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edward_scott
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 Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:44 am Post subject: cannot start X [SOLVED] |
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I did a fresh install of gentoo last week with the latest sources (linux-2.6.30-gentoo-r8). I installed X as described in the XServer Configuration HOWTO and ran Xorg -configure to generate an xorg.conf file.
When I run X -config /root/xorg.conf.new I get a black screen. I cannot do anything, CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE does nothing. CTRL-C does nothing. I cannot do anything but power off.
I have an nvidia geforce 6600. After experiencing the above problem I to run through the Gentoo Linux nVidia Guide up until the point it says "fire up X". That seemed to make no difference.
My xorg.conf is below.
| Code: | Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection
Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "dri2"
#Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "dbe"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV43 [GeForce 6600]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection |
I have a functional xorg configuration on another hard drive on my system, but it's running a much older version and I'm not sure what should and should not be different. The only significant differences that I notice are the "Files" and "Module" sections:
| Code: | Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "record"
Load "xtrap"
# Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "freetype"
Load "type1"
EndSection |
can anyone provide any insight? I don't know where to begin troubleshooting this. I could try changing the modules as in my working conf, but I don't like to take guesses.
Last edited by edward_scott on Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:04 am; edited 1 time in total |
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VoidMage
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:36 am Post subject: |
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| edward_scott wrote: | | When I run X -config /root/xorg.conf.new I get a black screen. |
That means everything is working correctly - it's just a matter of not well thought
and undocumented defaults change - You need to add "DontZap" in the proper place
(and perhaps that new xkb option too).
Also, considering your xorg.conf, that guide may be a bit outdated and shortly you'll be
running into hal/evdev problem - make sure xf86-input-evdev is installed. |
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Anon-E-moose
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:45 pm Post subject: |
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If you want to see the old stippled screen and have ctrl-alt-backspace,
then add the "-retro" flag when you start "X"
as in "X -retro -config <filename>"
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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interesting -- I will try these out when I get home tonight.
if ctrl-alt-backspace no longer quits X, is there a new keystroke I should be using instead? |
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| thanks all! this answered my questions. |
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