[SOLVED] X won't start - modules failed to load

[Despot Despondency]

Hi,

I've just installed gentoo and now I'm trying to get Xorg-server running. I've managed to install xorg-server and, as pointed out in the docs, I've set up the policy using HAL instead of X -configure. Now when I run startx I get the following

[Telemin]

Are you trying to use the nvidia-driver module? If so then you will still need a minimal xorg.conf to set it up.

For example this is mine:

[Mike Hunt]

Please post emerge --info
and output of lspci | grep VGA
and output of rc-status

[Despot Despondency]

Here's the result of emerge --info

[ryan221]

if your using hald then you shouldn't need any of the input device section or the module section in xorg.conf.
That stuff will be autoloaded for you based on what it thinks you need

all you need is the device section pertaining to your videocard and your monitor/screen section
like what freestyling posted earlier

I would try startx without all of the extra stuff so hald can do it's job , then maybe it'll load the modules it needs properly.

[Mike Hunt]

You need the dbus USE flag as well in your make.conf
then recompile emerge -uDN world
start dbus eselect rc start dbus

restart X without an xorg.conf

[Despot Despondency]

Thanks for the replies. Changed xorg.conf as you recommended and it all works fine now. Thanks for the help

[Mike Hunt]

Cool,

If you want to run KDE4 or Gnome, then consolekit is another good USE flag to put in /etc/make.conf

In fact, in the case you want a mostly desktop system, it might worth considering setting a desktop profile