[Solved]Last update broke my X. Now it doesn't want to start

raxbg · 2011-09-01 10:56:49

Hi everyone,
I updated my 64 bit Arch today, and when i rebooted the X server didn't start. When I type in "startx" I am getting error message which says something like "Failed to load module nvidia (module requirement missmatch, 0)", but i can load nvidia module with "modprobe nvidia" then when I type in "startx" again everything is the same. How do I overcome this problem. I think I have been using this version of nvidia driver since 2011-08-17 but today my kernel version changed. Can this be the problem and what should I do in this case? I tried downloading the same driver from the nvidia site, so I can build it on my system with the new kernel but I ended up with the same error. I'm thinking of trying the new 285 BETA driver but probably this won't help either. Please give me some hints on what should I do. If this is not the proper place for my post, please excuse me

Last edited by raxbg (2011-09-01 14:26:00)

laloch · 2011-09-01 11:11:06

Is it on testing? If so, you need to add

Option "IgnoreABI" "True"

to ~~ServerLayout~~ ServerFlags section of your xorg.conf

Last edited by laloch (2011-09-01 11:13:36)

raxbg · 2011-09-01 11:57:36

Thank you laloch, this did the job, but triggered another problem ->
Buttons problem: http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5505 … 11436r.png
the buttons outlines don't show up and the background of the dock at the bottom is also broken and so is the windows titlebar. Is this somehow related to the IgnoreABI option or is the driver incompatible with the new kernel? I am using compiz btw... but everything elese seems to be working good(except that xbmc doesn't want to start).

Moderator edit
Please do not include images of this size in your posts: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … s_and_Code

Last edited by bernarcher (2011-09-01 12:43:54)

laloch · 2011-09-01 12:18:54

raxbg wrote:

Is this somehow related to the IgnoreABI option or is the driver incompatible with the new kernel? I am using compiz btw... but everything elese seems to be working good(except that xbmc doesn't want to start).

There's nothing wrong with your kernel. The problem seems to be incompatibility between nvidia blob and Xorg 1.11 (which was detected, but overriden by IgnoreABI). You can either try the beta driver or downgrade Xorg to 1.10 from extra.

karol · 2011-09-01 13:43:17

raxbg, are you using [testing]? If so, you really should subscribe to the ML.
http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/ … 21479.html

Last edited by karol (2011-09-01 13:45:09)

raxbg · 2011-09-01 14:07:49

Thank you all. You guessed, I was using [testing] and this is what caused the problems. Anyway i reverted xorg-server, xorg-server-common and their dependacies to their previous versions and everything is working good now. No need for option "IgnoreABI" anymore Thank you very much guys and sorry for the big image, won't happen again!

karol · 2011-09-01 14:28:57

Next time, if you're using [testing], please open the thread in Testing subforum https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewforum.php?id=49

raxbg · 2011-09-01 16:54:03

Ok, as I said I am sorry if this was not the right place for my problem. I am newbie to forums

karol · 2011-09-01 17:44:43

raxbg wrote:

Ok, as I said I am sorry if this was not the right place for my problem. I am newbie to forums

I know you're new here, I didn't mean to be mean, I was just in a hurry, that's why I didn't say 'please' :-)
This was just a friendly reminder, a gentle poke in the right direction.

laloch · 2011-09-01 17:51:41

karol wrote:

Next time, if you're using [testing], please open the thread in Testing subforum

karol wrote:

I didn't mean to be mean, I was just in a hurry, that's why I didn't say 'please' :-)

Heh, you actually did

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[Solved]Last update broke my X. Now it doesn't want to start

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