new install, x fails baseline test

ilnux · 2008-01-30 21:44:59

HI,

I am following the beginners guide in the Arch Wiki to install Arch on my laptop. I followed it step by step and have just installed 'X' but when I test it with

X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

a) with vesa driver I see the x and can move it but when I ctrl-alt-bksp I am left with garbled console text.

b) with xf86-video-via I get (EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found

What I don't understand is that I have previously installed Arch on this laptop with the via driver a few months ago and it worked ok.

Does anyone else have this problem or know what might be wrong?

Thanks

bionnaki · 2008-01-30 22:28:38

post your xorg.conf

ilnux · 2008-01-30 23:27:38

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
RgbPath "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "xtrap"
Load "GLcore"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
Load "freetype"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option    "Protocol" "auto"
Option    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
HorizSync 30.0 - 130.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 100.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "DefaultRefresh" # [<bool>]
#Option "ModeSetClearScreen" # [<bool>]
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "via"
VendorName "Unknown Vendor"
BoardName "Unknown Board"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x800" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

phrakture · 2008-01-30 23:57:11

Are you sure you have a VIA card? Can you paste the output of 'lspci' ?

ilnux · 2008-01-31 00:22:10

Ok, here it is:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller
00:00.6 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Security Device
00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI Bridge
00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P4M900 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A SATA 2-Port Controller (rev 80)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 07)
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev a0)
00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge
00:11.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 7c)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A Host Bridge
00:13.1 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Chrome9 HC IGP (rev 01)
04:01.0 Audio device: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA High Definition Audio Controller (rev 10)
05:01.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR2413 802.11bg NIC (rev 01)

veek · 2008-01-31 06:14:30

What's in your Xorg.0.log?

phrakture · 2008-01-31 06:26:55

I think you need the unichrome driver, not the via driver. Can you try that?

ilnux · 2008-01-31 09:50:39

@phrakture

I installed xf86-video-unichrome. Pacman gave me a message saying it will conflict with via driver, remove it? I said yes and in xorg.conf.new I changed "via" to "unichrome". Rebooted. Tested it with X -config /root/xorg.conf.new but it still did not work.

@veek

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 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.23-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux laptop 2.6.23-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Jan 15 06:34:36 UTC 2008 i686
Build Date: 20 January 2008 08:27:43PM

