system freezes while starting X

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

Hi there,

I've bought my new Toshiba Satellite A350b laptop and I'm trying to install Gentoo here

I managed to install base system, but the problem appeared while configuring X

I generated my /root/xorg.conf.new ( http://pastebin.ca/1519383 ) using X -configure and executed X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
After this, system freezed and only black screen appeard and I was forced to reboot
I've been trying to solve this for days, so I decided to ask for your help

here's my /var/log/Xorg.0.log http://pastebin.ca/1519378

Thank you in advance

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Do you have dbus and hald installed and started?

Run

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Can you post your emerge --info please.

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

http://pastebin.ca/1519543

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

I see that you don't have hal and dbus in your USE flags.

What is the output of

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

I've done everything including not essential tips, I still have the same problem

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

You should fix that mkfontdir problem described at the beginning of your Xorg.0.log file, either manually as described, or you can re-emerge all your fonts

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

I realised that there was some other error after changes you recommended
I was about to post them here but gentoo forums were down for a while

So here's my new Xorg.0.log - maybe it's just bad kernel configuration? http://openpaste.org/en/16040/
if I run startx this is Xorg.0.log - http://www.bintrash.org/Xorg.0.log.old.txt

lspci - http://openpaste.org/en/16039/
emerge --info - http://openpaste.org/en/16038/
rc-status - hal, dbus running

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

same thing happens when I tried to instal ubuntu, and I found out that others have some X issues with this laptop too

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Okay, post the output of

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

So I tried it with your minimal config (after few necessary changes) and there's still the same problem

I found out that few people managed to get X work on this laptop with vesa driver
So I tried VESA driver and X started successfully, but there's one thing left to do - my VESA driver seems to support just 1024x768 resolution
Is there any way how can I force it to work with my 1366x768 resolution? 1024 looks pretty ugly on my wide screen

Thank you

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

Try this /etc/X11/xorg.conf (without changes) and paste the /var/log/Xorg.0.log at pastebin please

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

http://pastebin.ca/1528356

Mike Hunt · Watchman Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

I'm sorry but I wasn't able to touch this laptop for a long time,

so the output is

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2009 8:42 pm Post subject:

javo,

post the results of lspci -n , lsusb, and cat /proc/cpuinfo, as well as your /etc/fstab file and your current kernel .config.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

So here it is

.config -> http://www.pastebin.cz/23131
cpuinfo -> http://www.pastebin.cz/23132
fstab -> http://www.pastebin.cz/23133
lspci -> http://www.pastebin.cz/23134
lusb -> http://www.pastebin.cz/23135

Thank you

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 8:50 pm Post subject:

There were lots of issues with your kernel. I started you fresh with a kernel seed. If you want to experiment, it's always best to start with a known good base. Now you have one.

Click here for your new .config. Compile as is.

For the best results, please do the following:

1) Move your .config file out of your kernel source directory (/usr/src/linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r4).
2) Issue the command make mrproper. This is a destructive step. It returns the source to pristine condition. Unmoved .config files will be deleted!
3) Copy my .config into your source directory.
4) Issue the command make && make modules_install.
5) Install the kernel as you normally would, and reboot.
6) Once it boots, please post /var/log/dmesg so I can see how things loaded.

X may or may not settle right down with this kernel. If not, enter this command: emerge libdrm && emerge mesa && emerge xorg-server && emerge $(qlist -IC x11-drivers). If it is still problematic, post your /etc/X11/xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

Sorry for hijacking, but...
Pappy, could you look at my kernel config and tell me if you see anything
particularly insane there. and if so, why.
It's on http://pastebin.ca/1577073.
I don't think I have any problems with it, just want to know if I didn't miss
anything.

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 8:42 am Post subject:

Group/Fair cpu scheduling, or any variant thereof are worthless slowdowns. I have yet to read of a userspace app. Most people fumble about with it without ever making do anything but slow down the machine.

APM is dead. It has been for some time. The only things that used it were laptops, to the best of my knowledge. It's not insane, but it's not needed, either.

If this is for a laptop/desktop, you want preemptable rcu. It makes things faster.

The stuff under Enable the block layer is unneeded unless you plan on dumping a two terabyte file onto one hard drive, or a RAID.

Since you're running an AMD chip, you don't need any Intel additions.

Worst of all, mixing ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL and SATA drivers is bad news, especially if you have an ICH7 or greater chipset. That can cause conflicts and locks. You have other conflicts as well. I'd suggest checking out one of my seeds, or dropping the usual info (lspci -n, lsusb, cat /proc/cpuinfo, /etc/fstab) will get me to whip one up for you.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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VoidMage · Watchman Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 6196

Well, apm is probably dead, but IIRC, on old (and I mean really old)
hardware it was needed for shutdown to power off the computer,
instead of just halting.
While ATA/ATAPI/MFM/RLL and SATA drivers may conflict, I don't really
have SATA hardware (it's in kernel just in case).
And this is a bit dated (though not horribly so):
Epox 8RDA3+ motherboard.

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:37 am Post subject:

In make xconfig, If you look under Processor type and features, you will find the option, Enable X86 board specific fixups for reboot. Turn it on and retry. That usually does the trick. If it doesn't, you can see if there's a BIOS update. If not, get something a bit newer.

javo · n00b Joined: 30 Jun 2007 Posts: 64

pappy_mcfae:

thanks for your advice, but while executing the command make modules_install there was some kind of error, I can't google anything

pappy_mcfae · Posted: Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:11 pm Post subject:

Try reemerging fglrx.

Blessed be!
Pappy
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