On Lu, 28 iun 10, 07:07:44, Charles Blair wrote:
> I recently upgraded from etch to lenny, and most features
> of the system seemed to be working.
>
> After a day or two with the new system, I am getting a
> character-based screen to log in, instead of the X display.
>
> Below, I give the output from typing "startx", and the
> xorg.conf file.
>
> ***************** Output from startx ******************
>
> Script started on Mon 28 Jun 2010 06:30:15 AM CDT
> localhost:/home/ceblair# startx
>
> X Window System Version 7.1.1
> Release Date: 12 May 2006
> X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.1.1
> Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
> Current Operating System: Linux localhost 2.6.26-2-486 #1 Sat Dec 26 08:37:39 UTC 2009 i686
> Build Date: 29 May 2008
> 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: Mon Jun 28 06:30:21 2010
> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
>
> (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
X can't find the driver. Please post the output of
dpkg -l xserver-xorg-video-nv
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
> giving up.
Probably not related, but your xorg.conf still contains a lot of
obsolete stuff
> ******************** The file /etc/X11/xorg.conf **************
>
> Section "Files"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
> FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
> # path to defoma fonts
> FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
> EndSection
You can delete the entire "Files" section
> Section "Module"
> Load "i2c"
> Load "bitmap"
> Load "ddc"
> Load "dri"
> Load "extmod"
> Load "freetype"
> Load "glx"
> Load "int10"
> Load "vbe"
> EndSection
same with the "Module"
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
> Driver "kbd"
> Option "CoreKeyboard"
> Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
> Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
> Option "XkbLayout" "us"
> EndSection
>
> Section "InputDevice"
> Identifier "Configured Mouse"
> Driver "mouse"
> Option "CorePointer"
> Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
> Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
> Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE]"
> Driver "nv"
> BusID "PCI:0:5:0"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "NXM76LCD"
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> Device "nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE]"
> Monitor "NXM76LCD"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 1
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 4
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 15
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
This can be trimmed to:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE]"
Monitor "NXM76LCD"
EndSection
> Section "ServerLayout"
> Identifier "Default Layout"
> Screen "Default Screen"
> InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
> InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
> EndSection
This can go away too
> Section "DRI"
> Mode 0666
> EndSection
The "DRI" section can also go away
(I'm basing this on an actual xorg.conf from a system that started its
life as lenny. It might even be possible to remove xorg.conf completely)
Regards,
Andrei
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