Re: Updated Squeeze, X won't start
On 2009-04-12 18:24 +0200, Carl Fink wrote:
> This morning, I found my Squeeze system totally frozen. Well, that's false,
> it would display the X screen (icewm as wm), but changing to a different
> desktop failed, I couldn't scroll or make any buttons react to the mouse,
> etc.
>
> I could use Ctrl-Alt-F1 to reach a VT, but that also ignored the keyboard.
>
> I switched back to X with Alt-F7 and pressed Ctrl-Backspace, but this only
> had the effect of freezing the mouse pointer.
>
> So I power-cycled. After that, X came up, but I once more used Ctrl-Alt-F1
> and from the VT, did apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade. 59 updates
> later, I now find that X won't start. Here's a capture when I try using
> startx:
>
> Script started on Sun 12 Apr 2009 12:22:00 PM EDT
> xset: unable to open display ""
> carlf@NewPicking:~$ startx&
> [1] 3381
> carlf@NewPicking:~$
>
> X.Org X Server 1.4.2
> Release Date: 11 June 2008
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
> Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-11)
> Current Operating System: Linux NewPicking 2.6.22 #1 SMP Sat Jan 5 14:18:25 EST 2008 i686
> Build Date: 20 February 2009 03:06:29AM
>
> 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 Apr 12 12:22:03 2009
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> (II) Module "ddc" already built-in
> (EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) Failed to load module "via" (module does not exist, 0)
It seems you had been using the via driver which is no longer
available, it has been superseded by the openchrome driver.
> (EE) No drivers available.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
>
> [1]+ Done startx
> carlf@NewPicking:~$ exit
>
> Script done on Sun 12 Apr 2009 12:22:12 PM EDT
>
> So is this a temporary problem that the X developers will quickly fix?
No, you need to fix it yourself.
> Something I can fix easily? Gremlins?
# sed -i -e '/s/"via"/"openchrome"/ /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Or remove the "Device" section entirely, since the X server can figure
out the video driver by itself.
Sven
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