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Careo

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[Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Xorg doesn't boot and displays no errors.

log file:
https://pastebin.com/rpBcNZnH

I'm not sure what caused this, it could be an upgrade, I tried few things in tty, like pacman -Syu or reinstall xorg with pacman -S xorg. Nothing worked. This is extremely annoying because after I run startx, I can't do anything, even change the tty.

Last edited by Careo (2024-04-06 15:10:58)

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Currently I'm getting error from XKB: Failed to compile keymap

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

[   257.545] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[   257.545] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:03.1/0000:09:00.0/drm/card1
[   257.546] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card1 226:1 fd 13 paused 0
[   257.546] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   257.546] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/platform/simple-framebuffer.0/drm/card0
[   257.546] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 14 paused 0
[   257.551] (--) PCI:*(9@0:0:0) 10de:1f06:1458:3ff1 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072

[   521.900] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs        for all framebuffer devices

You have 2 drm devices but only 1 card (nvidia) .
This smells like a conflict between the simpledrm device and the nvidia card .

try adding nvidia-drm.modeset=1 as paramter to your kernel command line .

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2024-04-06 11:24:06)

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Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

I did the nvidia thing, confirmed using cat and fixed XKB fail, but now I'm getting different error.
xinit: Unable to run program "xterm": No such file or directory.
I'm puzzled.

xterm problem fixed.

Last edited by Careo (2024-04-06 12:28:51)

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Xorg doesn't start, but log says no errors, very weird. I see the error when running xinit, not startx which freezes my PC

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Currently xorg freezes and outputs no log,  I don't know what I can do at this point, please help.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

append systemd.unit=multi-user.target to your boot command line (how to do that depends on your bootloader) .
This will ensure you boot to a console login and not start any graphical stuff.

login as root, run

journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

It will output an url, post that url.

Also post your user ~/.xinitrc  file.

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Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Before I do that let me quickly add that I'm able to run startx with sudo, but that's not practical solution.

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

journalctl:
0x0.st/XiMz.txt

Last edited by Careo (2024-04-06 12:52:10)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Apr 06 14:35:55 archlinux kernel: Command line: initrd=\amd-ucode.img initrd=\initramfs-linux.img root=PARTUUID=6684c6a6-d1bb-429a-bfd2-94a7806d9505 zswap.enabled=0 rw rootfstype=ext4

I asked you to add stuff to your kernel command line twice now, but you haven't done that.
Maybe i wasn't clear enough that you need to change the actually used kernel boot command, not a file under /etc/modprobe.d .

Apr 06 14:40:11 carch kernel: [drm:drm_new_set_master] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000900] Failed to grab modeset ownership
Apr 06 14:40:11 carch kernel: [drm:drm_new_set_master] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000900] Failed to grab modeset ownership
Apr 06 14:40:36 carch kernel: [drm:drm_new_set_master] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000900] Failed to grab modeset ownership

Confirms the conflict between the simpledrm and the nvidia videocard is causing the problems.

What bootloader are you using ?

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Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

You are right, I edited the file instead.

Last edited by Careo (2024-04-06 13:12:16)

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

the journal shows nvidia TRIES to use modesetting and FAILS.

Apart from replacing the nvidia card by something else or switching to an old kernel from before arch enabled SimpleDRM, the only known way to fix this is :

add nvidia-drm.modeset=1 to the command that boots your system.

The journal lines I posted in #12 clearly show you have added it somewhere else.

Ok, new journal please.

Last edited by Lone_Wolf (2024-04-06 13:13:07)

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Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

I mean that I edited the wrong file under /etc. I'm currently trying to figure out how edit the correct file.

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Sorry, I'm quite lost. I use systemd-boot and I'm trying to follow wikis instructions but I'm failing to do so. It says to hold space while booting to open menu, but I can't seem to do that.

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

Okay, I managed to that, but the problem still occurs.
journal:
http://0x0.st/XiMp.txt

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

append systemd.unit=multi-user.target to your boot command line (how to do that depends on your bootloader) .
This will ensure you boot to a console login and not start any graphical stuff.

login as root, run

journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

It will output an url, post that url.

Also post your user ~/.xinitrc  file.

Here is both xinitrc and xprofile:
https://pastebin.com/kHMMgMAx

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

When I try to shutdown my PC after using startx it says: Waiting for X server to accept connections.

Careo

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Re: [Solved] Xorg freezes on boot

After 8 hours I finally solved it! It had nothing to do with nvidia, xorg, xinit or anything of this nature. It was actually caused by linking /usr/bin/sh to zsh!
I found the answer here:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=257503