[SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

celsofaf · 2007-08-07 22:30:12

Hello. Until yesterday everything went fine for me and my loved Arch. I didn't mess with my settings, was just using. But, today morning I turned the PC on, loaded Arch and... no KDM to start. Some time later, the console login window appeared. I logged in and tried startx (as user and as root), without any success. The screen "wants to load something", but returns to the console, and I can't retrieve warnings. I also tried startkde, but it gives a few warning messages, then shows a sort of help page, and quits. Unfortunately I don't know how to retrieve those warnings.

I even try, as root, a '/etc/rc.d/kdm restart', with same result as a startx.

In doubt, I have made a 'pacman -Suy' - useless, because I had already done that before sleeping and only a few very minor stuff was upgraded. No success. Even tried the Fallback kernel, no success. Desperately, even tried re-installing xorg and the nvidia driver; same "result".

No, I didn't mess with my xorg.conf - it is there as it was left, working for months without a change. Also, my video card is not damaged - I can run other distros just fine with full use of my video card.

Sorry, I have no clue how to get more info to help with my problem. Can I have some hints and then, when I get back home, I'll try them? Or did anyone experience something so stupid like this?...

:/:mad:

Thanks in advance

Last edited by celsofaf (2007-08-11 12:37:12)

chaosgeisterchen · 2007-08-07 22:43:31

Maybe there's some upgrade you installed that broke X. You might check /var/log/pacman.log and look, if packages in connection with X were upgraded.

Which repos do you use - especially testing? Which version of xorg do you have installed?

# version of xserver
pacman -Qs xorg-server
# version of nvidia driver
pacman -Qs nvidia

celsofaf · 2007-08-08 03:21:37

chaosgeisterchen wrote:

Maybe there's some upgrade you installed that broke X. You might check /var/log/pacman.log and look, if packages in connection with X were upgraded.

I just looked at. On the last upgrade before I turned the PC off (before the problem appeared), only this needed an upgrade (and got it):

[2007-08-06 22:45] synchronizing package lists
[2007-08-06 22:46] starting full system upgrade
[2007-08-06 22:46] upgraded sdl_net (1.2.7-1 -> 1.2.7-2)

chaosgeisterchen wrote:

Which repos do you use - especially testing? Which version of xorg do you have installed?

I was using current, extra and community. When the problem came, I instinctively turned the testing repo on just to try and see if it fixes something, then 'pacman -Suy' and...

[2007-08-07 08:19] upgraded nvidia (100.14.11-4 -> 100.14.11-4)
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==> X.Org has been installed to a different prefix and is modular now.
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==> Not all packages are installed by default.
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==> Your configure file needs updating.
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==>
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==> Make sure you read http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg7
[2007-08-07 09:06] ==>
[2007-08-07 09:06] upgraded xorg (11R7.0-1 -> 11R7.0-1)
[2007-08-07 09:08] synchronizing package lists
[2007-08-07 09:08] starting full system upgrade
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded kernel-headers (2.6.21.1-1 -> 2.6.22.1-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] reloading init: done.
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL USERS:
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==>
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> Locales are no longer included in the glibc package.
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> They are generated by /usr/sbin/locale-gen depending on the contents
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> of /etc/locale.gen.
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> glibc will try to autodetect the required locales now, if you need
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> additional locales, please enable them in /etc/locale.gen and run
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==> /usr/sbin/locale-gen
[2007-08-07 09:13] ==>
[2007-08-07 09:13] Generating locales...
[2007-08-07 09:13] en_US.UTF-8... done
[2007-08-07 09:13] Generation complete.
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded glibc (2.6-2 -> 2.6.1-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded binutils (2.17-4 -> 2.17.50.0.18-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded compositeproto (0.3.1-1 -> 0.4-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded gcc (4.2.1-1 -> 4.2.1-3)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded gcc-fortran (4.2.1-1 -> 4.2.1-3)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded libxcomposite (0.3.2-1 -> 0.4.0-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded mesa (6.5.2-1 -> 7.0-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] Updating vi help tags...done.
[2007-08-07 09:13] installed vi (7.1.47-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] create vi related symlinks...
[2007-08-07 09:13] create vim related symlinks...
[2007-08-07 09:13] Updating vim help tags...done.
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded vim (7.1.12-1 -> 7.1.47-1)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded xf86-input-keyboard (1.1.1-1 -> 1.1.1-2)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded xf86-input-mouse (1.2.1-1 -> 1.2.1-2)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded xf86-video-vesa (1.3.0-1 -> 1.3.0-2)
[2007-08-07 09:13] upgraded xorg-server (1.2.0-5 -> 1.3.0.0-4)

...but the problem persisted. Then I came to the forum.

