X doesn't start. Used Envy

John Bekema john.bekema at gmail.com
Sat May 5 10:24:28 UTC 2007


Problem is solved for now:

I came across this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...xorg/+bug/3731

then I removed the nvidia driver and it worked :)

Thanks for all help!

John

2007/5/5, John Bekema <john.bekema at gmail.com>:
> Thanks Matt for your reply,
>
> I found the error log and it says the following:
> ----------------------
> (II) Setting vga for screen 0.
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
> (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
> (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
> (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
> (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module!
> (EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
> (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> (II) UnloadModule: "ramdac"
> (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> ---------------------------
> for me this is weird, I had envy install the nvidia drivers..
> And how weird it doesn't find me screen xD
> I get myself back to X to cp a xorg backup. But as mentioned
> before, the resolution and refresh rate are quite bad.
>
> John
>
>
> 2007/5/4, Matthew Kuiken <matt.kuiken at verizon.net>:
> > John Bekema wrote:
> > > ah, the attachment, sorry for spamming :)
> > >
> >
> > On a quick scan through your xorg.conf, I didn't see anything really
> > wrong, but it is hard to say on the basis of that file alone.
> >
> > There are a couple of things that might help get you back up and running
> > while you try to fix your larger problems.  1) You are using the
> > proprietary NVidia drivers.  checking that you have the correct module
> > for your kernel, or switching to the nv or vesa drivers may get you back
> > into X.  2) You are enabling composite in the options section.  This is
> > a relatively new feature, so disabling it might help get you back into X.
> >
> > These suggestions are just guesses as to what might be wrong.  What
> > would really help is to see any error messages in xorg.0.log.
> >
> > The file is relatively long, so please look through it and find any
> > lines that begin with (EE).  These are the errors that xorg had while it
> > was trying to run.  Please copy the (EE) lines along with about 5 lines
> > before and after so we can see what types of errors are occurring, and
> > what xorg is trying to do when it gets those errors.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Matt
> >
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