Blank screen after fresh install

jmak · 2013-08-21 12:36:29

Hello,

After a fresh install I'm getting a blank screen with the cursor flashing. This was a standard install - I always follow the same steps described in the beginner's guide. It always worked.

The installation went smoothly, except when I run the

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

I got error messages like

Warning: failed to connect lvmetad no such file or directory
/run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed no such file or directory

I also noticed that os-prober did not detect all my installations (I have 6 distros installed on different partitions)

I reinstalled grub and the kernel several times but didn't help.

Any idea how to proceed?

Thanks.

elukas · 2013-08-21 14:51:01

Hi,

I'm installing a fresh Arch myself.
I have the same problem, it is due to GPT.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GR … _partition

GUID Partition Table disks do not have a reserved "boot track". Therefore you must create a BIOS Boot Partition (ef02) to hold the GRUB core image

[Edit]: It could be worst than that. I think grub-install overide data (this is the reason of /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed no such file or directory).

Last edited by elukas (2013-08-21 14:55:23)

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-21 15:09:00

@elukas, your issue here is entirely different, and this situation is covered in the wiki.

@jmak, you have provided some sparse info about what went wrong when you generated your grub.cfg, but not much else. Considering that your question is in regard to the boot process, maybe a bit more infor about that would help.

How is your system laid out, and what partitions/systems does your grub.cfg seem to pick up? Is it consistent? You apparenly use LVM2, Is Arch Linux on an lvm? So bascially, what is in your fstab, and what does grub see? Did you check out the grub2 wiki page to see if you are missing something? I am not a grub user, so I cannot comment too much on this. But I have a feeling that as long as your grub.cfg is having your Arch Linux installation included, this grub issue is a different issue and unrelated to the blank screen.

Also, what happens during the actual failure to boot? By chance, do you see the first few lines of the boot process, then a flash which leads to nothing? Or do you see the whole boot process scroll by which leads to nothingness? These questions are of course assuming that you don't have "quiet" in the kernel command line… and if you do remove it!

Oh, BTW, you said that you have 6 installations on this system. If you are installing Arch Linux (presumably after all the others were already present), why are you using this brand new installation to manage grub2? Are you trying to have multiple installations manage the bootloader? If so, it is not intended to work that way, and the differences in versions could cause breakage. You ideally want one system to handle the grub installation (writing it to the MBR or ESP) and you want that same installation to be handling the grub.cfg (generating it for you). Though again, as long as Arch Linux is included in the grub.cfg being generated, I don't see this as being the cause of a blank screen on boot.

jmak · 2013-08-21 16:58:29

WonderWoofy,

Thanks for the reply.

I've already acted on “elucas” advise and removed grub completely because I didn't want to create yet another partition. (I have 12 partitions on my two harddrives). Instead, I installed syslinux, which went very well.

Now, my system is booting but at some point it stops the booting process.

I get this:

[OK] Reached target sound card
[OK] Found device P5B
[OK] Started dhcpcd on enp2S0
[OK] Reached target Multiuser system
[OK] Reached target Graphical interface

Then it hangs.

I installed the latest KDE 4.11 and the installation went without problem.

My graphic card is radeon hd 3600, and I installed the opensource driver

 xf86-video-ati

When installed the system I checked

startx

it worked properly.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-21 19:03:41

Is it really hanging, or is your console simply being spammed with messages after giving you a login prompt? Can you do 'ctrl+alt+f2' to see if there is a login prompt waiting for you in the next TTY over? Otherwise, you could try sticking the 'quiet' parameter in the kernel command line, which will stop these boot messages. Really they are too fast to read anyway (on my machine at least), so they don't really do much good. You can get all the info from the boot, and much much more from the journal, or whatever logging system you choose to use. The journal is capable of logging everything including early userspace in the initramfs. So the console boot output is somewhat obsolete.

