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Storolf

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Registered: 2021-03-22

Posts: 2

[SOLVED] Xorg error, "Fatal server error: no screens found(EE) "

Hello !
I just had this issue when I booted my computer this morning... I didn't do anything special before, so it's maybe an update that caused the problem.
When I boot, I just get a black screen. On tty, if I use startx, i get this log file :

[   104.605] (WW) Failed to open protocol names file lib/xorg/protocol.txt
[   104.606]
X.Org X Server 1.20.10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   104.607] Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
[   104.607] Current Operating System: Linux archpc 5.11.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:59:58 +0000 x86_64
[   104.607] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=f52e420e-d709-4a8c-8d19-6e5a5debc8a6 rw loglevel=3 quiet nvidia-drm.modeset=1
[   104.608] Build Date: 14 December 2020  12:10:29PM
[   104.608] 
[   104.609] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[   104.609]     Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   104.609] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   104.611] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Mar 22 11:29:23 2021
[   104.611] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   104.612] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   104.612] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   104.612] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[   104.612] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[   104.612] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[   104.612] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[   104.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[   104.612] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[   104.612] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   104.612] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   104.612] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   104.612] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[   104.612] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   104.612] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[   104.612]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   104.612] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist.
[   104.612]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   104.612] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[   104.612]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   104.612] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[   104.612]     Entry deleted from font path.
[   104.612] (==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi
[   104.612] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   104.612] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[   104.612] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[   104.612] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[   104.612] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   104.612]     X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   104.612]     X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[   104.612]     X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[   104.612]     X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   104.613] (++) using VT number 2

[   104.615] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_36
[   104.621] (--) PCI:*(41@0:0:0) 10de:1c82:10de:11bf rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000f000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   104.621] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   104.621] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   104.621] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   104.623] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   104.623]     compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[   104.623]     ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   104.623] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   104.623] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   104.623] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   104.624]     compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[   104.624]     Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   104.624] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  460.67  Thu Mar 11 00:09:07 UTC 2021
[   104.624] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[   104.624] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[   104.624] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[   104.624] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[   104.624] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   104.624]     compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[   104.624]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[   104.624] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[   104.624] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[   104.624] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[   104.624] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   104.624]     compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[   104.624]     ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[   104.624] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[   104.624] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[   104.624] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[   104.625] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[   104.625] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[   104.625] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[   104.625] (EE) No devices detected.
[   104.625] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[   104.625] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[   104.625] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
     at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[   104.625] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[   104.625] (EE)
[   104.629] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Don't know what infos are useful but :
uname - a :

Linux archpc 5.11.7-arch1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed, 17 Mar 2021 16:59:58 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

and lspci | grep VGA

29:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])

Thanks for your help !

Last edited by Storolf (2021-03-22 11:10:56)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,736

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error, "Fatal server error: no screens found(EE) "

If you included the nvidia modules in initramfs you need to rebuild your initramfs with

mkinitcpio -P

... and setup the hook in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA#Pacman_hook because this situation is why it's there for.

Storolf

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Registered: 2021-03-22

Posts: 2

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error, "Fatal server error: no screens found(EE) "

Thanks a lot, didn't know about that !

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 21,736

Re: [SOLVED] Xorg error, "Fatal server error: no screens found(EE) "

It's only necessary in the case that nvidia gets updated without an accompanying linux update that would inherently rebuilt the initramfs as well, which is why you might've been able to avoid it so far.