[WBEL-users] Adding Gui on command-line install

[Robert Heller]

At Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:19:01 -0700 david <david at daku.org> wrote:

> As requested, I removed /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  I ran the Xorg 
> -configure, and here's the log.
> ==================================
> 
> and here is /root/xorg.conf.new after running the -configure
> 
> ==================================
> 
> Section "ServerLayout"
>        Identifier     "X.org Configured"
>        Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
>        InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
>        InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Files"
>        RgbPath      "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
>        ModulePath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/CID/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
>        FontPath     "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Module"
>        Load  "dbe"
>        Load  "dri"
>        Load  "xtrap"
>        Load  "record"
>        Load  "glx"
>        Load  "extmod"
>        Load  "freetype"
>        Load  "type1"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Keyboard0"
>        Driver      "kbd"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "InputDevice"
>        Identifier  "Mouse0"
>        Driver      "mouse"
>        Option          "Protocol" "auto"
>        Option          "Device" "/dev/mouse"

Change the above line to:

        Option      "Device" "/dev/input/mice"

> EndSection
> 
> Section "Monitor"
>        #DisplaySize        360   270      # mm
>        Identifier   "Monitor0"
>        VendorName   "VSC"
>        ModelName    "A90f+"
>        HorizSync    30.0 - 86.0
>        VertRefresh  50.0 - 150.0
>        Option          "DPMS"
> 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     "SWcursor"                 # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "HWcursor"                 # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "NoAccel"                  # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "ShadowFB"                 # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "UseFBDev"                 # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "Rotate"                   # [<str>]
>          #Option     "VideoKey"                 # <i>
>          #Option     "FlatPanel"                # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "FPDither"                 # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "CrtcNumber"               # <i>
>          #Option     "FPScale"                  # [<bool>]
>          #Option     "FPTweak"                  # <i>
>        Identifier  "Card0"
>        Driver      "nv"
>        VendorName  "nVidia Corporation"
>        BoardName   "NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
>        BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> 
> Section "Screen"
>        Identifier "Screen0"
>        Device     "Card0"
>        Monitor    "Monitor0"
>        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
>        EndSubSection
> EndSection

And then save the file as /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Then there are two things you can then do:

1) just type 'startx' after logging in at the console.  Things *might*
just work.

2) If not, make sure system-config-display is installed:

yum install system-config-display

and then run system-config-display from the console, as root. 
system-config-display might behave a little better (and be more
intelligent) than raw Xorg -configure -- instead of just failing, it
will ask you about stuff it can't figure out (like the mouse).

system-config-display might behave better than raw Xorg -configure.

If system-config-display asks you what kind of video card you have, tell
it you have a nVidia type card (driver = nv) -- this is what 
'Xorg -configure' detected.


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