Last edited by celsofaf (2007-08-08 03:22:26)

chaosgeisterchen · 2007-08-08 08:28:18

You might try downgrading xorg-server to 1.2.0.5 again.

pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server-1.2.0-5.pkg.tar.gz

It might help. Downgrading sdl_net might also be tried, but I do not think that it has any effect on X.

calef13 · 2007-08-08 11:19:19

What does your <b>/var/log/Xorg.log</b> say?

Calef13

celsofaf · 2007-08-09 02:09:51

chaosgeisterchen wrote:

You might try downgrading xorg-server to 1.2.0.5 again.
It might help. Downgrading sdl_net might also be tried, but I do not think that it has any effect on X.

Well, I cannot realy downgrade them as I have the bad habit of cleaning my /var/cache/pacman/pkg from time to time, and last time I cleared was not long before the problems. Maybe I should download the xorg-server and sdl_net manualy from the current repo and then downgrade it. Yes, I will do it and tell what happened. Will also downgrade nvidia.

calef13 wrote:

What does your <b>/var/log/Xorg.log</b> say?
Calef13

This:

X Window System Version 1.3.0
Release Date: 19 April 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 1.3
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux celso-arch 2.6.22-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 2 18:27:37 CEST 2007 i686
Build Date: 05 August 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Aug  8 22:17:58 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
(**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
(**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
(WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi".
        Entry deleted from font path.
        (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi").
(==) FontPath set to:
        /usr/share/fonts/misc,
        /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
        /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
        /usr/share/fonts/Type1
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
(II) Loader magic: 0x81e0860
(II) Module ABI versions:
        X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
        X.Org Video Driver: 1.2
        X.Org XInput driver : 0.7
        X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
        X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 1.2
(++) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1039,0648 card 1043,8086 rev 11 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1039,0003 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 1039,0963 card 0000,0000 rev 25 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 1039,0016 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 0c,05,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:5: chip 1039,5513 card 1043,8087 rev 00 class 01,01,80 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:02:7: chip 1039,7012 card 1043,80b0 rev a0 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 1039,7001 card 1043,8087 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:03:1: chip 1039,7001 card 1043,8087 rev 0f class 0c,03,10 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:03:2: chip 1039,7002 card 1043,8087 rev 00 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 1039,0900 card 1043,80a7 rev 91 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0c:0: chip 1106,3106 card 1106,0105 rev 86 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 10de,0221 card 1682,2152 rev a1 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
        [0] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0xd6000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x2000000) MX[b]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
        [0] -1  0       0xdff00000 - 0xfebfffff (0x1ed00000) MX[b]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:2:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] rev 161, Mem @ 0xd7000000/24, 0xe0000000/28, 0xd6000000/24, BIOS @ 0xdffe0000/17
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
        [0] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[b]
        [1] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd8000000 from 0xdbffffff to 0xd7ffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [1] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [6] -1  0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [7] -1  0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [8] -1  0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [9] -1  0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [10] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [11] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [12] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [13] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [14] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [15] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
        [0] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [1] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [6] -1  0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [7] -1  0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [8] -1  0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [9] -1  0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [10] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [11] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [12] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [13] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [14] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [15] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
        [0] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
(II) All system resource ranges:
        [0] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [6] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [7] -1  0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [8] -1  0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [9] -1  0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [10] -1 0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [11] -1 0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [12] -1 0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [13] -1 0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [14] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [15] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [16] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [17] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [18] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [19] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [20] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.2
        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts//libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 2.1.0
        Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
        ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions//libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Server Extension
        ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) NVIDIA GLX Module  100.14.11  Wed Jun 13 18:58:58 PDT 2007
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers//nvidia_drv.so
(II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
        compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
        Module class: X.Org Video Driver
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.1.0
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input//mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.1.1
        Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
        ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.7
(II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  100.14.11  Wed Jun 13 18:23:34 PDT 2007
(II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
(II) Loading sub module "fb"
(II) LoadModule: "fb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libfb.so