Do you plan on using a login manager (like KDM, GDM, lightdm, etc.)? If so, have you enabled that? You are apparently booting to the graphical.target anyway, so it would seem that it is reaching it, but has nothing to actually run. It looks for whatever is the 'display-manager.service'. If you enable any login manager, it is actually aliased to that service name, which prevents the user from trying to enable a whole crap load of login managers and cause issues for themselves.

jmak · 2013-08-21 20:20:10

WonderWoofy wrote:

Is it really hanging, or is your console simply being spammed with messages after giving you a login prompt? Can you do 'ctrl+alt+f2' to see if there is a login prompt waiting for you in the next TTY over? Otherwise, you could try sticking the 'quiet' parameter in the kernel command line, which will stop these boot messages. Really they are too fast to read anyway (on my machine at least), so they don't really do much good. You can get all the info from the boot, and much much more from the journal, or whatever logging system you choose to use. The journal is capable of logging everything including early userspace in the initramfs. So the console boot output is somewhat obsolete.
Do you plan on using a login manager (like KDM, GDM, lightdm, etc.)? If so, have you enabled that? You are apparently booting to the graphical.target anyway, so it would seem that it is reaching it, but has nothing to actually run. It looks for whatever is the 'display-manager.service'. If you enable any login manager, it is actually aliased to that service name, which prevents the user from trying to enable a whole crap load of login managers and cause issues for themselves.

Thanks for the suggestions.

Indeed, ctl-alt-F2 gave me a prompt.

I logged in and Journalctl gave me tons of messages.

I found these two suspicious, both printed in red.

X server died during start up
x server for display :0 cannot be started, session disabled

Replies to other questions:

When installed the system I already enabled kdm

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 00:47:34

So now you have to determine why your X server is dying. Check out the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what happened in the lest go around. Xorg automatically rotates the log every time an X session is started, so the Xorg.0.log.old is the one before it, and the Xorg.1.log is before that, etc.

cfr · 2013-08-22 01:17:20

kdm.log might be useful if you have that, too.

You said you tested X (with twm?). Did you also remember to adjust ~/.xinitrc afterwards once you'd enabled kdm? What does systemctl status kdm.service say?

By the way, grub always says that about lvm regardless. (Even if you don't use lvm.) As long as it says it is "falling back to internal scanning" (or similar), it should be fine.

jmak · 2013-08-22 01:42:52

WonderWoofy wrote:

So now you have to determine why your X server is dying. Check out the /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what happened in the lest go around. Xorg automatically rotates the log every time an X session is started, so the Xorg.0.log.old is the one before it, and the Xorg.1.log is before that, etc.

I got tons of error messages, here they are:

 2.866] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.866] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.866] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.889] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     2.889] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
[     2.889] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[     2.889] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[     2.889] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[     2.889] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[     2.889] (EE) 
[     2.890] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

“cfr”,

kdm.log has the following error messages:

(EE) 
Fatal server error:
(EE) no screens found(EE) 
(EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
(EE) 
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

“You said you tested X (with twm?)” - yes.

.xinitrc has this entry:
exec startkde

In the meantime, I reinstalled xorg-server, but this hasn't fixed the problem.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 01:54:33

I am not familiar with ATI cards, but is this by chance one of those dual GPU machines? (Like what the nvidia world calls "optimus")

cfr · 2013-08-22 02:02:14

If kdm.service is enabled, comment the exec line in .xinitrc out - kdm will start kde.

However, I don't think that will solve this problem.

Since it worked with twm, try switching back to the default X testing config and running startx again. Then look in the log. It seems weird that it would work with twm but can't find any screens with kde. Does it use the correct driver with twm?

jmak · 2013-08-22 02:02:17

WonderWoofy wrote:

I am not familiar with ATI cards, but is this by chance one of those dual GPU machines? (Like what the nvidia world calls "optimus")

There is nothing special about this card. I have it for 6 years but I've never had any problem on any distro with it. By the way, I have two more Arch install on two different partitions, one gnome 3 and the other enlightenment desktop, both works perfectly.
Should I reinstall the xf86-video-ati driver to see what happens?

cfr · 2013-08-22 02:10:12

Is your machine up to date? Are you using i686?

jmak · 2013-08-22 02:18:37

cfr wrote:

Is your machine up to date? Are you using i686?

