xserver problem: what should populate /dev/dri ?
I recently upgraded a Debian box from oldstable (Lenny) to stable
(squeeze) and then to testing (wheezy). The various APT utilities are
satisfied that dependencies are satisfied. But the xserver got broken in
the process -- not a big surprise.
When I ty running xinit (as root) with no xorg.conf file present in
/etc/X11 the ending lines of the Xorg.0.log file are as follows:
[ 91799.286] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 91799.292] drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:02:00.0
[ 91799.292] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 91799.296] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
[ 91799.296] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1
[ 91799.300] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
... same for card2 through card14 ...
[ 91799.350] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card15
[ 91799.354] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns -1
[ 91799.354] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 91799.359] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[ 91799.363] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card1
... same for card2 through card14 ...
[ 91799.417] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card15
[ 91799.421] (EE) [drm] failed to open device
[ 91799.421] vesa: Ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
[ 91799.421] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 91799.421] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 91799.421] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 91799.421] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 91799.421] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 91799.421] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.0.2
[ 91799.421] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[ 91799.421] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[ 91799.421] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 91799.421] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[ 91799.421] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 91799.421] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 91799.421] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 91799.421]
Fatal server error:
[ 91799.421] no screens found
[ 91799.421]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 91799.421] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for
additional information.
[ 91799.421]
[ 91799.438] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
There is no /dev/dri in /dev. That seems to be at least a part of my
problems. On a different box running testing (with a different graphics
card) there are files in /dev/dri.
Should I try reinstalling some package(s)? Any other suggestions?
Please let me know if additional information would be useful.
TIA cgm
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