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 -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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