[SOLVED] Faliure to launch xfce4 with xorg error.

forestoner42174 · 2026-03-06 12:26:13

I have this issue where xcfe4 continues to crash every time I start it up.
I've been told to check the xorg logs, and there are multiple errors.
I tried using the arch wiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#Troubleshooting) to resolve this, but it didn't help.
I would appreciate some assistance on this.

/var/log/Xorg.0.log:

[    71.045] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.21
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    71.045] Current Operating System: Linux (REDACTED) 6.12.75-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:59:39 +0000 x86_64
[    71.045] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=8c7402fe-d25d-4932-9307-55ae4390a746 rw rootflags=subvol=@ zswap.enabled=0 rootfstype=btrfs loglevel=3 nvidia-drm.modeset=1 nvidia-drm-fbdev=1
[    71.046]  
[    71.046] Current version of pixman: 0.46.4
[    71.046] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    71.046] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    71.046] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar  6 14:15:01 2026
[    71.046] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    71.046] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    71.046] (==) ServerLayout "layout"
[    71.046] (**) |-->Screen "nvidia" (0)
[    71.046] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    71.046] (**) |   |-->Device "nvidia"
[    71.046] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "nvidia"
[    71.046] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "integrated"
[    71.046] (==) No monitor specified for screen "nvidia".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    71.046] (**) |-->Inactive Device "integrated"
[    71.046] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[    71.046] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    71.046] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    71.046] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    71.046] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    71.046] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    71.046] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    71.046] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    71.046] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[    71.046] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    71.046] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi
[    71.046] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib32/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[    71.046] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    71.046] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    71.046] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    71.046] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[    71.046] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[    71.046] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    71.056] (--) using VT number 2

[    71.057] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    71.058] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    71.058] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[    71.074] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
[    71.074] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:0a:00.0/drm/card1
[    71.076] (**) OutputClass "nvidia" ModulePath extended to "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib32/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[    71.076] (**) OutputClass "nvidia" ModulePath extended to "/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules,/usr/lib/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia,/usr/lib32/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib32/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg/modules,/usr/lib64/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
[    71.076] (**) OutputClass "nvidia" setting /dev/dri/card1 as PrimaryGPU
[    71.077] (--) PCI: (0@0:2:0) 8086:0a16:103c:2166 rev 9, Mem @ 0xb5000000/4194304, 0xc0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00006000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    71.077] (--) PCI:*(10@0:0:0) 10de:1292:103c:21da rev 161, Mem @ 0xb3000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/268435456, 0xb0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00003000/128
[    71.077] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    71.077] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    71.078] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    71.078] 	compiled for 1.21.1.21, module version = 1.0.0
[    71.078] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    71.078] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    71.078] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    71.079] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    71.079] 	compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[    71.079] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    71.079] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    71.079] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    71.079] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    71.079] 	compiled for 1.21.1.21, module version = 1.21.1
[    71.079] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    71.079] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[    71.079] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  470.256.02  Thu May  2 14:54:41 UTC 2024
[    71.079] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    71.079] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    71.094] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    71.094] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    71.094] (II) Module "fb" already built-in
[    71.094] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    71.094] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    71.094] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    71.094] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    71.094] 	compiled for 1.21.1.21, module version = 1.0.0
[    71.094] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    71.094] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    71.094] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    71.094] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    71.107] (II) modeset(G1): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[    71.107] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    71.124] (EE) No devices detected.
[    71.124] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    71.124] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    71.124] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    71.124] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    71.124] (EE) 
[    71.194] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

Specs: (output of inxi -Fxz)

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.75-1-lts arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.54.1 Distro: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP Pavilion 15 Notebook PC
    v: 098C110000404100000610180 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 2166 v: 29.40 serial: <superuser required>
    Firmware: UEFI vendor: Insyde v: F.42 date: 12/04/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.8 Wh (95.7%) condition: 21.8/21.8 Wh (100%)
    volts: 17.19 min: 14.8 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary status: charging
CPU:
  Info: dual core model: Intel Core i7-4500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Haswell rev: 1 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 512 KiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2993 min/max: 800/3000 cores: 1: 2993 2: 2993 3: 2993
    4: 2993 bogomips: 19160
  Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208M [GeForce GT 740M] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 470.256.02 arch: Kepler-2 bus-ID: 0a:00.0
  Device-3: Chicony HP Truevision HD camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    bus-ID: 1-3:3
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 24.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.9
    compositor: Hyprland v: 0.54.1 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,kms_swrast,nvidia,swrast platforms:
    active: gbm,wayland,x11,surfaceless,device inactive: device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.0.1-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW
    GT2)
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.75-1-lts status: kernel-api
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.10 status: active
Network:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R PCIe vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 08:00.0
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 09:00.0
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: CloudflareWARP state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
    mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Ralink RT3290 Bluetooth vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A
    bus-ID: 08:00.1
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 132.96 GiB (55.8%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda model: SSD-256G size: 238.47 GiB
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 237.47 GiB used: 132.8 GiB (55.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-2: /boot size: 1022 MiB used: 167.5 MiB (16.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
  ID-3: /home size: 237.47 GiB used: 132.8 GiB (55.9%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2
  ID-4: /var/log size: 237.47 GiB used: 132.8 GiB (55.9%) fs: btrfs
    dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 4 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 66.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.69 GiB used: 2.08 GiB (27.0%)
  Processes: 197 Uptime: 9m Init: systemd
  Packages: 1333 Compilers: clang: 21.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.9
    inxi: 3.3.40

Last edited by forestoner42174 (2026-03-06 13:09:37)

TartilupA · 2026-03-06 12:35:11

Do u use xinit or sddm?
try to delete all current configs: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/
here in logs xorg tries to set nvidia as primary gpu but in your laptop the display is hardwired in the intel igp
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus

Last edited by TartilupA (2026-03-06 12:44:50)

forestoner42174 · 2026-03-06 13:09:13

deleting the xorg config files seems to have solved my problem.
thanks for your help.

forestoner42174 · 2026-03-06 13:15:12

deleting the xorg config files seems to have solved my problem.
thanks for your help.

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#1 2026-03-06 12:26:13

[SOLVED] Faliure to launch xfce4 with xorg error.

#2 2026-03-06 12:35:11

Re: [SOLVED] Faliure to launch xfce4 with xorg error.

#3 2026-03-06 13:09:13

Re: [SOLVED] Faliure to launch xfce4 with xorg error.

#4 2026-03-06 13:15:12

Re: [SOLVED] Faliure to launch xfce4 with xorg error.

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