[solved] Ran nvidia-xconfig now Xorg won't run [No Devices detected]

sinqbad · 2016-06-21 10:36:39

I ran nvidia-xconfig (nvidia-settings suggested it) and it broke Xorg. After that I read on the Nvidia page not to run nvidia-xconfig but it's too late now.

In the log it appears to be "no screens found(EE) that's the error. I've looked at other things:

I can't manually start xfce from tty2 and I think that my best bet is deleting /etc/X11/xorg.conf but there is no xorg.conf. There's xorg.conf.backup and xorg.conf.nvidia-xconfig-original. What should my next step be?

Last edited by sinqbad (2016-06-22 05:53:53)

alex.theoto · 2016-06-21 10:47:16

You don't need to run nvidia-xconfig anymore.
Remove any nvidia config from /etc/X11 and try again.
Archbang is not ArchLinux.

Last edited by alex.theoto (2016-06-21 10:47:38)

sinqbad · 2016-06-21 11:01:02

alex.theoto wrote:

You don't need to run nvidia-xconfig anymore.
Remove any nvidia config from /etc/X11 and try again.
Archbang is not ArchLinux.

Yeah, I know it's not archlinux just showing that I have done research and tried before resorting to the forums. Also, yeah now I know not to run it, but didn't know at the time. Oh well.

Removed the nvidia related conf files but it's still not working. (Is there anyway I can export the log file to usb so that I can show the error log?)

alex.theoto · 2016-06-21 11:02:50

What's your video card, packages and X.log

cp  /var/log/Xorg.0.log #to where ever you want.

Last edited by alex.theoto (2016-06-21 11:09:41)

sinqbad · 2016-06-21 11:40:34

Getting wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb when trying to mount the usb.

Last edited by sinqbad (2016-06-21 12:17:05)

sinqbad · 2016-06-21 12:34:38

Got it working! Yay! Feel like I've learned so much just mounting a usb lol.

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)

local/cuda 7.5.18-2
    NVIDIA's GPU programming toolkit
local/lib32-nvidia-libgl 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks (32-bit)
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.1.1-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nvidia 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/nvidia-libgl 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers libraries symlinks
local/nvidia-settings 367.27-1
    Tool for configuring the NVIDIA graphics driver
local/nvidia-utils 367.27-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia 367.27-1
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.12-1 (xorg-drivers xorg)
    Open Source 2D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

[    13.336] 
X.Org X Server 1.18.3
Release Date: 2016-04-04
[    13.336] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    13.336] Build Operating System: Linux 4.5.1-1-ARCH x86_64 
[    13.336] Current Operating System: Linux aamin-arch 4.6.2-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jun 8 08:40:59 CEST 2016 x86_64
[    13.336] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=76aa30d6-3eb7-40a3-8d58-9b2ec4326306 rw quiet
[    13.336] Build Date: 03 June 2016  07:28:24AM
[    13.336]  
[    13.336] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    13.336] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    13.336] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    13.336] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jun 21 22:20:50 2016
[    13.336] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    13.336] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    13.336] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    13.337] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[    13.337] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    13.337] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    13.337] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    13.337] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "Device0"
[    13.337] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    13.337] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    13.337] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    13.337] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    13.337] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    13.337] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    13.337] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc/,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
[    13.337] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    13.337] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    13.337] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    13.337] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    13.337] (II) Loader magic: 0x821d20
[    13.337] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    13.337] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    13.337] 	X.Org Video Driver: 20.0
[    13.337] 	X.Org XInput driver : 22.1
[    13.337] 	X.Org Server Extension : 9.0
[    13.339] (++) using VT number 7

[    13.339] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    13.340] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    13.340] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    13.342] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0116:1043:1682 rev 9, Mem @ 0xdc400000/4194304, 0xb0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000e000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    13.342] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:105a:1043:2111 rev 161, Mem @ 0xdb000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000d000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    13.342] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[    13.342] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    13.342] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    13.349] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    13.349] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    13.349] 	Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    13.349] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  367.27  Thu Jun  9 18:19:55 PDT 2016
[    13.349] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    13.349] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    13.350] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    13.350] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    13.350] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    13.350] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  367.27  Thu Jun  9 17:57:30 PDT 2016
[    13.350] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    13.350] (EE) No devices detected.
[    13.350] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    13.350] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    13.350] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    13.350] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    13.350] (EE)

V1del · 2016-06-21 14:00:34

sinqbad wrote:

Got it working! Yay! Feel like I've learned so much just mounting a usb lol.

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)

You have a dual graphics card setup, look into https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus if you intend to only use Nvidia or https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee if you intend to use the intel card as the main driver and the Nvidia card on demand.

Last edited by V1del (2016-06-21 14:00:47)

sinqbad · 2016-06-22 00:22:40

V1del wrote:

sinqbad wrote:
Got it working! Yay! Feel like I've learned so much just mounting a usb lol.
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GF119M [GeForce 610M] (rev a1)
You have a dual graphics card setup, look into https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/NVIDIA_Optimus if you intend to only use Nvidia or https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee if you intend to use the intel card as the main driver and the Nvidia card on demand.

Right now just trying to get Xorg up and running then I will focus on graphics. But I did follow the steps to install bumblebee and since I have the same error as the troubleshooting area I followed the steps but 1) still getting the same error, 2) I don't have etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf just regular xorg.conf

sinqbad · 2016-06-22 05:26:43

I deleted /etc/X11/xorg.conf and was able to startxfce4 from tty again. When it restarted I was unable to use the mouse/trackpad and keyboard/external keyboard. I rebooted the system and lightdm greeter works. However like before neither keyboard nor trackpad/mouse work. Can't even ctrl+alt+f2 to tty.

alex.theoto · 2016-06-22 05:50:53

Well, that's another problem.
Please mark your thread as [SOLVED] and open a new one with more details for your new problem.

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