upgrade broke x - no screens found

bvbellomo · 2010-10-22 00:44:19

After the last upgrade, I cannot start my x-server.

Fatal Server Error:
no screens found

The xorg log says "dlopen ... libglx.so invalid ELF he$

Did some evil elves check some bad code in? Because I am out of other ideas.

cirkit · 2010-10-22 01:06:18

Which video driver did you update? Looks like libglx.so is possibly corrupt. May also help to paste the output from your last -Syu in pacman.log

bvbellomo · 2010-10-22 12:46:08

I am using nvidia drivers. I tried reinstalling them. Is libglx.so part of the nvida driver package?

Knute · 2010-10-22 12:50:56

Sounds like your kernel was upgraded too.

The fix for that is reboot, and reinstall your nvidia drivers, then you should be good.

(for a moment there, I almost sounded like MicroSloth Tech Support! )

jdarnold · 2010-10-22 13:16:11

Yeah, you should have gotten all the latest drivers, including the nvidia one, with the X upgrade. Or do you install your own?

bvbellomo · 2010-10-22 13:20:16

My kernel was upgraded right before this happened.

I installed X and the nvidia drivers according to the arch wiki guide 6 months ago. I have been upgrading with -Syu, so they likely have been reinstalled and upgraded several times. I have not manually installed anything related.

Knute · 2010-10-22 17:07:21

So what happens after you reboot into the new kernel?

bvbellomo · 2010-10-22 17:52:06

Rebooting brings up a command line login. I can log in, and everything works fine, except I can't "start X"

Knute · 2010-10-22 21:07:00

Ok. What that means is that your nvidia drivers were installed according to the old kernel path, rather than the new.

Simply issue

pacman -S nvidia

and, after the nvidia drivers have been installed, X should be able to start with startx.

Last edited by Knute (2010-10-22 21:08:04)

bvbellomo · 2010-10-23 02:44:44

At this point, I give up. How can I completely reinstall my system short of reformatting?

dab-_- · 2010-10-23 02:52:32

Knute wrote:

Ok. What that means is that your nvidia drivers were installed according to the old kernel path, rather than the new.
Simply issue
pacman -S nvidia
and, after the nvidia drivers have been installed, X should be able to start with startx.

Did this not work?

Knute · 2010-10-23 19:21:14

bvbellomo wrote:

At this point, I give up. How can I completely reinstall my system short of reformatting?

You would use pacman.

Now, this isn't a major system issue, so settle down, and stop being so fatalistic about it.

This issue is common. I run up against it whenever my kernel get's updated. In fact, when I forget about the kernel upgrade, reboot, and get that message, I simply go "Doh!" and reinstall the nvidia drivers and life goes on.

So, unless you are younger than about 12, I would suggest that you grow up, and deal with it. It is NOT major. Just issue the commands that I previously told you, and you should be good. The only modification that you may need to make is if you are using a different nvidia package than the nvidia one. That would be the case if you are using an older video card. If that's the case, then the command

pacman -Qs nvidia

will tell you which one you need.

HTH

Arch Linux

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