[SOLVED]Startx makes x server run but with no video output

neoware · 2024-06-01 04:44:19

After logging in and using startx as i always do, my computer looses signal, which can be brought back after i change tty. Using htop on tty2 shows that startx and i3wm are running as they should.
No apparent errors are shown on Xorg.0.log

By omitting my ~/.xinitrc file the error still persist

After regenerating the config files with Xorg -configure and X -configure the error still persists

I really dont know if this is normal but the $DISPLAY variable was empty too.

Last edited by neoware (2024-06-02 01:37:43)

seth · 2024-06-01 06:34:42

After regenerating the config files with Xorg -configure and X -configure the error still persists

Problem number #1: don't write static server layout, let alone using Xorg -configure or nvidia settings or anything like that.
They're archaic relics from the dawn of ages, the yonder years of yore.
=> Remove the xorg.conf and post your xinitrc and the xorg log.

I really dont know if this is normal but the $DISPLAY variable was empty too.

on tty2? That's normal.

neoware · 2024-06-01 16:16:09

Sorry for the late reply, and thank you very much for helping me!
The DISPLAY variable is empty on all tty, not only tty2.

The Xorg.0.log after removing xorg.conf is:
https://pastebin.com/0BKdqFLz

And the .xinitrc is:
https://pastebin.com/34EX6BS2

seth · 2024-06-01 18:40:52

xiitrc is unsuspicious, maybe post your i3 config (most importantly whether anything xrandr happens there)

[   127.454] (II) modeset(G0): Printing probed modes for output None-1-1
[   127.454] (II) modeset(G0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   47.19  1024 1024 1024 1024  768 768 768 768 (46.1 kHz eP)

That's the SIMPLYDUMB device because

nvidia-drm-modeset=1

is wrong - it's

nvidia_drm.modeset=1

Other than that an output is detected on the nviida chip

[   126.950] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CHD PMG30C900WFG (DFP-2): connected
[   126.950] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CHD PMG30C900WFG (DFP-2): Internal TMDS
[   126.950] (--) NVIDIA(GPU-0): CHD PMG30C900WFG (DFP-2): 600.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
…
[   127.007] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[   127.007] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "DFP-2:nvidia-auto-select"
[   127.007] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 2560 x 1080
[   127.062] (--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (94, 94); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
[   127.062] (--) NVIDIA(0):     option

neoware · 2024-06-01 20:13:54

By using the default i3 configuration, which worked just fine when making the installation the error continues, so i dont think its my i3 configuration.

Also, i fixed the nvidia-drm-modeset=1 command and still nothing.

Atp should i just reinstall x-server? Is it doable or not a good practice?

neoware · 2024-06-02 01:35:52

The problem was solved.

I backed up my initrc and i3 config, used "pacman -Rn xorg-server", removed the X11 folder in the /etc directory and pacman -S xorg-server again.

Next time i used startx i didnt lost signal and could see the default i3 config, then i simply used my backed up configuration and it worked.

TL;DR: unistall xorg, remove its dotfiles and install again

seth · 2024-06-02 06:40:52

TL;DR: unistall xorg, remove its dotfiles and install again

That' not a good idea and not all files in /etc/X11 belong to xorg-server, most notably you lost /etc/X11/xinit

Unfortunately it's not gonna be possible to determine what has caused this, though there's a chance that a custom configlet in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d was at fault.

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#1 2024-06-01 04:44:19

[SOLVED]Startx makes x server run but with no video output

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