I installed the 64bit version.

CPU – dual core AMD 2.6 Ghz
video card – radeon hd 3600
memory – 6 gig

I have 2 hard drives

1. ssd 128 gig
2. regular spinning sata 350 gig

In the meantime, I reinstalled

mesa

and

 xf86-video-ati

but nothing has changed.

Last edited by jmak (2013-08-22 02:22:37)

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 02:36:08

Instead of posting just the error messages, can you throw your entire Xorg.0.log into a pastebin (or if it is not too too much, post it here), so that there is some frame of reference as to when those messages are showing up?

jmak · 2013-08-22 02:45:02

WonderWoofy wrote:

Instead of posting just the error messages, can you throw your entire Xorg.0.log into a pastebin (or if it is not too too much, post it here), so that there is some frame of reference as to when those messages are showing up?

[     2.153] 
X.Org X Server 1.14.2
Release Date: 2013-06-25
[     2.154] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[     2.154] Build Operating System: Linux 3.9.7-1-ARCH x86_64 
[     2.154] Current Operating System: Linux myhost 3.10.7-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 15 11:55:34 CEST 2013 x86_64
[     2.154] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda3
[     2.154] Build Date: 01 July 2013  10:48:42AM
[     2.154]  
[     2.154] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[     2.154] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[     2.154] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[     2.154] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Aug 21 22:04:15 2013
[     2.159] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     2.159] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[     2.161] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[     2.163] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[     2.163] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[     2.163] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[     2.163] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[     2.163] (==) Automatically adding devices
[     2.163] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[     2.163] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[     2.165] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[     2.165] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.165] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" does not exist.
[     2.165] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.166] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[     2.166] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.166] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[     2.166] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[     2.166] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[     2.166] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[     2.166] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/
[     2.166] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[     2.166] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[     2.167] (II) Loader magic: 0x7fdc20
[     2.167] (II) Module ABI versions:
[     2.167] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[     2.167] 	X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[     2.167] 	X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[     2.167] 	X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[     2.168] (--) PCI:*(0:1:0:0) 1002:9598:0000:0000 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfdbe0000/65536, I/O @ 0x0000de00/256, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension RECORD
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension DPMS
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension X-Resource
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XVideo
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DGA
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension XFree86-DRI
[     2.169] Initializing built-in extension DRI2
[     2.169] (II) "glx" will be loaded by default.
[     2.169] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[     2.169] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[     2.169] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[     2.170] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[     2.214] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.214] 	compiled for 1.14.0, module version = 0.5.0
[     2.214] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[     2.214] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[     2.214] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[     2.217] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.217] 	compiled for 1.14.2, module version = 1.0.0
[     2.217] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 7.0
[     2.217] (==) AIGLX enabled
[     2.219] Loading extension GLX
[     2.219] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[     2.219] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
[     2.219] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[     2.219] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[     2.219] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[     2.219] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[     2.219] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[     2.220] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.220] 	compiled for 1.14.2, module version = 7.2.0
[     2.220] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.220] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[     2.220] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[     2.220] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[     2.225] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[     2.225] 	compiled for 1.14.2, module version = 7.2.0
[     2.225] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[     2.225] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 14.1
[     2.225] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[     2.226] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[     2.226] (II) UnloadModule: "vesa"
[     2.226] (II) Unloading vesa
[     2.226] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.226] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[     2.226] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module modesetting
[     2.226] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[     2.226] (II) Unloading modesetting
[     2.226] (EE) Failed to load module "modesetting" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.226] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[     2.226] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[     2.226] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[     2.226] (II) Unloading fbdev
[     2.226] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[     2.226] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 3155 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV380) 3E50 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380) 3E54 (PCIE), ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136,
	ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137, ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX AF (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Z1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800SE AH (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9800 AI (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 AJ (AGP),
	ATI FireGL X2 AK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600 AP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600SE AQ (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP), ATI FireGL T2 AT (AGP), ATI Radeon 9650,
	ATI FireGL RV360 AV (AGP), ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+) 4237,
	ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP), ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,
	ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP 4437, ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JH (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420) JI (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R420) JJ (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JK (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JL (AGP), ATI FireGL X3 (R420) JM (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18) JN (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420) (AGP), ATI Radeon X800XT (R420) JP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800 VE (R420) JT (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 (R480) (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (AGP), ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility M7 LW (AGP),
	ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7 LX (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LY (AGP), ATI Radeon Mobility M6 LZ (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9) Ld (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lf (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9) Lg (AGP), ATI FireMV 2400 PCI,
	ATI Radeon 9700 Pro ND (AGP), ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro NE (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600TX NF (AGP), ATI FireGL X1 NG (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP),
	ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11) NP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NQ (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11) NR (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10) NS (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10) NT (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11) NV (AGP), ATI Radeon QD (AGP),
	ATI Radeon QE (AGP), ATI Radeon QF (AGP), ATI Radeon QG (AGP),
	ATI FireGL 8700/8800 QH (AGP), ATI Radeon 8500 QL (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9100 QM (AGP), ATI Radeon 7500 QW (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon 7500 QX (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon VE/7000 QY (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon VE/7000 QZ (AGP/PCI), ATI ES1000 515E (PCI),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22) 5460 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C) 5462 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL M22 GL 5464 (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 (R423) UH (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423) UI (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800LE (R423) UJ (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R423) UK (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X800 (R430) (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V7100 (R423) (PCIE), ATI FireGL V5100 (R423) UQ (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UR (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL unknown (R423) UT (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X550XTX 5657 (PCIE), ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5) 5834,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3) 5835,
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5954 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5955 (PCIE), ATI Radeon 9250 5960 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9200 5961 (AGP), ATI Radeon 9200 5962 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9200SE 5964 (AGP), ATI FireMV 2200 (PCI),
	ATI ES1000 5969 (PCI), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5974 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5975 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A41 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A42 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 5A61 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M 5A62 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X300 (RV370) 5B60 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV370) 5B62 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X550 (RV370) 5B63 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370) 5B64 (PCIE),
	ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370) 5B65 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C61 (AGP),
	ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+) 5C63 (AGP),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28) (PCIE),
	ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 5D4C (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480) 5D50 (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X800XT (R423) 5D57 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410) (PCIE),
	ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410) (PCIE), ATI Radeon X1800,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT, ATI Mobility Radeon X1800,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V5300,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V7100, ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800,
	ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Radeon X1800,
	ATI FireGL V7300, ATI FireGL V7350, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI RV505,
	ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI M54-GL,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550,
	ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Mobility Radeon X1300,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1300,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300,
	ATI RV505, ATI RV505, ATI FireGL V3300, ATI FireGL V3350,
	ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550,
	ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
	ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X2300,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1350, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
	ATI Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
	ATI FireMV 2250, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit, ATI Radeon X1600,
	ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1600,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5200, ATI Mobility Radeon X1600,
	ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1600,
