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#1 2011-07-18 02:06:47

victorhooi
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Registered: 2009-08-06
Posts: 109

Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

Hi,

I've just installed a fresh Arch Linux (64-bit) box, and I'm having issues getting X to start.

I installed all of the Xorg packages:

sudo pacman -S xorg-server xorg-xinit xorg-twm xorg-xclock xterm xorg-utils xorg-server-utils

I then confirmed the video card is an NVidia one:

[victorhooi@myhost ~]$ lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G86 [Quadro NVS 290] (rev a1)

Then I installed Noveau:

[victorhooi@myhost ~]$ sudo pacman -S xf86-video-nouveau

I then copied /etc/skel/.xinitrc to my home directory.

However, when I try to start Xorg, I get an error:

[victorhooi@myhost ~]$ startx
xauth:  file /home/victorhooi/.Xauthority does not exist
xauth:  file /home/victorhooi/.Xauthority does not exist


X.Org X Server 1.10.3
Release Date: 2011-07-08
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.39-ARCH x86_64
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.39-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 9 14:57:41 CEST 2011 x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/62f1b5b0-da5a-445f-a449-3ef7fd6cfac5 rootfstype=btrfs ro add_efi_memmap
Build Date: 09 July 2011  08:04:37AM

Current version of pixman: 0.22.2
        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: Mon Jul 18 21:54:04 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
resize called 1280 1024
...

I noticed a similar error here - https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=120614 - so I tried the solution there, of passing acpi=no, and it seems to get a little bit further:

[    34.411] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
[    34.586] [drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
[    34.586] (EE) [drm] failed to open device
[    34.586] (EE) No devices detected.
[    34.586]
Fatal server error:
[    34.586] no screens found
[    34.586]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org

Still no luck though - doesn't get to X. Any suggestions?

Cheers,
Victor

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#2 2011-07-18 03:03:49

karol
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Registered: 2009-05-06
Posts: 25,440

Re: Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

Did you reboot after installing nouveau?
Are you using xorg.conf? Have you tried without?
Please post your  /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

Edit: What's the output of 'echo $XAUTHORITY'? You can try to fix the error with 'export XAUTHORITY=/home/victorhooi/.Xauthority'

Last edited by karol (2011-07-18 03:09:14)

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#3 2011-07-18 06:31:14

karper
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Registered: 2008-08-10
Posts: 52

Re: Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

In order to help troubleshoot your problem better, could you post the contents of your ~/.xinitrc and ~/.xsession?

You can also try using a very basic xorg.conf. Specifically, create a file called 20-nouveau.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing the following lines:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "nouveau"
  Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

I don't know if the nouveau driver package automatically creates this file nowadays...

Hopefully, this solves your problem.

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#4 2011-07-18 07:48:47

victorhooi
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Registered: 2009-08-06
Posts: 109

Re: Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

Hi,

Hmm, this is going to sound weird, but I did another reboot - and it did work this time.

It's funny, because I rebooted the first time, and tried the first time, which gave me the first set of errors above.

Then I rebooted again, passing GRUB "acpi=no", and tried again, which gave me the second set of error messages above.

Anyhow, rebooted a third time, and touch wood, it seems to work - am able to go into KDE smile. There's a whole bunch of errors from Nepomuk/strigi, but I expected that.

NeatX is also not working, but that probably seems to be an unrelated issue.

Thanks to both karol and karper for your help - is it possible to close this post then as SOLVED please?

Cheers,
Victor

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#5 2011-07-18 08:06:38

karper
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Registered: 2008-08-10
Posts: 52

Re: Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

Good to know it's working fine now. Would have been better to know for sure what was causing the problem in the first place...

victorhooi wrote:

There's a whole bunch of errors from Nepomuk/strigi, but I expected that.

lol I can safely say that despite its bugs (which are dwindling in number to be honest), nepomuk is a rather useful component of my desktop now. Can't live without it. I wish I could say the same thing about akonadi soon.

victorhooi wrote:

is it possible to close this post then as SOLVED please?

Just edit your first post and add a [SOLVED] prefix to your subject line.

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#6 2011-07-18 12:00:30

karol
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Re: Xorg and Nouveau - Module not found?

Just for the record:

karper wrote:

create a file called 20-nouveau.conf in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ containing the following lines:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "nouveau"
  Driver "nouveau"
EndSection

I don't know if the nouveau driver package automatically creates this file nowadays...

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/No … figuration

Note: This configuration is no longer needed. Since version 1.10.2-1, xorg-server is patched to load nouveau driver automatically.

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