Re: Xorg will not start no matter what I do
Ken Heard wrote:
> I recently installed Etch RC1 in a P3 box. The smoke test succeeded
> up to the point where Xorg was to be loaded -- it would not load. I
> ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg several times. Each the time
> process was able to configure automatically the keyboard, mouse, video
> card and monitor settings without my intervention.
>
> I checked the log file and xorg.conf but could find nothing
> amiss. Can anyone suggest what to do now?
>
> Here is the xorg installation log file.
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
<snip>
> (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module kbd
> (II) UnloadModule: "kbd"
> (EE) Failed to load module "kbd" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module mouse
> (II) UnloadModule: "mouse"
> (EE) Failed to load module "mouse" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) APM: driver for the Alliance chipsets: AP6422, AT24, AT3D
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
> (EE) No devices detected.
>
This is where I'd start; I'd see if I could fix the kbd and mouse issue.
Google returned a hit at
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?t=8510&sid=2796a3ae02b988a9a8ef71fee66b3906
which suggested (between the lines) "modprobe mouse" for the mouse problem.
Another hit I found indicated a problem with udev (not being installed).
Try "cat /dev/<mousedevice>", where <mousedevice> is the device file for
your mouse connection, such as "/dev/input/mice", etc and then move your
mouse around. You should see a lot of ASCII garbage show up on the
screen. (Ctrl-C to stop the cat.) This will verify if your mouse is
being seen by the system.
Also, does "lspci" report your video card to be on 1:0:0?
--
Kent West
Westing Peacefully <http://kentwest.blogspot.com>
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