	ATI Radeon X1300 XT/X1600 Pro, ATI FireGL V3400,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5250, ATI Mobility Radeon X1700,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT, ATI FireGL V5200,
	ATI Mobility Radeon X1700, ATI Radeon X2300HD,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300,
	ATI Radeon X1950, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950,
	ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
	ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
	ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1900,
	ATI AMD Stream Processor, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950,
	ATI RV560, ATI RV560, ATI Mobility Radeon X1900, ATI RV560,
	ATI Radeon X1950 GT, ATI RV570, ATI RV570, ATI FireGL V7400,
	ATI RV560, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI RV560,
	ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP 7834, ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP 7835,
	ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200,
	ATI Radeon X1200, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI RS740, ATI RS740M, ATI RS740,
	ATI RS740M, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT,
	ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT,
	ATI FireGL V8650, ATI FireGL V8600, ATI FireGL V7600,
	ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2,
	ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2,
	ATI FirePro V8750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V7760 (FireGL),
	ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850, ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850 X2,
	ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI FirePro RV770, AMD FireStream 9270,
	AMD FireStream 9250, ATI FirePro V8700 (FireGL),
	ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Mobility RADEON M98,
	ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Radeon 4800 Series,
	ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI FirePro M7750, ATI M98, ATI M98, ATI M98,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650, ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP),
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670, ATI FirePro M5750,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670, ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP),
	ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670], ATI RADEON E4600,
	ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, ATI RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650],
	ATI FirePro V7750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V5700 (FireGL),
	ATI FirePro V3750 (FireGL), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850, ATI FirePro M7740, ATI RV740,
	ATI Radeon HD 4770, ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4770,
	ATI FirePro M5750, ATI RV610, ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT,
	ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro, ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP, ATI FireGL V4000,
	ATI RV610, ATI Radeon HD 2350, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400, ATI RADEON E2400, ATI RV610,
	ATI FireMV 2260, ATI RV670, ATI Radeon HD3870,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850, ATI Radeon HD3850,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, ATI RV670,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2,
	ATI Radeon HD3870 X2, ATI FireGL V7700, ATI Radeon HD3850,
	ATI Radeon HD3690, AMD Firestream 9170, ATI Radeon HD 4550,
	ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon RV710,
	ATI Radeon HD 4350, ATI Mobility Radeon 4300 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series,
	ATI FirePro RG220, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, ATI RV630,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT,
	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP,
	ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Gemini RV630,
	ATI Gemini Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI FireGL V5600,
	ATI FireGL V3600, ATI Radeon HD 2600 LE,
	ATI Mobility FireGL Graphics Processor, ATI Radeon HD 3470,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3430,
	ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI FirePro V3700, ATI FireMV 2450,
	ATI FireMV 2260, ATI FireMV 2260, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP, ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO,
	ATI Radeon HD 3600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670,
	ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, ATI Mobility FireGL V5725,
	ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
	ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
	ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics, ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics,
	ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO2, SUMO2, SUMO2, SUMO2,
	SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, SUMO, ATI Radeon HD 4200,
	ATI Radeon 4100, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200,
	ATI Mobility Radeon 4100, ATI Radeon HD 4290, ATI Radeon HD 4250,
	AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics,
	AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics,
	AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series Graphics,
	AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series Graphics, PALM, PALM, PALM, CYPRESS,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, AMD Firestream 9370,
	AMD Firestream 9350, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
	ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI Radeon HD 5670,
	ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series, REDWOOD,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics,
	ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics, CEDAR,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI FirePro 2270, CEDAR,
	ATI Radeon HD 5450, CEDAR, CEDAR, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	CAYMAN, AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
	BARTS, BARTS, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
	Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS,
	AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series,
	AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS,
	CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI,
	TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI, TAHITI,
	TAHITI, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN,
	PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN, PITCAIRN,
	VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE,
	VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, VERDE,
	VERDE, VERDE, VERDE, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND,
	OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, OLAND, HAINAN, HAINAN, HAINAN,
	HAINAN, HAINAN, HAINAN, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE,
	BONAIRE, BONAIRE, BONAIRE, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI,
	KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI, KABINI,
	KABINI, KABINI, KABINI
[     2.233] (++) using VT number 7

