[resolved] Now I've done it. (Arch)

[dedanna1029]

Tried it with that, too. Tried all kinds of combos. Even nv.

OH wait. Except for, I didn't notice that "Card0" ... oh, damn. Thanks!

[viking60]

Here is my xorg.conf:

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 1.0  (buildmeister@builder75)  Fri Mar 12 01:42:27 P$


Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/psaux"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"

    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection


And my /etc/inittab:

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#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)       Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
#id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux

# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 hvc0 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file


My deamons in rc.conf are:

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DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !dbus hal @network @netfs @crond @sshd @samba @alsa @httpd @mysqld @cups @webmin @rpcbind @nfs-common @nfs-server @avahi-daemon kdm)

PLEASE NOTE -THERE IS NO GDM HERE

Make sure, in order to have full multimedia functionality, to have xorg-input-drivers installed.
Done this?

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pacman -S nvidia nvidia-utils

[dedanna1029]

Yeah. Had to have it for nvidia-xconfig.

[viking60]

b1o - you are the Robin Hood of Arch aren't you? Get your but in here and help!

[dedanna1029]

It's okay. I'll get 'round to it when I get 'round to it again. For now, need sleep for a couple hours. Take care.

[dedanna1029]

Well, I finally got back into Arch tonight after a Fedora crash - am going to have to do some work on it.

I'm about to let the longest command in history run. Wish me luck.

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# powerpill -S gnome-commander gnome-mplayer gnome-schedule gnome-system-tools gnome-alsamixer gnome-audio gnome-device-manager gnome-games gnome-netstatus gnome-nettool gnome-power-manager gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes-extras xchat-gnome xchat glipper gnome-games-extra-data gnome-python 3ddesktop abiword abiword-plugins archlinux-wallpaper audacious audacious-plugins audacity avidemux-gtk bash-completion bittorrent blender bug-buddy cddb_get cdlabelgen cdrdao cdrkit cdtool celestia cvs digikam dvd+rw-tools dvdauthor dvdbackup dvdrip dvdrtools easytag emacs faac faad2 ffmpeg file-roller flashplugin foobilliard fortune-mod frozen-bubble galculator gcal gcalctool gconf-editor gdeskcal gftp gif2png gimp gimp-dbp gimp-help-en gimp-refocus git gmencoder gparted gphoto2 gqmpeg graphicsmagick grip gstreamer0.10-bad gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ugly gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins gthumb gtk-smooth-engine gtk-theme-switch2 gtkpod gtkterm handbrake htop hydrogen id3 id3lib id3v2 imagemagick imwheel k3b kdeb-meta-kdebase kde-meta-kdemultimedia kde-meta-kdenetwork kde-meta-kdetoys kde-meta-kdeutils kdeartwork-desktopthemes kdeartwork-emoticons kdeartwork-iconthemes kdeartwork-sounds kdeartwork-wallpapers kdebase-konqueror kdelibs3 lame libmtp mahjong mail-notification miro mkvtoolnix mp32ogg mp3splt mp3wrap mpg123 mplayer muse musicbrainz negwork-manager-applet ntfs-3g ntfsprogs oxygen-icons p7zip phonon-xine phonon-gstreamer pinball rsync rhythmbox rosegarden schroedinger scribus scummvm smpeg smplayer smplayer-themes sound-juicer stardict stellarium streamripper streamtuner subversion taglib-extras tango-icon-theme tango-icon-theme-extras totem totem-plugin transcode transmission-gtk ttf-ms-fonts ubuntulooks unrar unzip usbmuxd usbview usermin vlc vlc-plugin vorbis-tools webmin xcompmgr xdelta3 xemacs xmms xsnow yakuake zip acetoneiso2 alsa-plugins archlinux-xdg-menu asunder audio-convert aumix-gtk bsd-games bugzilla cdcover cddb-py compiz-core compiz-decorator-gtk compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-manager compizconfig-backend-gconf deb2targz devede directfb dvd-slideshow dvdstyler electricsheep ffmpeg2theora ffmpegthumbnailer filezilla flac123 frostwire freevo fuseiso fusion-icon gcompris gcompris-data gedit-plugins gedit-plugins-extra gkrellm gmerlin gmerlin-avdecoder gmusicbrowser google-gadgets-gtk gshutdown gtk-aurora-engine gtk-candido-engine gtk-chtheme gtk-engine-murrine gtk-recordmydesktop gtk2+extra gtk2_prefs gtweakui human-icon-theme gnote libquicktime libreplaygain lmms mandvd mp3gain mp3info mp3unicode murrine-theme-collection musepack-tools musicmanager mypaint nautilus-actions nautilus-open-terminal pacman-contrib pacupdate pingus pkgtools postgis poweriso pysolfc pysol-cardsets pysol-sound-server recordmydesktop rocksndiamonds rocksndiamonds-data skype skype-call-recorder skype-oss skype-staticqt soundconverter tasks terminator toolame volwheel vobcopy vuze workrave xcursor-bluecurve xcursor-chameleon-anthracite xcursor-flatbed xcursor-grounation xcursor-jimmac xcursor-neutral xcursor-pinux xcursor-polar xcursor-premium xcursor-simpleandsoft xxemacs-all-packages xkeycaps xloadimage xlockmore xmms-imms xmms2 xmmsctrl xmove xpacman2 xplanet xsensors youtube-dl zynaddsubfx

(I'm gonna need that luck. Am having some issues with the Arch servers.)

And, right off the bat:

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error: foobilliard does not match any package or group

WTF? It was there in gtkpacman?

And, after a few modifications for typos, here's the final command that's running now:

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# powerpill -S gnome-commander gnome-mplayer gnome-schedule gnome-system-tools gnome-alsamixer gnome-audio gnome-device-manager gnome-games gnome-netstatus gnome-nettool gnome-power-manager gnome-spell gnome-system-monitor gnome-themes-extras xchat-gnome xchat glipper gnome-games-extra-data gnome-python 3ddesktop abiword abiword-plugins archlinux-wallpaper audacious audacious-plugins audacity avidemux-gtk bash-completion bittorrent blender bug-buddy cddb_get cdlabelgen cdrdao cdrkit cdtool celestia cvs digikam dvd+rw-tools dvdauthor dvdbackup dvdrip dvdrtools easytag emacs faac faad2 ffmpeg file-roller flashplugin fortune-mod frozen-bubble galculator gcal gcalctool gconf-editor gdeskcal gftp gif2png gimp gimp-dbp gimp-help-en gimp-refocus git gmencoder gparted gphoto2 gqmpeg graphicsmagick grip gstreamer0.10-bad gstreamer0.10-bad-plugins gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-ugly gstreamer0.10-ugly-plugins gthumb gtk-smooth-engine gtk-theme-switch2 gtkpod gtkterm handbrake htop hydrogen id3 id3lib id3v2 imagemagick imwheel k3b kde-meta-kdebase kde-meta-kdemultimedia kde-meta-kdenetwork kde-meta-kdetoys kde-meta-kdeutils kdeartwork-desktopthemes kdeartwork-emoticons kdeartwork-iconthemes kdeartwork-sounds kdeartwork-wallpapers kdebase-konqueror kdelibs3 lame libmtp mahjong mail-notification miro mkvtoolnix mp32ogg mp3splt mp3wrap mpg123 mplayer muse musicbrainz network-manager-applet ntfs-3g ntfsprogs oxygen-icons p7zip phonon-xine phonon-gstreamer pinball rsync rhythmbox rosegarden schroedinger scribus scummvm smpeg smplayer smplayer-themes sound-juicer stardict stellarium streamripper streamtuner subversion taglib-extras tango-icon-theme tango-icon-theme-extras totem totem-plugin transcode transmission-gtk ttf-ms-fonts ubuntulooks unrar unzip usbmuxd usbview usermin vlc vlc-plugin vorbis-tools webmin xcompmgr xdelta3 xemacs xmms xsnow yakuake zip acetoneiso2 alsa-plugins archlinux-xdg-menu asunder audio-convert aumix-gtk bsd-games bugzilla cdcover cddb-py compiz-core compiz-decorator-gtk compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-main compiz-manager compizconfig-backend-gconf deb2targz devede directfb dvd-slideshow dvdstyler electricsheep ffmpeg2theora ffmpegthumbnailer filezilla flac123 frostwire freevo fuseiso fusion-icon gcompris gcompris-data gedit-plugins gedit-plugins-extra gkrellm gmerlin gmerlin-avdecoder gmusicbrowser google-gadgets-gtk gshutdown gtk-aurora-engine gtk-candido-engine gtk-chtheme gtk-engine-murrine gtk-recordmydesktop gtk2+extra gtk2_prefs gtweakui human-icon-theme gnote libquicktime libreplaygain lmms mandvd mp3gain mp3info mp3unicode murrine-themes-collection musepack-tools musicmanager mypaint nautilus-actions nautilus-open-terminal pacman-contrib pacupdate pingus pkgtools postgis poweriso pysolfc pysolfc-cardsets pysol-sound-server recordmydesktop rocksndiamonds rocksndiamonds-data skype skype-call-recorder skype-oss skype-staticqt soundconverter tasks terminator toolame volwheel vobcopy vuze workrave xcursor-bluecurve xcursor-chameleon-anthracite xcursor-flatbed xcursor-grounation xcursor-jimmac xcursor-neutral xcursor-pinux xcursor-polar xcursor-premium xcursor-simpleandsoft xemacs-all-packages xkeycaps xloadimage xlockmore xmms-imms xmms2 xmmsctrl xmove xpacman2 xplanet xsensors youtube-dl zynaddsubfx

