[Solved] "Failed to load module "modesetting": a possible xorg issue

fantab · 2013-05-03 05:49:47

I am having issue during Arch Boot. I have Gnome 3.8 with Gnome-Shell and GDM.

During boot the system hangs for about 30 secs then, "OOps! something has gone wrong" is displayed and after 10-15 seconds GDM login screen appears, I can login and everything works.

I have some Gnome-Shell extensions. Generally the "Oops" message is displayed when there is some sort of incompatibility with any extension. So, I disabled all extensions and re-started arch. That did not help.

Then I checked my Xorg.0.log and found this:

[    12.023] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    12.039] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[    12.039] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    12.039] (II) Unloading modesetting
[    12.039] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)

I have the same error in /var/log/gdm/:0.log

(WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
(II) Unloading modesetting
(EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)

I have Intel integrated Graphics on board.

Wiki suggests: "To load KMS as early as possible in boot process, add the module ..., i915 (for Intel integrated graphics) or ... to the MODULES line in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:" I am not sure how relevant this is.

I am unable to pin-point the cause and find a solution to the 'oops' message. I need forum help to determine and fix the issue.

Thanks for looking into it...

Last edited by fantab (2013-05-03 16:10:51)

oboenerd · 2013-05-03 15:36:22

Can I see the full logs?

Gusar · 2013-05-03 15:51:25

The module the log mentions is the xf86-video-modesetting driver. It's mainly a fallback, like vesa and fbdev. Being just a fallback, there's absolutely nothing wrong if it isn't there. In other words, it's unrelated to your gnome issues.

fantab · 2013-05-03 16:10:28

Nevermind, the issue has resolved by itself after a couple of restarts. At least for now.

@Gusar: I doubted that 'modesetting' could have been realated to my Gnome issue, yet that was the only error I could find. Thanks for the clarification.

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#1 2013-05-03 05:49:47

[Solved] "Failed to load module "modesetting": a possible xorg issue

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