StartX Fails

[mrfunk]

Hello,

I am running an emerged version of gentoo (2006.1) x64. I installed from a stage 3 tarball and livecd binaries with the kernel using the command line installer, because Stage 2 and 1 installs seemed to fail. On startup I am given the command line login which I am able to get thorugh, but whenever I try to launch X11 - it fails (I execute "startx"). I have run through the guide to configuring x11 but I still seem to run into a dead end because autoconfigure fails... I feel I have run out of optitions and I am wondering if anybody can give me some assistance?

I am running:

Nvidia 7300 gpu
Athlon x64 3500+ New Castle
nForce 4 Motherboard
Hitachi CM813 Monitor with 60htz refresh rate
Inland USB Mouse
Inland Keyboard (that didn't seem to work with Darwin)

The error message claims to fail loading atleast these modules:
- GLcore
- nv
- mouse

Here is my xorg.conf

[glowworm]

[whig]

As you are using the nv driver, add nv to VIDEO_CARDS="nvidia" in make.conf. You may copy the log when X fails to another place so you can get to it later.

[mrfunk]

Here is the error log

[whig]

The log shows a number of problems I would "emerge -pve xorg-x11" making sure the nv flag is being used. That compile will take a long time. It wouldn't hurt to also include support for nvidia. If you get past that, configure xorg.conf to use the nv driver - note it doesn't use the glx module.

[mrfunk]

After running emerge -pve xorg-x11 it displays a bunch of "ebuild N" and does not seem to give me an error file but I still am unable to do startx

[whig]

Remove the 'p' from the option and it will start downloading and compiling.

[Wonkey_Donkey]

You might also try removing 'dri' and 'glcore' from your modules section, as per the nvidia driver documentation.

See here:

http://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-9629/README/chapter-03-section-02.html

This was a show stopper for me until I did this.

HTH

[mrfunk]

After runnig "emerge -ve xorg-x11" and waiting a significant amount of time, I was told that
!!!! Cannot write to '/usr/share/X11/xkb/compiled
!!!! You may start the merge process again by using ebuild:'
!!!! ebuild /usr/portage/x11-base/xorg-server/xorg-server-1.1.1-r1.ebuild merge
!!!! and finish by running this: env-update

After doing so Gentoo told me that it could not do the merge...I am doing all these tasks as root so itis a little confusing as to why It cannot write....

[whig]

Is your filesystem full?

[mrfunk]

No it is not full...

I have been able to reduce some of the errors (by compiling my kernel with a different frame buffer)...
My current config this something like this but it still doesn't get the mouse and kdb and also the screen...

[whig]

Post the X log of your recent best attempt.

[mrfunk]

After I rebooted my computer nVidia failed to launch (although it didn't before the reboot ). I then

[whig]

As a first step, try getting X to work with the nv driver - it is easier than nvidia. That xorg won't compile is a worry. What was the last two screens of the emerge error again?

[mrfunk]

Here is the error that I was given:

[whig]

That's 4 lines - can I have the last 50?

[mrfunk]

Well I got angry at my computer and reinstalled the whole system...

After setting all files to be copied from the livecd, I am now able to startx and launch xorg-x11 without any problems...

BUT

whenever I install the nVidia drivers, following the guide, I seem to be unable to get through the stage where I execute

[whig]

The /usr/src/linux link may be it - it has to point to the source tree of the running kernel. Don't mix up 32 and 64 bit kernels if that's the problem. Have you a custom kernel?

[mrfunk]

/usr/src/linux points to folder with the linux source in it...

I used

[whig]

That should work - I guess, because I don't use genkernel. The only thing I can think of is to view and check the .config file in /usr/src/linux/.

[mrfunk]

Can i get an example from an nvidia-drivers user