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Earl Nick

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Registered: 2017-10-02

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[SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

I am currently setting up my Arch Linux, therefore I installed several packages yesterday (among others the "nvidia" package). After rebooting, the X server won't start anymore. As far as I know, it was previously using the Intel IGP i915, but I am not 100% sure. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling several xorg-related packages, but the X server still won't start. I was already googling my problem for several hours, but I couldn't find any helpful advice.

This is ~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log :
https://nopaste.xyz/?50294b99783a6b4e#I … xqd4ZgBbM=

This is the output of "lspci -k":
https://nopaste.xyz/?9d0df49d8ccac321#q … NABozhWpg=

Thanks in advance for your help!

Last edited by Earl Nick (2017-10-02 18:43:01)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

And why exactly did you install the nvidia package? There is zero indication as to the presence of an nvidia gpu on your system.

Earl Nick

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

Because I am pretty sure there is a Nvidia GPU in it. But no matter if there is one or if there isn't, my goal is now to make the X server work as before.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

Remove the nvidia packages. If that is not enough post your pacman.log, have you adjusted any files manually? If you still believe there to be an nvidia GPU state the exact model of your laptop.

Mod Note: Moving to NC.

Earl Nick

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

I already removed the nvidia packages. This is my /var/log/pacman.log :
https://nopaste.xyz/?324ceba28bb57c84#k … qxfpjKwYE=

I performed the reboot between [2017-10-01 16:25] and [2017-10-01 17:00], then I began uninstalling and reinstalling several packages as the X server did not start anymore.
I changed some files manually, but I reverted back all those changes as they didn't help.
Now I am not that sure anymore, it is a Lenovo ThinkPad T520. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Le … nkPad_T520 says there should be a Nvidia card in it.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

That looks somewhat alright, are you sure that log you posted is the most recent? Can you post a complete dmesg and

ls -l /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/

Earl Nick

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

Yes, I am sure. This is my dmesg:
https://nopaste.xyz/?0a186952065f8b94#2 … c9mhmI8SM=

And this is the output of ls -l /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ :

total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1350 Aug 13 23:40 10-quirks.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  945 Sep 15 20:31 40-libinput.conf

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

[   15.711692] [drm:intel_cpu_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* CPU pipe A FIFO underrun
[   15.712111] [drm:intel_set_pch_fifo_underrun_reporting [i915]] *ERROR* uncleared pch fifo underrun on pch transcoder A
[   15.712236] [drm:intel_pch_fifo_underrun_irq_handler [i915]] *ERROR* PCH transcoder A FIFO underrun

Can you post a kernel log from a 4.12 kernel for comparison please

journalctl -b -1 -k

If -1 is still 4.13 use -2,-3 etc until you find 4.12
You might try adding the kernel parameter intel_iommu=off as a test as well.

Durden

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

I don't see nvidia listed in your lspci command but I do see that the T520 laptop came with "Intel HD Grpahics 3000;NVIDIA NVS 4200M" as graphics options. If this is a dual GPU system then this might help: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Bumblebee

Earl Nick

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

I used the linux-lts-kernel before 4.13, so 4.9 is anything I can serve with:
https://nopaste.xyz/?3526084962640e92#u … XxZjy6vfE=

Unfortunately, the kernel parameter intel_iommu=off did not change anything.

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

[  4621.304] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[  4621.304] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[  4621.304] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[  4621.304] (II) Unloading nvidia
[  4621.304] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[  4621.304] (EE) No drivers available.

Happens (most likely) because of

Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Probably because somebody here around could not resist to run nvidia-xconfig

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Earl Nick

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Re: [SOLVED] X server won't start anymore (Intel i915 IGP and Nvidia GPU)

Thank you so much! That's really a newbie fault
I think my problem was just that I changed many different things at once, and after the reboot, I didn't know which of those changes caused the problem...