/dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

tacitdynamite · 2011-06-25 07:12:37

I'm from ubuntu-land; just got a new compy with 64-bit Win 7, and thought I'd give Arch a try in VirtualBox. I'm completely new to Arch. I want to get awesome wm working, but am having trouble just getting startx off the ground.

I've followed the guides at:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ar … lBox_Guest
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xorg#Running_Xorg
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

I'm getting the following error upon startx:
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) AIGLX error: vboxvideo does not export required DRI extension

I've googled around, but most of the results for this seem to be stale, containing references to hwd:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51886

Any hints?

Last edited by tacitdynamite (2011-07-06 02:18:21)

mykey · 2011-06-25 13:12:13

Hi

A floppy does not get automatically mounted in arch-linux - on your host do as root:

# modprobe floppy
# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

To get rid of the AIGLX error you should add a line in your xorg.conf 'ServerFlags' Section like:

Option         "AIGLX" "true"

... hope that helps

karol · 2011-06-25 13:14:18

mykey wrote:

Hi
A floppy does not get automatically mounted in arch-linux - on your host do as root:
# modprobe floppy
# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy

OP's problem is /dev/fb0 - framebuffer, not floppy disk.

tacitdynamite · 2011-06-25 14:10:11

I am now able to get sudo startx to work, but not regular startx. Same errors as before, though:
http://pastebin.com/kpsgBLUG
I am still surfing around for a solution.

Lone_Wolf · 2011-06-25 14:55:38

Check if the dev/fb0 device does exist in your VM, if it does verify your user is a member of the video group.

tacitdynamite · 2011-06-26 21:13:22

Sorry for my ignorance; how do I check if dev/fb0 exists in my VM? Do you mean check if /dev/fb0 exists in my VM guest installation of Arch? There is no file or directory /dev/fb0, that's for sure.

tacitdynamite · 2011-06-27 00:14:13

After reading more thoroughly through

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … #Testing_X

I have discovered the problem:

"If you installed Xorg before creating your regular user, there will be an empty .xinitrc file in your $HOME that you need to either delete or edit in order to start a graphical environment. Simply deleting it will cause X to run with the default environment (twm, xclock, xterm).
$ rm ~/.xinitrc"

I installed Xorg after creating my regular user. After removing my ~/.xinitrc, everything was fine.

ewaller · 2011-06-27 03:16:44

tacitdynamite wrote:

After reading more thoroughly through
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … #Testing_X
I have discovered the problem:
"If you installed Xorg before creating your regular user, there will be an empty .xinitrc file in your $HOME that you need to either delete or edit in order to start a graphical environment. Simply deleting it will cause X to run with the default environment (twm, xclock, xterm).
$ rm ~/.xinitrc"
I installed Xorg after creating my regular user. After removing my ~/.xinitrc, everything was fine.

Terrific. Please edit your first post and change the thread title and add [SOLVED]
Thanks.

mykey:
I don't think those commands will do much on a Microsoft Windows 7 64 bit host. I could be wrong

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#1 2011-06-25 07:12:37

/dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#2 2011-06-25 13:12:13

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#3 2011-06-25 13:14:18

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#4 2011-06-25 14:10:11

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#5 2011-06-25 14:55:38

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#6 2011-06-26 21:13:22

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#7 2011-06-27 00:14:13

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

#8 2011-06-27 03:16:44

Re: /dev/fb0: no such file or directory [SOLVED]

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