[     2.237] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
[     2.237] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[     2.237] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[     2.237] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
[     2.237] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[     2.237] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[     2.237] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[     2.237] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[     2.237] (EE) 
[     2.238] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 02:52:18

Apparently kernel mode setting is not working. Unfortunately, I am not sure what do do with this now… maybe try starting the machine with "early KMS"? That is, specify the radeon module in the MODULES in mkinipcio.conf (and rebuild) so that it is loaded early and explicitly from the initramfs.

Are there error messages about modesetting (or KMS) in the journal as well?

jmak · 2013-08-22 03:19:48

WonderWoofy wrote:

Apparently kernel mode setting is not working. Unfortunately, I am not sure what do do with this now… maybe try starting the machine with "early KMS"? That is, specify the radeon module in the MODULES in mkinipcio.conf (and rebuild) so that it is loaded early and explicitly from the initramfs.
Are there error messages about modesetting (or KMS) in the journal as well?

I ran again

 journalctl

but I didn't see any KMS related error message.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 03:42:23

Try early KMS? I really have honestly never had issues with KMS on my Intel cards besides requiring the module to be loaded early. So really if you try this and it doens't work, I have no other potential solutions to offer here.

jmak · 2013-08-22 16:42:59

WonderWoofy wrote:

Try early KMS?

Sorry for replying so late but I was away from the computer.

This solved the problem. But I got immediately another one. KDM won't accept my password.

I checked the kdm.log file and I found these suspicous lines.

Loading extension GLX 
klauncher(219) kdemain: No DBUS session-bus found. Check if you have started the DBUS server. 
kdeinit4: Communication error with launcher. Exiting! 
kdmgreet(213)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): KSystemTimeZones: ktimezoned initialize() D-Bus call failed:  "Not connected to D-Bus server" 

kdmgreet(213)/kdecore (K*TimeZone*): No time zone information obtained from ktimezoned 
(II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch 
setversion 1.4 failed 
(EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

“Check if you have started the DBUS server”
I tried to enable dbus by issuing

systemctl enable dbus.service

but I got the message: They are not meant to be enabled by systemctl

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 17:43:14

Can you start KDE from the TTY (with startx or xinit)?

Edit: I ask because I know nothing about KDM. So if KDE works without using KDM, then I really have no idea whatsoever, but if it is a greater problem with KDE in general, I might be able to help. Though I know very little about KDE as well, but it could boil down to an actual problem with X.

Last edited by WonderWoofy (2013-08-22 17:44:51)

jmak · 2013-08-22 17:59:21

WonderWoofy wrote:

Can you start KDE from the TTY (with startx or xinit)?
Edit: I ask because I know nothing about KDM. So if KDE works without using KDM, then I really have no idea whatsoever, but if it is a greater problem with KDE in general, I might be able to help. Though I know very little about KDE as well, but it could boil down to an actual problem with X.

The problem is that I can't login as user from the command line either, only as root. If I start 'startx' as root, the three test windows come up, but it wont start the system.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 18:11:18

Oh, did you remember to actually set a password for your user?

Maybe you could try creating a whole new user (or deleting and then recreating) in order to ensure that you are going through the entire process of new user creation.

jmak · 2013-08-22 19:55:04

WonderWoofy wrote:

Oh, did you remember to actually set a password for your user?
Maybe you could try creating a whole new user (or deleting and then recreating) in order to ensure that you are going through the entire process of new user creation.

Hi WonderWoofy,

I've created a new user and that one was accepted, however, some of my partitions owned by the previous user and I don't have permission to open that files.

"userdel" can't delete the corrupt user, the system can't find it.

Anyhow, thanks a lot for helping figuring out things, I've learned a lot along the way but I think I reformat and reinstall the entire system because it is a mess now.

cfr · 2013-08-22 22:03:50

If you are thinking of reinstalling to get ownership of your data, this will not necessarily help unless you make sure to create your new user account with the correct uid/gid.

Why do you think your system is "a mess"? I'm really curious - you've just solved several serious problems and now decide to reinstall. (Reinstalling is hardly ever necessary on Arch.)

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