1800x1440" 230 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync ModeLine "1800x1440" 250 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +HSync +VSync # Extended modelines with GTF timings # 640x480 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 50.90 kHz; pclk: 43.16 MHz ModeLine "640x480" 43.16 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 35.82 kHz; pclk: 34.96 MHz ModeLine "768x576" 34.96 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 43.27 kHz; pclk: 42.93 MHz ModeLine "768x576" 42.93 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 45.15 kHz; pclk: 45.51 MHz ModeLine "768x576" 45.51 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 51.42 kHz; pclk: 51.84 MHz ModeLine "768x576" 51.84 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -HSync +Vsync # 768x576 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 61.10 kHz; pclk: 62.57 MHz ModeLine "768x576" 62.57 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -HSync +Vsync # 800x600 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 63.60 kHz; pclk: 68.18 MHz ModeLine "800x600" 68.18 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -HSync +Vsync # 1024x768 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 81.40 kHz; pclk: 113.31 MHz ModeLine "1024x768" 113.31 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -HSync +Vsync # 1152x864 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 53.70 kHz; pclk: 81.62 MHz ModeLine "1152x864" 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -HSync +Vsync # 1152x864 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 77.10 kHz; pclk: 119.65 MHz ModeLine "1152x864" 119.65 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -HSync +Vsync # 1152x864 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 91.50 kHz; pclk: 143.47 MHz ModeLine "1152x864" 143.47 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -HSync +Vsync # 1280x960 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 72.07 kHz; pclk: 124.54 MHz ModeLine "1280x960" 124.54 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -HSync +Vsync # 1280x960 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 75.15 kHz; pclk: 129.86 MHz ModeLine "1280x960" 129.86 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -HSync +Vsync # 1280x960 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 101.70 kHz; pclk: 178.99 MHz ModeLine "1280x960" 178.99 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -HSync +Vsync # 1280x1024 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 108.50 kHz; pclk: 190.96 MHz ModeLine "1280x1024" 190.96 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -HSync +Vsync # 1400x1050 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 65.22 kHz; pclk: 122.61 MHz ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.61 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -HSync +Vsync # 1400x1050 @ 72.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 78.77 kHz; pclk: 149.34 MHz ModeLine "1400x1050" 149.34 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -HSync +Vsync # 1400x1050 @ 75.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 82.20 kHz; pclk: 155.85 MHz ModeLine "1400x1050" 155.85 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -HSync +Vsync # 1400x1050 @ 85.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 93.76 kHz; pclk: 179.26 MHz ModeLine "1400x1050" 179.26 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -HSync +Vsync # 1400x1050 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 111.20 kHz; pclk: 214.39 MHz ModeLine "1400x1050" 214.39 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -HSync +Vsync # 1600x1200 @ 100.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 127.10 kHz; pclk: 280.64 MHz ModeLine "1600x1200" 280.64 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -HSync +Vsync EndSection # Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "vesa" VendorName "All" BoardName "All" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultColorDepth 16 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 32 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection and it's still taking a minute to display, even with this one. It's kdm related, since xdm works perfectly fine, but I hate it. Much rather use kdm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted March 25, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 25, 2006 Just updating on this, but I reckon I solved the problem. When I had initially built my system, I just did a base install, followed by the following commands: pacman -Syu (twice, once to upgrade pacman, the other rest of system after base install) pacman -Sy kde After doing this, I'd tried to run startx, and it wasn't there, so I'd next done: pacman -Sy xorg which pulled in a few other things. I got startx then. My initial xorg.conf had been created using: xorgcfg -textmode and when I'd tried to startx it failed saying it couldn't find the i810 module, and also failed about something called Speedo. Anyway, I just installed xf86-video-i810 and that got me underway. System was OK, font's a bit iffy, but that was when I installed the 100dpi fonts, and got my problem. After this I had tried Xorg -configure, hwd -x as mentioned in this post, and still had the slowness of one minute. After a few hours sleep this morning, I came back to my machine and remembered the thought about the speedo error. I checked my xorg.conf, but it doesn't mention speedo, so I thought it can't be that. Or can it. So the next thing I did was: pacman -Sy font-bitstream-speedo and this installed. I checked the xorg.conf file, and nope, still no mention of it. However kdm now starts within about 5 seconds, which is really cool. So, the lack of errors in my xorg logfile, the correct xorg.conf and yet, just missing these little speedo fonts, was what it seems to me, to be the cause of the problem. I hope this is of some help to anyone in the future that has this sort of problem, because I have a feeling if a distro is using xorg7, that this might just be relevant to arch, but any distro, including Mandriva for the future. There's no escape :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted April 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Just updating, whilst the above fixed my problem, the main reason it fixed it was because it ran "fc-cache" afterwards to update my font cache. Therefore, slow font response can be speeded up by regenerating the font cache. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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