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
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: Thu Jan 31 09:39:29 2008
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
(==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) | |-->Device "Card0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(==) Automatically adding devices
(==) Automatically enabling devices
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(==) Including the default font path /usr/share/fonts/misc,/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,/usr/share/fonts/TTF,/usr/share/fonts/Type1.
(**) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/share/X11/rgb"
(**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x81d65c0
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1106,1364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 1106,2364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 1106,3364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 1106,4364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:5: chip 1106,5364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 08,00,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:6: chip 1106,6364 card 1734,10f7 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 1106,7364 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1106,a364 card 0000,0000 rev 80 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1106,c364 card 0000,0000 rev 80 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,0591 card 1734,10f7 rev 80 class 01,01,8f hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0f:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1734,10f7 rev 07 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1734,10f7 rev a0 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1734,10f7 rev a0 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1734,10f7 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3337 card 1106,3337 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:7: chip 1106,287e card 1106,337e rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1734,10f7 rev 7c class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:13:0: chip 1106,337b card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:13:1: chip 1106,337a card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,01 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,3371 card 1734,10f7 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 04:01:0: chip 1106,3288 card 1734,10f7 rev 10 class 04,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 05:01:0: chip 168c,001a card 168c,2052 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,5), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xa0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x20000000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 3: bridge is at (0:3:0), (0,3,3), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 3 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00007000 - 0x000070ff (0x100) IX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x00007400 - 0x000074ff (0x100) IX[b]
[2] -1 0 0x00007800 - 0x000078ff (0x100) IX[b]
[3] -1 0 0x00007c00 - 0x00007cff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) Bus 3 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc9000000 - 0xc90fffff (0x100000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 4: bridge is at (0:19:0), (0,4,4), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 4 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xc9100000 - 0xc91fffff (0x100000) MX[b]
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 5: bridge is at (0:19:1), (0,5,5), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 5 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x50000000 - 0x500fffff (0x100000) MX[b]
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) unknown vendor (0x1106) unknown chipset (0x3371) rev 1, Mem @ 0xa0000000/29, 0xc8000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(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 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xc0000000 from 0xc7ffffff to 0xbfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x50000000 - 0x5000ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xc9100000 - 0xc9103fff (0x4000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xc9400400 - 0xc94004ff (0x100) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0xc9400000 - 0xc94000ff (0x100) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xa0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x20000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x00004800 - 0x000048ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00004c20 - 0x00004c3f (0x20) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c1f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x00004c50 - 0x00004c5f (0x10) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x00004400 - 0x000044ff (0x100) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c4f (0x10) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x00004c60 - 0x00004c63 (0x4) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x00004c68 - 0x00004c6f (0x8) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00004c64 - 0x00004c67 (0x4) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00004c70 - 0x00004c77 (0x8) IX[b]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0x50000000 - 0x5000ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[1] -1 0 0xc9100000 - 0xc9103fff (0x4000) MX[b]
[2] -1 0 0xc9400400 - 0xc94004ff (0x100) MX[b]
[3] -1 0 0xc9400000 - 0xc94000ff (0x100) MX[b]
[4] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[5] -1 0 0xa0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x20000000) MX[b](B)
[6] -1 0 0x00004800 - 0x000048ff (0x100) IX[b]
[7] -1 0 0x00004c20 - 0x00004c3f (0x20) IX[b]
[8] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c1f (0x20) IX[b]
[9] -1 0 0x00004c50 - 0x00004c5f (0x10) IX[b]
[10] -1 0 0x00004400 - 0x000044ff (0x100) IX[b]
[11] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c4f (0x10) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x00004c60 - 0x00004c63 (0x4) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x00004c68 - 0x00004c6f (0x8) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00004c64 - 0x00004c67 (0x4) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00004c70 - 0x00004c77 (0x8) IX[b]
(II) Inactive PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(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 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(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 0x50000000 - 0x5000ffff (0x10000) MX[b]
[5] -1 0 0xc9100000 - 0xc9103fff (0x4000) MX[b]
[6] -1 0 0xc9400400 - 0xc94004ff (0x100) MX[b]
[7] -1 0 0xc9400000 - 0xc94000ff (0x100) MX[b]
[8] -1 0 0xc8000000 - 0xc8ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
[9] -1 0 0xa0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x20000000) MX[b](B)
[10] -1 0 0xc0000000 - 0xbfffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
[13] -1 0 0x00004800 - 0x000048ff (0x100) IX[b]
[14] -1 0 0x00004c20 - 0x00004c3f (0x20) IX[b]
[15] -1 0 0x00004c00 - 0x00004c1f (0x20) IX[b]
[16] -1 0 0x00004c50 - 0x00004c5f (0x10) IX[b]
[17] -1 0 0x00004400 - 0x000044ff (0x100) IX[b]
[18] -1 0 0x00004c40 - 0x00004c4f (0x10) IX[b]
[19] -1 0 0x00004c60 - 0x00004c63 (0x4) IX[b]
[20] -1 0 0x00004c68 - 0x00004c6f (0x8) IX[b]
[21] -1 0 0x00004c64 - 0x00004c67 (0x4) IX[b]
[22] -1 0 0x00004c70 - 0x00004c77 (0x8) IX[b]
(II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "freetype" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "record" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
(II) LoadModule: "xtrap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libxtrap.so
(II) Module xtrap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DEC-XTRAP
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(==) AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//librecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "unichrome"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module unichrome
(II) UnloadModule: "unichrome"
(EE) Failed to load module "unichrome" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.3
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 1.2.2
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

cucullus · 2008-01-31 10:24:16

take a look at http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xor … conf_Files

ilnux · 2008-01-31 14:19:09

cucullus

thankyou for the link, I tried to copy some parts in to mine and move things around but it didn't effect the 'no screens found' error.

UPDAte: I got vesa driver to work without the garbled console text by adding vga=773 to boot/grub/menu.lst. I thought it was optional but in my case it seemed to be necessary.

I was thinking of using my arch dvd (2007-08-2 Don't Panic) to do a clean install and install an older 'x' and not update the kernel becuase like I said I followed the exact same procedure a few months ago and it all worked ok.

Is this possible?

Cerebral · 2008-01-31 14:27:50

(II) LoadModule: "unichrome"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module unichrome
(II) UnloadModule: "unichrome"
(EE) Failed to load module "unichrome" (module does not exist, 0)

[...]

(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

There's your real error - I don't think the unichrome driver is called 'unichrome' - I think you're still supposed to use the 'via' driver name with the unichrome package.

Here's the list of files in the unichrome driver package:

usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/via_drv.so
usr/man/man4/via.4.gz
usr/share/

Notice it's called 'via_drv.so' - even though you've installed unichrome, set the driver in xorg.conf to 'via' and see if that works

Last edited by Cerebral (2008-01-31 14:29:16)

Misfit138 · 2008-02-01 03:13:38

Cerebral wrote:

Notice it's called 'via_drv.so' - even though you've installed unichrome, set the driver in xorg.conf to 'via' and see if that works

I think you're on to something there..it has the ring of truth!

ilnux · 2008-02-01 12:47:47

@Cerebral

Thanks to your advice everything seems to be ok now!

I must admit the message at the top of Xorg.conf about the server being a pre-release version kind of makes me feel uneasy

anyway it works so I won't lose sleep over it.. thanks everyone for your support!

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