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miesnerd

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Registered: 2008-02-17

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errors preventing X from loading

When i run startx, I receive two errors, which read:
(EE) Failed to load module "speedo" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) AIGLX: Screen O is not DRI capable

as best I recall, AIGLX is for ATI cards, and setting vesa to be the driver should prevent this from being an issue, which i tried.
I have no clue what speedo is, and i've searched here and on the rest of the al's great internet, and am yet to find what this is. I searched X.org an's wiki and got zero hits. How can that even be possible?

Im just trying to get X to work. Any suggestions will be appreciated and tried.

Miesnerd

mfa

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Registered: 2007-10-04

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

Hey there!

Well, although I can't remember having heard of the module "speedo" so far, I would try the following:
It it likely that X is trying to load this module because it finds a load command in the config file.

Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf in your favourite editor and look for a section called Module (Section "Module").
If there is a line in this section looking similar to Load "speedo", try to comment this line out.
(This is done with the '#' character (#Load "speedo").

Then try to restart the X server and look what happens. Because X is throwing another error with AIGLX it may be necessary to comment this line out, too (something like #Load "aiglx" or so).

Hope this helped a bit.

Cheers,
mfa

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

thanks I'll try that here in a minute. I just didnt know if it was safe to comment those out or not, because while I'd heard of aiglx, I hadnt heard of speedo.

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

nothing.
When re-reading the error again, i noticed how it said module doesnt exist for the "speedo". Im wondering, since there is nothing in xorg.conf about "speedo", does that mean that I need to build/configure that somehow? If so, please give me detailed instructions.

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

i thought I'd also add that below the two errors, it always says

"waiting for X server to shut down FreeFontPath: FPE "/usr/shre/fonts/misc" refcoint is 2, should be 1; fixing"

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

also another question, can I not use AIGLX, can I force it to use something that is more generic, such as vesa?

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

Speedo is just a font that can be used in X.  To get it pacman -S fonts-bitstream-speedo or as someone else mentioned comment out the FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.  Just to get things going also check for and maybe comment out Load "dri" and Load "glx" if it's there.

The other error about FreeFontPath won't stop X from loading.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-03-07 20:13:05)

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miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

i tried it, still not working.
just to make sure im commenting out correctly (since I seem to be getting the same errors) all I have to do is put a # at the beginning of the line, correct?

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

oh, and im still getting the same errors. Now, commented out, are:
###  Load "glx"
### Load "dri"

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

ok, an update. I played with the xorg.conf and now, those AIGLX errors are gone, and instead, I am getting mouse errors (3)
They are:
(EE) xf860OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/mouse No such file or directory
(EE) Mouseo: cannot open input device
(EE) PreInit failed for input device "Mouse0"
No core pointer.

I'll play with mice and we'll see what happens.

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

update: now the only error i get is a fatal error: could not open default font "fixed". This may be baecause I had to comment out  the file "Font Path
"usr/share/fonts/misc" because it was giving me an error.

bgc1954

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

To get the misc fonts which may fix your problem just do a

pacman -S xorg-fonts-misc

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miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

cant pacman; no internet. i got this far by finding and working with a arch office install :
http://user-contributions.org/wikis/use … Install_CD

not the preferred method, but I tried using the up to date arch install, but it doesnt come with X. What a wise decesion that is.
Therefore, this seems to be the best solution for me to get a working (graphical) desktop on my system then get internet, then get my system up to date.

miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

well as an update, i finally got it to work, so I guess this thread can be considered "solved". Just tinkering that did it, though.

bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

You don't need X to use pacman.  When X kicks you back into the terminal you should be able to type in su to change to root user and enter your root passwd.  Then you should be able to use pacman if you have set up your /etc/rc.conf for eth0 or whatever you are using.  Sorry, I'm not familiar with the arch office setup--I've always used a base setup and then installed the rest via pacman.

Maybe I'm not understanding this at all, though.  Is this computer able to be connected to the internet at all?

Edit:  Sorry my posting was a tad late.  Glad to see you got it going.

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-03-08 02:00:29)

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miesnerd

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

yeah, the computer can connect, but its wifi and im using a dish and its over quite a distance. Its not unusual to have to restart my internet a few times an evening, so installing a whole system is out of the question via the internet. However, upgrading is totally feasbile.
I have on campus high speed access during the day, but at night, i have to work with what I have.

I know I dont need X to use pacman, but to use pacman, you generally use the internet. I tried a while ago and couldnt get my wifi working via the terminal. Seriously, imo, that's what a GUI is for.

bgc1954

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Re: errors preventing X from loading

Yes you're right, everyone is allowed an opinion and you are entitled to yours. Arch's keep it simple philosophy doesn't rely on gui's to install, though, and alot of hard-core linux users don't like to use gui's at all.  That's the beauty of linux.  You get to do what you want and not what some corporate hauncho dictates to you.

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Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz