Good Day,

Am somewhat new to Linux & am learning it to be more familiar with the
environment...

My distro is Arch...Am trying to set up an X Window system...

I chose Arch as its optimized better for older i686 systems...

So I chose XFree86 4.7.0....for my X Window System...

I d'loaded it...followed a very easy to read documentation in
XFree86 website....Did everything exactly as prescribed in that
documentation...

sh Xinstall.sh -check ( So the output of this utility helped me to
select the correct set of binaries ( glibc24 ) )....

Also d'loaded the 13 mandatory files as told here...

http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/Install2.html#2

Si i have all these 13 files in a single directory...I did a CD to
that directory...

Ran  ' sh Xinstall.sh '  as told in the doc
 ( http://www.xfree86.org/4.7.0/Install3.html#3 )....

So the archiving ( extracting or installing ..I dont know ) was jus
running smooth.......without any issues........

Finally I goth message somethin like ' Installation Complete '...( I
forgot the exact sentence that it displayed.)...

So i thought the next step is to keep the XFree86 server running....
( as given in doc )..........

did a,

'XFree86 -autoconfig'

The screen seems like flickerin or flashin for a second or two...

It shows up like it got installed

Like its showin,
getconfig.pl: Evaluated 29 rules with 0  errors...( Similar lines of
compilation run through...successfully.)

......but at  the end....there is a line like...

' Fatal Server error :
 could not open default font 'fixed'

I also tried like this....

I did a Cd into that directory....then .

'XFree86 -configure'

Now ....I see like a list of hw like apm,i128,nsc,ati,1810 etc like a
column.....

Then ' (++) Using Config File:"/root/XF86config.new" '

XFree86 is not able to detect your mouse.
Edit the File and correct the device.

Your XF86config file is /root/XF86config.new

To test the server ,run 'XFree86 -xf86config /root/XF86config.new'

So thats all i got it....But i was able to proceed upto this level...I
dont know what to do further...??? Is this a problem that can be
rectified...???

Also I could check further for any info required on this issue if any
instructions or steps are provided...

Also this is the laptop that am  usin ( Toshiba Satellite
4000CDS.....Jus providin this link for the HW specifications abt this
model...)

http://www.ciao.co.uk/Toshiba_Satellite_4000CDS__6524851#productdetail

Display

Display Type: 12.1" DSTN passive matrix integrated
Max Resolution: 800 x 600 ( SVGA )
Widescreen Display: No
Colour support: 24-bit (16.7 million colours)

Video
Graphics Processor / Vendor: C&T 65555 - PCI
Video Memory: EDO RAM - 2 MB
Supported Display Graphics: VGA (640x480), XGA (1024x768), SVGA
(800x600), SXGA (1280x1024)

Am ready to provide further info on this issue if reqd.

Any help is greatly appreciated. ......

Thanx.

CyborgWarrior <pcrkishan@gmail.com> did eloquently scribble:
> Good Day,

> Am somewhat new to Linux & am learning it to be more familiar with the
> environment...

> My distro is Arch...Am trying to set up an X Window system...

> I chose Arch as its optimized better for older i686 systems...

> So I chose XFree86 4.7.0....for my X Window System...

Is someone still using XF86 as their default windows system?
Most distributions abandoned XF when it forked after a licencing argument 3
years ago. The fork is called Xorg and I imagine by now, it's where most of
the development has been, along with most of the innovation. 

As for the rest...

Does your "Arch" not have a package management system?
I'm not familiar with that one but it looks like you went through all that
install manually when most distributions would've done it for you
automatically.
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On 2007-12-28, CyborgWarrior <pcrkishan@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Good Day,
>
> Am somewhat new to Linux & am learning it to be more familiar with the
> environment...
>
> My distro is Arch...Am trying to set up an X Window system...
>
> I chose Arch as its optimized better for older i686 systems...
>
Try Damn Small Linux. It's optimized for older systems and includes a 
GUI.

>Does your "Arch" not have a package management system?

Ya,It does hav a package mgmt system but i need to stay connected with
their FTP...& when i use Package mgmt commands...It tries to
automatically connect to server...dload...& then install everything
automatically...But the thing is I dont hav internet connection for
that machine....I am jus dloading them from another machine that's
connected with internet...burning it to a cd-rom & doin all this stuff
from the linux machine...

>Most distributions abandoned XF when it forked after a licencing argument 3 years ago..

As for this I dont know much about licensing agreements & all... I was
jus googling around & i stumbled upon this XFree86 releaese....Jus
studied some documentation in that site....& found it to be good..So
thought of proceeding further.....

current release is XFree86 version 4.7.0 and was released on 12 August
2007 ( As given in their website )....So i think its not that bad...

> it looks like you went through all that
install manually when most distributions would've done it for you
automatically.

Ya...Kinda...I agree to this point completely...But I do hav WinXP/
Solaris in dual mode in my desktop....havin all those nice easier
GUI's....So am using my old laptop for learning purpose....That's why
installed Arch ...which is powerful,optimized,fast....on this
machine...& trying to setup everything according to my requirements...

> Try Damn Small Linux. It's optimized for older systems and includes a GUI

Ya...I know that...but ...As i told am using my old laptop for
learning purpose....That's why installed Arch on this machine...&
trying to setup everything according to my requirements...So i feel
like am learning the Linux environment better in this way...Thats why
am still sticking with this...

CyborgWarrior <pcrkishan@gmail.com> did eloquently scribble:
> Ya...I know that...but ...As i told am using my old laptop for
> learning purpose....That's why installed Arch on this machine...&
> trying to setup everything according to my requirements...So i feel
> like am learning the Linux environment better in this way...Thats why
> am still sticking with this...

I'd still suggest dumping XFree and going with Xorg.
As I said, all the major linux distros have gone in that direction, Xorg has
gone in a different direction to Xfree since the fork and things might not
work the same way when you use Xfree.

I think compiz-fusion for example, requires Xorg.
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