Stuck getting my xserver up

[Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org>]

Argh, I got through updating this Sid machine, but when I run startx
I just get a gray screen and no X cursor.  I have a Matrox G550 and
was running Xinerama before.

I'll post links to my logs below.

A number of packages were "held back" when I finished the update,
although I doubt this would be a problem for the xserver:

    # apt-get dist-upgrade
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree... Done
    Calculating upgrade... Done
    The following packages have been kept back:
      bzflag checkinstall dbus-1-utils ffmpeg gdk-imlib1 gksu
      libavifile-0.7c2 libdiscover1 libdiscover2 libggi2 libsdl-ttf2.0-0
      libsdl1.2debian libsdl1.2debian-oss mjpegtools mozilla-mplayer
      mplayer-k6 ntp planetpenguin-racer python-apt python-crypto
      python-twisted-core python-twisted-lore python-twisted-mail
      python-twisted-names python-twisted-news python-twisted-runner
      python-twisted-web python-twisted-words transcode
    0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 29 not upgraded.


Is .xsession still used?  That's the file I have been using to start
icewm.  So, I created a new .xinitrc file instead with just:

    moseley@bumby:~$ cat .xinitrc
    exec xterm



And when I run startx > startx.out 2>&1

    moseley@bumby:~$ cat startx.out 
    xauth:  creating new authority file /home/moseley/.serverauth.5179

    X Window System Version 7.0.0
    Release Date: 21 December 2005
    X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
    Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.12-1-686 i686
    Current Operating System: Linux bumby 2.6.6-xfs-athlon #1 Thu Jul 22 15:22:53 PDT 2004 i686
    Build Date: 16 March 2006
            Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
            to make sure that you have the latest version.
    Module Loader present
    Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
            (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
            (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Jul 30 12:29:08 2006
    (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

    (EE) MGA(1): Not initializing the DRI on the second head
    Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, removing from list!
    Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF, removing from list!
    Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/, removing from list!
    xterm:  fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) or KillClient on X server ":0.0"
    xinit:  connection to X server lost.
    FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

If I rm my .xinitrc then the only difference is the xterm: fatal IO
line is not included.

And the logs:  (The error about DRI on the second head is normal)

    moseley@bumby:~$ fgrep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log
            (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    (EE) MGA(1): Not initializing the DRI on the second head

What can I try now?  Sure wish I was seeing more error messages.
It's kind of important that I get my work machine up again before
work start tomorrow ;)


My config and logs:

    http://hank.org/demos/xorg.conf
    http://hank.org/demos/Xorg.0.log


-- 
Bill Moseley
moseley@hank.org