X won't start after upgrade. [SOLVED]

jazen · 2010-09-29 23:12:41

Another system update, another failed to X server and it may partially be my fault. After running pacman -Syu, it listed a few things that were "no longer needed" so I decided to do some housekeeping and remove it. Those files were xbitmaps, xorg-server-utils and ladspa. Well, now X is broken.

When the computer starts up, it takes me to the terminal login prompt. And if I let it sit, the following message pops up

INIT Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

and when I try and start X manually, I get the following errors

dlopen: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: undefined symbol: miEmptyData
(EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No Such process (errno 3): Server error.

Here's my pacman log with what was changed

[2010-09-29 02:03] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -Sy'
[2010-09-29 02:03] synchronizing package lists
[2010-09-29 02:04] starting full system upgrade
[2010-09-29 02:04] Running '/usr/bin/pacman -S -u'
[2010-09-29 02:04] starting full system upgrade
[2010-09-29 02:08] upgraded bluez (4.71-1 -> 4.72-1)
[2010-09-29 02:08] upgraded cairo (1.8.10-1 -> 1.10.0-2)
[2010-09-29 02:08] upgraded fluidsynth (1.1.1-2 -> 1.1.2-1)
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> MKINITCPIO SETUP
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> ----------------
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> If you use LVM2, Encrypted root or software RAID,
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> Ensure you enable support in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf .
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> More information about mkinitcpio setup can be found here:
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mkinitcpio
[2010-09-29 02:08]
[2010-09-29 02:08] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
[2010-09-29 02:08] ==> Building image "default"
[2010-09-29 02:08] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26.img
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Begin build
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Parsing hook [autodetect]
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-09-29 02:08] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-09-29 02:09] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-09-29 02:09] ==> Building image "fallback"
[2010-09-29 02:09] ==> Running command: /sbin/mkinitcpio -k 2.6.35-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/kernel26-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Begin build
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [base]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [udev]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [pata]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [scsi]
[2010-09-29 02:09] :: Parsing hook [sata]
[2010-09-29 02:10] :: Parsing hook [filesystems]
[2010-09-29 02:10] :: Generating module dependencies
[2010-09-29 02:10] :: Generating image '/boot/kernel26-fallback.img'...SUCCESS
[2010-09-29 02:10] ==> SUCCESS
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded kernel26 (2.6.35.5-1 -> 2.6.35.6-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] installed glproto (1.4.12-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded mesa (7.8.2-1 -> 7.8.2-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded nss (3.12.7-1 -> 3.12.8-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded qt (4.6.3-1 -> 4.7.0-2)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded vlc (1.1.4-2 -> 1.1.4.1-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-acecad (1.4.0-2 -> 1.4.0-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-aiptek (1.3.0-2 -> 1.3.1-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-elographics (1.2.4-1 -> 1.2.4-2)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-evdev (2.4.0-2 -> 2.5.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-fpit (1.3.0-5 -> 1.3.0-6)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-hyperpen (1.3.0-4 -> 1.3.0-5)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-joystick (1.5.0-2 -> 1.5.0-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-keyboard (1.4.0-2 -> 1.4.0-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-mouse (1.5.0-2 -> 1.6.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-mutouch (1.2.1-5 -> 1.2.1-6)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-penmount (1.4.1-2 -> 1.4.1-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-synaptics (1.2.2-2 -> 1.3.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-vmmouse (12.6.7-1 -> 12.6.10-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-input-void (1.3.0-2 -> 1.3.0-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xf86-video-vesa (2.3.0-2 -> 2.3.0-3)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xkeyboard-config (1.8-1 -> 1.9-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] installed xorg-server-common (1.9.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:10] upgraded xorg-server (1.8.1.902-1 -> 1.9.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:11] upgraded xulrunner (1.9.2.10-1 -> 1.9.2.10-2)
[2010-09-29 02:13] Running 'pacman -R xbitmaps'
[2010-09-29 02:13] removed xbitmaps (1.1.0-1)
[2010-09-29 02:13] Running 'pacman -R ladspa'
[2010-09-29 02:13] removed ladspa (1.13-2)
[2010-09-29 02:20] Running 'pacman -R xorg-server-utils'
[2010-09-29 02:20] removed xorg-server-utils (7.5-6)
[2010-09-29 11:19] Running 'pacman -S xorg-server-utils'
[2010-09-29 11:20] installed xorg-server-utils (7.5-6)
[2010-09-29 11:26] Running 'pacman -S xbitmaps'
[2010-09-29 11:26] installed xbitmaps (1.1.0-1)

I've tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers too but to no avail. Any assistance will be appreciated.

