startx hangs - blank screen, intel 915 graphics [DESPERATE]

sliwowitz · Last edited by sliwowitz on Sun Aug 25, 2019 1:11 pm; edited 3 times in total

I'm installing gentoo on my new Prestigio 1590 laptop, it has an integrated i915 graphics card. When I issue startx on the command line, I get only blank screen and I cannot switch consoles via ctrl+Fx, but I can login via ssh. I use modular xorg-x11-7.0 as it shoud have much better support for that chipset.

mark_alec · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:29 am Post subject:

I am getting 403 - permission denied on your xorg.conf. Could you change the permissions so that I can view it.

sliwowitz · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2005 5:04 am Post subject:

frobie · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 30 Jun 2005 Posts: 96

Did you ever get this solved? Mine hangs as well but I was told that it was due to the kernel. But also after it hangs for circa 10 seconds - 2 min it then goes into X

EvenOdd · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 3

I, too, am having this problem. I am using the 2.6.15.1 kernel with Xorg-X11 6.8.2-r6. I have i915 and drm modules correctly loading after installing the DRI (common and i915 20050123 version). i915 is enabled in my kernel as module correctly, my xorg.conf has Driver i810 like it should be.

This used to work with my gentoo installation a year ago, but not any more. startx just goes to a blank screen that can't be exited (ctrl-c, ctrl-alt-backspace, ctrl-alt-del). I have to hard boot.

If anyone knows how to solve this, it'd be awesome.

sliwowitz · Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:44 am Post subject: still unsolved

This problem still remains unsolved for me, the card won't even run using the vesa driver for it always messes up the refresh rate (another long story, but I still hope the i915 will work). I know I will do mostly some C++ programming, so vim in the framebuffer should do it, but I somehow fell, that a 1800$ notebook could use some desktop environment...

CaptPancakes · n00b Joined: 30 Aug 2005 Posts: 9

I'm experiencing this problem as well. I just reinstalled completely. I have an ati FireGL V3100, at first it was griping about the framebuffer. I noticed it mentioned something about using "ati" as the driver. I remembered that I hadn't install ati-drivers. So I quickly emerged them, ran fglrxconfig, and generated a suitable xorg.conf file. However, I get the same problem. When I test the xorg.conf file, the screen blanks out, and all controls on the computer are locked.

EDIT: I fixed the problem. I switched to vesafb-tng, and everything works fine now.

FcukThisGame · l33t Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 776 Location: /lost+found

sliwowitz · Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 3:43 am Post subject:

the combination to kill X is ctrl-alt-backspace, but it unfortunately doesn't work. xorgconfigure doesnt solve anything either

sliwowitz · Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:28 am Post subject:

I'm desperately bumping the thread, because after a month of countless tries, I'm in the same situation as in the beginning. I learned a lot about setting resolutions, modes, getting dri working on i915 and a lot more, but I didn't find any clue on how to make that thing show me at least one coloured pixel. :cry:

I do absolutely not know where to look, or where else should I ask for help, so I will welcome any ideas which will move me forward.