[SOLVED] X wont start after Xorg 116 upgrade

Obrez · 2014-10-13 17:58:40

Hey all,

I am having an issue again with ATI graphics after an update. I am not sure where I went wrong but maybe you experts can help me out again

Here is some info:

$ grep '(EE)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   103.125] (EE) fglrx(0): atiddxDriScreenInit failed. Probably kernel module missing or incompatible.
[   103.989] (EE) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

I see the kernel module might be missing but I am too much of a newb to know where to start, also:

$ grep '(WW)' /var/log/Xorg.0.log
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   102.550] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
[   102.551] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[   102.551] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[   102.554] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   102.600] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fglrx
[   102.610] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@3:0:0) found
[   102.610] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@1:0:1) found
[   102.610] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@3:0:1) found
[   102.647] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[   102.887] (WW) fglrx(0): board is an unknown third party board, chipset is supported
[   103.123] (WW) fglrx(0): Dynamic Surface Resizing cannot be enabled
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): Big Desktop related functionalities are replaced by RandR 1.2!
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): * DRI initialization failed                               *
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): * kernel module (fglrx.ko) may be missing or incompatible *
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): * 2D and 3D acceleration disabled                         *
[   103.125] (WW) fglrx(0): ***********************************************************
[   103.127] (WW) fglrx(0): Textured Video not supported without DRI enabled.
[   103.138] (WW) fglrx(0): Option "KeyNotFound" is not used
[   103.325] (WW) evdev: Logitech USB Receiver: ignoring absolute axes.

Here is my xorg.conf

vi xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier     "aticonfig Layout"
        Screen      0  "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" 0 0
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "0-DFP5"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
        Option      "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
        Option      "TargetRefresh" "60"
        Option      "Position" "0 0"
        Option      "Rotate" "normal"
        Option      "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "0-DFP1"
        Option      "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
        Option      "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
        Option      "DPMS" "true"
        Option      "PreferredMode" "1680x1050"
        Option      "TargetRefresh" "60"
        Option      "Position" "1680 0"
        Option      "Rotate" "normal"
        Option      "Disable" "false"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "aticonfig-Device[0]-0"
"xorg.conf" [Read only] 84 lines, 2033 characters

Like I said.. any help is appreciated. I have been boggled by this for a few days now and I am at the extent of my knowlede about ATI graphic installation. (next time I will get an Nvidia card) hahah.

Thanks!

-Josh

Last edited by Obrez (2014-10-14 17:51:16)

Trilby · 2014-10-13 18:29:07

Please don't post grepped log output - grepping can be useful if you know what you are looking for - but if you knew what to look for you wouldn't be posting here. Please post the full log (or put it on a file-sharing site and post the link to it).

The output you have posted indicates that X exited successfully. The most common cause of this is an empty (or faulty) ~/.xinitrc. Do you use startx/xinit or how do you start X? What is in your xinitrc?

Also, could you elaborate on which ATI drivers you are using? Do you have the open source xf86-video-ati or one of the closed-source options? If this is xf86-video-ati, why do you have an xorg.conf at all, it shouldn't be needed? If, instead, this is a closed-source driver, where did you get the content for the xorg.conf?

Obrez · 2014-10-13 20:26:12

hi Trilby thanks for the reply.

I appologize for the grep outputs. I was following the ATI wiki on how to post in the forums with Xorg and ATI problems. I have copied the full Xorg log file here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/801 … rg-log.txt

As for how I start X I use startx/xinit like you say, with compiz as my WM. My .xinitrc file has not changed.

I am using the closed source driver from vi0l0 I think, but I am not sure I understand your last question. The content for the xorg.conf file has not changed since I originally installed my system last year.

Again thank you very much for your help.

rebootl · 2014-10-13 21:42:18

I'm not sure if that's needed or made for the catalyst repos you have, I don't use catalyst.

But maybe this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AM … alyst-hook

Maybe try to rebuild the module manually.

Also if you only upgraded to Xorg 1.16 by now (as you indicate in your title): https://www.archlinux.org/news/xorg-ser … available/

Trilby · 2014-10-13 23:43:59

I don't see anything wrong in that log - X finishes successfully, so I still suspect your method of starting X as this has changed with 116. You said you did use xinit/startx, but which one, and how exactly is it executed? Do you type it manually, is it in a shellrc file, what exactly is the full command? What is in your xinitrc?

Obrez · 2014-10-14 02:57:12

That's good news. I start X via the startx command manually, but use .xinitrc to start some applications with X like compiz, gnome-do, xscreensaver etc etc.

Here is the contents of my .xinitrc.

#!/bin/sh
#
# ~/.xinitrc
#
# Executed by startx (run your window manager from here)

if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
  for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
    [ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
  done
  unset f
fi

exec compiz ccp &
xscreensaver -nosplash &
plank &
dropboxd &
# ...or the Window Manager of your choice

weirddan455 · 2014-10-14 10:40:01

fglrx doesn't work with Xorg 1.16 as far as I know. You'll probably have to downgrade to Xorg 1.15.

Trilby · 2014-10-14 12:03:39

That xinitrc never should have worked - everything is backgrounded. Move the "exec compiz" line to the very end, and remove the ampersand from that line.

Obrez · 2014-10-14 17:50:53

Thank you all for the help. I was able to solve this issue. the problem was as weirddan455 mentioned that catalyst does not support xorg 1.16. So I removed EVERYTHING that had to do with catalyst and installed the catalyst-test packages.

My system is up and running again. I have some problems with nemo now not launching because of a font issue but I think I can get that solved on my own.

Again thank you thank you thank you guys!

-Josh

Edit: solved my nemo problem too by downgrading the nemo package and gnom-icon-theme packages.

Last edited by Obrez (2014-10-14 18:13:38)

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[SOLVED] X wont start after Xorg 116 upgrade

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