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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 ;)

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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?

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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

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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.

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