How I got x.org up and running

robfish · Posted: Wed Jul 14, 2004 11:12 pm Post subject:

Well the migration to xorg was painless for me too.
This is what I did:-

etc-update (to ensure that any updates after migration would be just for xorg)
emerge f xorg-x11
cp /etc/X11/XF86Config /home/robert/ (just in case)
quickpkg x11-base/xfree (just in case)
/etc/init.d/xdm stop
emerge unmerge p xfree
emerge unmerge xfree
emerge p xorg-x11
emerge xorg-x11
etc-update (I used 5 to auto merge the changes)

I notice now though, that I do not have a file /etc/X11/xorg.conf (even though everything seems to work). Do I still need to
copy /etc/X11/XF86Config to /etc/X11/xorg.conf or just leave as is?

Well I decided to try /play.
copied XF86Config to xorg.conf
then
renamed XF86Config to XF86Config.b4xorg
and everything still works.
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[dk]neo2k · n00b Joined: 17 Jul 2004 Posts: 6 Location: Denmark

Great guide, thanks m8, really helped me.
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kLUMSY bOT · n00b Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 69

sorry. im such a noob. exactly what do i need to edit?

flybynite · l33t Joined: 06 Dec 2002 Posts: 620

Phlogiston · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:55 am Post subject:

Well I decided to try /play.
copied XF86Config to xorg.conf
then
renamed XF86Config to XF86Config.b4xorg
and everything still works.[/quote]

hmm I'll try that out, but the last time I emerged xorg I had some bad problems with my fonts and antialiasing. So do you have still no troubles?

robfish · Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:51 am Post subject:

Still working fine here.
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davecs · Guru Joined: 08 Nov 2003 Posts: 436 Location: Dagenham, GB

I tried the switch today. I thought it might be necessary to make the break into xorg because I was reading about some of the plans in the British mag "Linux Format" and it seems that some of the eye-candy in KDE depends on kludges and work-arounds, with transparency and partial screen repairs being built into xorg (6.8 and 7) KDE and Gnome may insists on xorg in future.

Anyway I just did CTRL-ALT-F1 into a terminal, then ran:

killall kdm
emerge -C xfree
emerge xorg-x11
etc-update (selected option -5)
kdm

and all worked well. I had to copy some manually installed mouse-cursor files over from an xfree directory to an xorg directory, and rename the XF86Config file to xorg.conf, but that was it. Very easy and painless, and the nVidia driver still works with no messing.

Can't tell at this time if it's quicker or not, but that was not my major reason for the change, as explained above. Expect it will be quicker in the long term when all the promised improvements have been added!
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jonaswidarsson · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 10:37 pm Post subject:

I was FORCED to try xorg today.

I downloaded the ut2004 demo this morning just for kicks since I haven't seen any 3d game in linux ever before.
I tried some opengl settings cause UT was so laggy (~10 fps)

But that's off topic.

Then I rebooted and my xfree was gone fishing... I reemerged modules, quadro checked configs and upgraded kernel and started pulling my hair, because I need it at work tomorrow.

Then I finally gave up and got into Xfree in vesa mode. I read the first lines of this howto and thought:
- Well, if it doesn't work, I'll keep trying 'til it does.

So I logged out of X and
emerge -C xfree
emerge xorg-x11 <<< took 85 minutes on my 2.6 GHz P4 Laptop w 1,5 GB Ram
etc-update
xorgconfig

And I was set!
The only thing I changed after that was to add
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
to my mouse setup.

It took me about three hours including the first impulse to do it, and it is absolutely awesome!
Two things. It feels a lot faster!
Other thing, I have set my keyboard delay to 250 ms and the repetition to 50 characters/s, and it gave me no trouble at all as far as I can see. I won't rejoice just yet but it seems that this issue was solved by installing xorg-x11-6.8.0-r1. Wonderful feeling!

/Jonas

kung.foo · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 16 Dec 2003 Posts: 99

Had some hassle, because the latest ebuild for xfree borked awfully and screwed up my entire installation (nothing graphical running anymore

).
So I decided to screw up xfree and emerged xorg, which works by now.

I had to retailor some lines in my old XF86Config to make it run on xorg, but now everything works as good as new (asamof it is new...).
It also seems to bee a bit more lightweight, afaict.

Great howto