(II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
        compiled for 1.3.0, module version = 1.0.0
        ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.3
(II) Loading sub module "wfb"
(II) LoadModule: "wfb"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules//libwfb.so
(II) Module wfb: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
        compiled for 7.1.99.2, module version = 1.0.0
(II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
(II) LoadModule: "ramdac"(II) Module already built-in
(II) resource ranges after xf86ClaimFixedResources() call:
        [0] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [6] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [7] -1  0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [8] -1  0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [9] -1  0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [10] -1 0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [11] -1 0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [12] -1 0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [13] -1 0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [14] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [15] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [16] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [17] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [18] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [19] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [20] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
(II) resource ranges after probing:
        [0] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [1] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [2] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [4] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [6] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [7] -1  0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [8] -1  0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [9] -1  0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [10] -1 0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [11] -1 0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [12] -1 0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [13] -1 0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [14] 0  0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b]
        [15] 0  0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b]
        [16] 0  0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b]
        [17] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [18] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [19] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [20] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [21] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [22] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [23] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [24] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
        [25] 0  0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b]
        [26] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b]
(II) Setting vga for screen 0.
(**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
(==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
(==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
(==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
(**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling RENDER acceleration
(II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X extensions is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
(II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce 6200 (NV44) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 262144 kBytes
(--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 05.44.a2.10.81
(II) NVIDIA(0): Detected AGP rate: 8X
(--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
(--) NVIDIA(0): Connected display device(s) on GeForce 6200 at PCI:1:0:0:
(--) NVIDIA(0):     LG T730SH (CRT-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0):     NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0)
(--) NVIDIA(0): LG T730SH (CRT-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA TV Encoder (TV-0): 400.0 MHz maximum pixel clock
(--) NVIDIA(0): TV encoder: NVIDIA
(II) NVIDIA(0): Assigned Display Device: CRT-0
(II) NVIDIA(0): Validated modes:
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1280x1024"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "1024x768"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "800x600"
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "640x480"
(II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 1280 x 1024
(--) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (98, 108); computed from "UseEdidDpi" X config
(--) NVIDIA(0):     option
(==) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 32-bit ARGB GLX visuals.
(--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
(II) do I need RAC?  No, I don't.
(II) resource ranges after preInit:
        [0] 0   0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
        [1] 0   0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b]
        [2] 0   0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b]
        [3] -1  0       0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[b]E(B)
        [4] -1  0       0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[b]
        [5] -1  0       0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[b]
        [6] -1  0       0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[b]
        [7] -1  0       0xd3800000 - 0xd38000ff (0x100) MX[b]
        [8] -1  0       0xd4000000 - 0xd4000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [9] -1  0       0xd4800000 - 0xd4800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [10] -1 0       0xd5000000 - 0xd5000fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [11] -1 0       0xd5800000 - 0xd5800fff (0x1000) MX[b]
        [12] -1 0       0xd8000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x0) MX[b]O
        [13] -1 0       0xdffe0000 - 0xdfffffff (0x20000) MX[b](B)
        [14] -1 0       0xd6000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [15] -1 0       0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[b](B)
        [16] -1 0       0xd7000000 - 0xd7ffffff (0x1000000) MX[b](B)
        [17] 0  0       0x000a0000 - 0x000affff (0x10000) MS[b](OprD)
        [18] 0  0       0x000b0000 - 0x000b7fff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
        [19] 0  0       0x000b8000 - 0x000bffff (0x8000) MS[b](OprD)
        [20] -1 0       0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[b]
        [21] -1 0       0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [22] -1 0       0x00009400 - 0x000094ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [23] -1 0       0x00009800 - 0x000098ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [24] -1 0       0x0000a000 - 0x0000a07f (0x80) IX[b]
        [25] -1 0       0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0x100) IX[b]
        [26] -1 0       0x0000b400 - 0x0000b40f (0x10) IX[b]
        [27] -1 0       0x0000e600 - 0x0000e61f (0x20) IX[b]
        [28] 0  0       0x000003b0 - 0x000003bb (0xc) IS[b](OprU)
        [29] 0  0       0x000003c0 - 0x000003df (0x20) IS[b](OprU)
(II) NVIDIA(0): Unable to connect to the ACPI daemon; the ACPI daemon may not
(II) NVIDIA(0):     be running or the "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration option
(II) NVIDIA(0):     may not be set correctly.  When the ACPI daemon is
(II) NVIDIA(0):     available, the NVIDIA X driver can use it to receive ACPI
(II) NVIDIA(0):     events.  For details, please see the "ConnectToAcpid" and
(II) NVIDIA(0):     "AcpidSocketPath" X configuration options in Appendix B: X
(II) NVIDIA(0):     Config Options in the README.

