On 5/14/05, cfk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 14 May 2005 12:13, Mark Knecht wrote: > > On 5/14/05, cfk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I copied the known functional /etc/X11/xorg.conf from the known > > > functional Fedora X installation. > > > > So that config is wrong for this distro. Try running the xorgconfig > > program and make your own config file for this distro. > > > > Good luck, > > Mark > > Dear Mark: > I started out with running xorgconfig and the result is the same. It's only > this morning that I tried the xorg.conf from a different partition on this > computer. > > I have figured out the mouse and it doesnt appear to be a problem anymore. > Its the difference between /dev/mouse and /dev/input/mouse. > > Its this agpgart stuff that has me puzzled. > > I think the key issue is I dont quite know enough to properly craft an > xorg.conf. Basically, I know enough to be dangerous, but not enough to get > myself out of this quicksand. > > Charles
Yes, it's hard at first. I admit that. Heck, I still look pretty goofy after 2-3 years but Gentoo runs great for me almost no matter what I do to mess it up. I want to encourage you to use the Gentoo docs and ask questions. Follow the docs **religously** and things will work out. Go step by step. The docs didn't tell you to get a file from a different distro. They tell you to run xorgconfig so let's do that and get it working. FYI - In my laptop (where I'm writing this) my xorg.conf file has no entries for agp at all. I do not think it's totally necessary to have that. If you want it later then you can add it in. Just work to get X going in a simple setup first. if any of this is being complicated by using genkernel than that's a bit beyond me since I do not use it. - Mark -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