I wanna know where the hell gnome-screenshot is. Can't find it anywhere in the repos.

[dedanna1029]

Oh, what resolved the X thing you ask? It was that i'd only gotten partial updates in; had been having issues with the servers. For some reason this time 'round, I can't get the mirror.kernel.org repo to drop off, even though it's commented out in pacman.conf. Humph. So, now, I still get an error:

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error: failed retrieving file '(whatever)-i686.pkg.tar.xz' from mirrors.kernel.org : Service not available, closing control connection

Then, it goes on to the next server.

Now, here's the kicker.

Aria2's not even installed. I HATE THAT THING.

[dedanna1029]

OMG terminal stuck.

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[dedanna1029]

#Damn #POS won't load my #SOUND - gonna have to go back to my Audigy card, and figure out how to get my mic and headphones working from it. #thissucks #IGOTNOSOUND! #I'MGOINGCRAZY! #MUSTHAZSOUND!!!

Yes, I do believe I've been on #Twitter too long. LOL.

Am also very very tired from all this setting things up in Arch. I'm also freaking. Sound & music to me is a bigger addiction than any vice I have, quite literally.

Also, damn disk mounter keeps crashing on me when I load into the desktop - can't get my external usb hdds to load; they were loading 'til I went screwing with .rules files, crashed. Then, I removed those files, and the doggone thing is still crashing!!! #thissuckstoo

Boss, PLEASE, make them fix cooker so you can come in and help me with Arch!! LOL.

[dedanna1029]

And, almost 5:00 a.m. here, and I'm all done but the sound (please, please, help me with my sound. postgresql and Amarok1 awaits that).

Found gnome-screenshot (didn't have gnome-utils or gnome-common installed yet).

I think I'm going to end up going back to my Vampiress in the end. This is just for now.



Druid? ^^ You tell me.

Edit: 6:00 a.m. here, installed Pulseaudio, and I has sound. I understand it better, I think.

[viking60]

Wow! Some night for you there - and I missed it. Nice motive there. So are you happy now? What is your status? You define every success or failure by sound.
I don't even have speakers hoked on my Arch box so I am useless for you there (Well I could hook some up in an emergency).
Here a a background I have played around with.

[dedanna1029]

Nah, dude, I'm good, even if a tad loopy, and listening to Traffic's "Something new"

Now if I could just find my Vampiress, I'd do real good.

Motive? Fedora crashed. I had no choice LMAO

Oh yeah! I like that background!

But I still want my vampiress. Wondering if it's on my 750-Gigger... hhmmm...