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x81) [0x80bc5d1]
1: [0xb7f75420]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

celsofaf · 2007-08-09 02:28:41

OK, just downgraded xorg-server; the only one to downgrade, as it was the only one "ahead of time" compared to the current repository, so since I had next to none cache, was the only one I could download and downgrade. But the problem persists.

By the way, the elinks broser is cool.

celsofaf · 2007-08-09 02:40:50

Should that help? Here is an excerpt from my /var/log/kdm.log file; the first half of it corresponding to the last session before the "crash" (everything working fine), and the second half is for the first tried session after. The blocks after that to the end are basicaly the same.

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux celso-arch 2.6.22-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 2 18:27:37 CEST 2007 i686
Build Date: 08 April 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Aug  5 23:02:26 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 134
>                   Using <KPPT>, ignoring <I06>
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0434299562/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0434299562/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0434299562/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0434299562/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
QSettings: error creating /tmp/0434299562/.qt
QSettings: failed to open file '/tmp/0434299562/.qt/qt_plugins_3.3rc'
QSettings::sync: filename is null/empty
The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
> Warning:          Multiple names for keycode 134
>                   Using <KPPT>, ignoring <I06>
> Warning:          Type "ONE_LEVEL" has 1 levels, but <RALT> has 2 symbols
>                   Ignoring extra symbols
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server
(EE) NVIDIA(0): Error recovery failed.
(EE) NVIDIA(0):  *** Aborting ***
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
SetClientVersion: 0 9
SetGrabKeysState - disabled
SetGrabKeysState - enabled
FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/share/fonts/misc" refcount is 2, should be 1; fixing.

X Window System Version 7.2.0
Release Date: 22 January 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN 
Current Operating System: Linux celso-arch 2.6.22-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 2 18:27:37 CEST 2007 i686
Build Date: 08 April 2007
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Aug  6 22:44:17 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

Backtrace:
0: /usr/bin/X(xf86SigHandler+0x84) [0x80d0574]
1: [0xb7f28420]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Last edited by celsofaf (2007-08-09 02:41:31)

tmadhavan · 2007-08-10 10:17:53

Looks pretty weird - I'm assuming you're using the same Xorg.conf?

I had some weird problem the other day where I tried to suspend to disk, then rebooted and all my X config files had disappeared! Tho, that was easy to fix - looks like your X is a bit broken for some reason. Wish I could help more!

celsofaf · 2007-08-10 15:10:33

Yes, my xorg.conf was not changed a single character for months, and it didn't change before or after the problem.

I just guess I'll do a fresh new install of Arch. Who knows this fixes my X. Yes, it is very weird!...

dwbell · 2007-08-10 18:51:08

This happened to me yesterday as well. I ran

hdw -xa
aticonfig --initial

rebooted and all was fine....

celsofaf · 2007-08-10 22:24:01

I just did 'hwd -xa', reseted the nvidia driver stuff and reinstalled it, to no avail.

OK, let's do another clean Arch install. It's always fun, right? Now, downloading the Don't Panic ISO, so that I won't panic myself.

I consider this case closed.

tmadhavan · 2007-08-11 11:31:20

PIty though, when the machine wins...

celsofaf · 2007-08-11 12:36:50

Well... Go figure! Today I woke up and turned the PC on, loaded Arch for a last check... Now it decided to work all fine.

Go figure! Murphy's law with us...?

Don't you just hate when it happens?

Arch Linux

#1 2007-08-07 22:30:12

[SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#2 2007-08-07 22:43:31

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#3 2007-08-08 03:21:37

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#4 2007-08-08 08:28:18

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#5 2007-08-08 11:19:19

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#6 2007-08-09 02:09:51

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#7 2007-08-09 02:28:41

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#8 2007-08-09 02:40:50

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#9 2007-08-10 10:17:53

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#10 2007-08-10 15:10:33

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#11 2007-08-10 18:51:08

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#12 2007-08-10 22:24:01

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#13 2007-08-11 11:31:20

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

#14 2007-08-11 12:36:50

Re: [SOLVED] X stopped working - all was fine... :(

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