Thanks,
-Jason

Last edited by jazen (2010-10-01 09:27:33)

Phlogiston · 2010-09-30 13:18:36

Did you try nvidia-beta from AUR?

jazen · 2010-09-30 17:18:39

No, I didn't. I figured the nvidia-173xx drivers were working and didn't want to mess with that.

jazen · 2010-10-01 09:28:17

For those that are keeping score, the problem has been resolved. I ended up replacing my drivers with xf86-video-nouveau and it fixed the issue.

singenbale · 2010-10-01 11:21:38

I installed Arch 3 days back. It was a fresh install. Then did a system update via pacman -Syu and then installed xorg. After which i installed nvidia-96xx drivers along with nvidia-96xx-utils, did nvidia-xconfig and Xorg started just fine.
For some reason i wanted to do the same thing the following day and found that xorg would not start giving the same error as given by OP. When I changed the driver in DEVICE section of /etc/X11/xorg.conf from nvidia to vesa, xorg started fine with the vesa driver.
Eventually I found that on the first occassion the system upgrade had downloaded xorg-server-1.8.1.902 while the second upgrade had downloaded xorg-server-1.9. Obviously it was from a different mirror site that i had used this time.
In the end i solved the problem by installing the old version of xorg and using it with nvidia drivers (nvidia-96xx)

karol · 2010-10-01 12:10:59

jazen wrote:

For those that are keeping score, the problem has been resolved. I ended up replacing my drivers with xf86-video-nouveau and it fixed the issue.

Have you tried downgrading xorg-server? The new 173xx drivers should arrive in the near future.

Please use [ code ] tags, not [ quote ] tags for posting snippets of code.

rabid_works · 2010-10-01 12:55:32

jazen@ : I had the same issue and Karol's advice in the above post worked for me, which I preferred to running nouveau. You may like to have a look at the following thread if you haven't already seen it :

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=105728

karol · 2010-10-01 13:01:27

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 12#p834012 :-)

mike54 · 2010-10-01 16:32:30

Hi,
same problem here - updated Xorg to 1.9 -> Xorg won't start. After an hour long struggle I've managed to downgrade it back to 1.8.something (using "yaourt -Sd xorg" and a mirror in the Czech Republic) and everything is as it was before the upgrade. As I have nvidia5200FX, using nouveau is not an option for me. I just hope the 173xx drivers will be out soon.

Mike

karol · 2010-10-01 16:35:29

mike54 wrote:

Hi,
same problem here - updated Xorg to 1.9 -> Xorg won't start. After an hour long struggle I've managed to downgrade it back to 1.8.something (using "yaourt -Sd xorg" and a mirror in the Czech Republic) and everything is as it was before the upgrade. As I have nvidia5200FX, using nouveau is not an option for me. I just hope the 173xx drivers will be out soon.
Mike

You can use nouveau but the performance will drop.
Old packages can be found http://arm.konnichi.com/search/

Willie Green · 2010-10-01 17:54:07

singenbale wrote:

I installed Arch 3 days back. It was a fresh install. Then did a system update via pacman -Syu and then installed xorg. After which i installed nvidia-96xx drivers along with nvidia-96xx-utils, did nvidia-xconfig and Xorg started just fine.

I used to use the nvidia-96xx drivers until a couple months ago when xorg changes started causing problems. I was content with the open-source xf86-video-nv driver until a couple days ago when IT wouldn't work after an xorg upgrade. So now I completely reinstalled X and am simply running the xf86-video-vesa driver.

It works ok, I suppose...
Except for when I exit my desktop (fluxbox) and quit X......
All I get is a garbled screen and can't see the prompt.
(I can enter the commands to reboot and that'll reset my display... but it's a pain in the derriere.)

karol · 2010-10-01 17:55:35

Willie Green wrote:

singenbale wrote:
I installed Arch 3 days back. It was a fresh install. Then did a system update via pacman -Syu and then installed xorg. After which i installed nvidia-96xx drivers along with nvidia-96xx-utils, did nvidia-xconfig and Xorg started just fine.
I used to use the nvidia-96xx drivers until a couple months ago when xorg changes started causing problems. I was content with the open-source xf86-video-nv driver until a couple days ago when IT wouldn't work after an xorg upgrade. So now I completely reinstalled X and am simply running the xf86-video-vesa driver.
It works ok, I suppose...
Except for when I exit my desktop (fluxbox) and quit X......
All I get is a garbled screen and can't see the prompt.
(I can enter the commands to reboot and that'll reset my display... but it's a pain in the derriere.)

It's getting OT, but maybe you should try nouveau.

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#1 2010-09-29 23:12:41

X won't start after upgrade. [SOLVED]

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