2011/7/4 D. R. Evans <doc.evans@xxxxxxxxx> > I just installed arch for the first time (trying it out since I am unhappy > with the state of Kubuntu). I have, I think, followed the installation > instructions carefully. Everything seemed OK until I tried to run X. > > The cursor is offset from where it should be. If I move the mouse to the > right, the cursor stops about 2/3 of the way across the screen and won't go > any farther. If I move the mouse to the left, the cursor disappears off the > left hand side of the screen and reappears on the right hand side. It stops > moving to the left a short distance from the right border on the screen. > > The display of windows on the screen looks fine; it's just the cursor that > seems to be wrong. > > 1. I have tried two mice; both behave the same way. > 2. I used wgetpaste as instructed at > wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide#Graphical_User_Interface<http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners%27_Guide#Graphical_User_Interface> > : > ~/.xinitrc does not exist > /etc/X11/xorg.conf does not exist > /var/log/Xorg.0.log is at paste.pocoo.org/show/428974 > /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old is at paste.pocoo.org/show/428976 > > Obviously, I need to get this resolved before proceeding any further with > installing a desktop environment. > It seems you have an Intel graphics card and that the driver does not want to start. Have you read the page https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Intel ? In particular you need to install the package xf86-video-intel and you need to enable KMS to run X.
