Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 03 Dec 2009 08:14:52 -0500, dhk wrote: > >> I'm using xfce4 and when I run startx or startxfce4 I get errors saying >> no ati, vesa, fbdev modules and then no windows. > > Please post the actual error messages. > >
The following is from the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file after running startx. This is a pre-release version of the X server from The X.Org Foundation. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the "xorg" product for bugs you find in this release. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions please check the latest version in the X.Org Foundation git repository. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/GitPage for git access instructions. X.Org X Server 1.6.3.901 (1.6.4 RC 1) Release Date: 2009-8-25 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.30-gentoo-r8 i686 Current Operating System: Linux yodels 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Wed Dec 2 13:05:42 EST 2009 i686 Build Date: 20 November 2009 03:26:50PM Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. 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: Fri Dec 4 14:13:55 2009 (II) Loader magic: 0x3aa0 (II) Module ABI versions: X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 X.Org Video Driver: 5.0 X.Org XInput driver : 4.0 X.Org Server Extension : 2.0 (II) Loader running on linux (--) using VT number 7 (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:7187:1028:0402 ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] rev 0, Mem @ 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xdfde0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000dc00/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 (--) PCI: (0:1:0:1) 1002:71a7:1028:0403 ATI Technologies Inc RV516 [Radeon X1300/X1550 Series] (Secondary) rev 0, Mem @ 0xdfdf0000/65536 (==) Using default built-in configuration (30 lines) (==) --- Start of built-in configuration --- Section "Device" Identifier "Builtin Default ati Device 0" Driver "ati" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Builtin Default ati Screen 0" Device "Builtin Default ati Device 0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Device 0" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0" Driver "fbdev" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Builtin Default Layout" Screen "Builtin Default ati Screen 0" Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" EndSection (==) --- End of built-in configuration --- (==) ServerLayout "Builtin Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default ati Screen 0" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" (**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default ati Device 0" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default ati Screen 0". Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0" (1) (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" (**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default vesa Device 0" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default vesa Screen 0". Using a default monitor configuration. (**) |-->Screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0" (2) (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>" (**) | |-->Device "Builtin Default fbdev Device 0" (==) No monitor specified for screen "Builtin Default fbdev Screen 0". Using a default monitor configuration. (==) Automatically adding devices (==) Automatically enabling devices (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/misc/, /usr/share/fonts/TTF/, /usr/share/fonts/OTF, /usr/share/fonts/Type1/, /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/, /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/ (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" (II) Cannot locate a core pointer device. (II) Cannot locate a core keyboard device. (II) The server relies on HAL to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure HAL or disable AllowEmptyInput. (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) (II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel (II) System resource ranges: [0] -1 0 0xffffffff - 0xffffffff (0x1) MX[B] [1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B] [2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B] [3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B] [4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B] [5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x00000000 (0x1) IX[B] (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.3.901, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA (II) Loading extension DPMS (II) Loading extension XVideo (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation (II) Loading extension X-Resource (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.3.901, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so (II) Module glx: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading extension GLX (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.6.3.901, module version = 1.13.0 Module class: X.Org Server Extension ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 2.0 (II) Loading extension RECORD (II) LoadModule: "dri" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 7.4.0, module version = 1.0.0 (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI (II) Loading sub module "fglrxdrm" (II) LoadModule: "fglrxdrm" (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux//libfglrxdrm.so (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc." compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.65.4 (II) LoadModule: "dri2" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2 (II) UnloadModule: "dri2" (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "ati" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati (II) UnloadModule: "ati" (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "vesa" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa (II) UnloadModule: "vesa" (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "fbdev" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev" (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0) (EE) No drivers available. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. I also ran "set opengl set ati" but that didn't make a difference, now I don't know how to reverse that cammand. Thanks, dhk
