I had an "Archimedes Moment" while in the bath! Here's the log abstract Mike asked for trying "startx" with the Nouveau driver. X failed to find a device. It uses the nouveaufb, but all the separate frame buffer options were disabled.
Jun 2 17:17:39 pylon syslogd 1.5.1: restart. Jun 2 17:17:39 pylon kernel: Linux version 4.9.30-test1 (root@pylon) (gcc version 6.2.0 (GCC) ) #8 SMP Fri Jun 2 17:13:11 PDT 2017 Jun 2 17:17:39 pylon kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=(hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda10 ro 2 ... Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: Linux agpgart interface v0.103 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [drm] Initialized Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: NVIDIA GF106 (0c3200a1) Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: bios: version 70.06.13.00.00 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: random: fast init done Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: fb: 1024 MiB GDDR5 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 6135802 kiB Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [TTM] Initializing pool allocator Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: VRAM: 1024 MiB Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: GART: 1048576 MiB Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: TMDS table version 2.0 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB version 4.0 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 00: 01000302 00020030 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 01: 02000300 00020030 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB outp 02: 02011362 00020010 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 00: 00001030 Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: DCB conn 01: 00002161Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 2 (21.10.2013). Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query. Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: MM: using COPY0 for buffer copies Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: tsc: Refined TSC clocksource calibration: 2933.437 MHz Jun 2 17:17:51 pylon kernel: clocksource: tsc: mask: 0xffffffffffffffff max_cycles: 0x2a48a5e2a02, max_idle_ns: 440795253616 ns Jun 2 17:17:52 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: DRM: allocated 1280x1024 fb: 0x60000, bo ffff96ef20a50400 Jun 2 17:17:52 pylon kernel: fbcon: nouveaufb (fb0) is primary device Jun 2 17:17:52 pylon kernel: Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x64 Jun 2 17:17:52 pylon kernel: nouveau 0000:02:00.0: fb0: nouveaufb frame buffer device Jun 2 17:17:52 pylon kernel: [drm] Initialized nouveau 1.3.1 20120801 for 0000:02:00.0 on minor 0 ... Jun 2 17:18:05 pylon shutdown[588]: shutting down for system reboot Jun 2 17:18:05 pylon init: Switching to runlevel: 6 Jun 2 17:18:06 pylon smartd[566]: smartd received signal 15: Terminated Jun 2 17:18:06 pylon smartd[566]: smartd is exiting (exit status 0) Jun 2 17:18:07 pylon kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Jun 2 17:18:07 pylon kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. Jun 2 17:18:08 pylon exiting on signal 15 -- Paul Rogers [email protected] Rogers' Second Law: "Everything you do communicates." (I do not personally endorse any additions after this line. TANSTAAFL :-) -- http://www.fastmail.com - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
