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Can't log into Desktop: Debian Squeeze

Using Debian Squeeze
Using KDE

I can't load my Desktop. I type in my password and press Enter. The login screen goes away like the Desktop is loading and then it stops, and comes back to the login screen. I don't know what happened; it was working. I tried to configure

Code:

Xorg: Xorg -configure

, and this is what I got:

Quote:

(EE) Failed to load /user/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module nvidia (loader failed, 7)
(++) Using config file: /root/xorg.conf.new
(==) Using system config directory /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d
(EE) [drm] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol
Number of created screens does no match number of detected devices.
Configuration failed

This is my xorg.conf file:

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Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "X.org Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "built-ins"
EndSection

Section "Module"
#Load "dri"
Load "dbe"
Load "record"
#Load "dri2"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "Monitor Model"
EndSection

Section "Device"
### Available Driver options are:-
### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz"
### [arg]: arg optional
#Option "SWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "HWcursor" # [<bool>]
#Option "NoAccel" # [<bool>]
#Option "ShadowFB" # [<bool>]
#Option "VideoKey" # <i>
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
VendorName "nVidia Corporation"
BoardName "NV6 [Vanta/Vanta LT]"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 1
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 4
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 8
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 15
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Thanks for any help

Quote:

(EE) Failed to load /user/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module nvidia (loader failed, 7)

Do you have the nvidia driver installed?

Kind regards

I had exact same problem last saturday when upgrading from wheezy to sid. Reinstall of nvidia drivers fixed it.

No I haven't been using the nvidia drivers. I'm using one of the legacy cards and Squeeze dropped support for it. I have been using the nv driver. That driver was working. How do I track down the problem for this?

Quote:

I have been using the nv driver. That driver was working.

Reinstall the driver ?

Kind regards

Quote:

Originally Posted by JosephS (Post 4305918)

I can't load my Desktop. I type in my password and press Enter. The login screen goes away like the Desktop is loading and then it stops, and comes back to the login screen.

So, the login manager (kdm) is working? If so, X is running okay.

On high school, we used to put the command "logout" into the X-login script of users who did not lock their session and left their terminal unattended. This resulted in exactly the same behaviour as you describe it here.

When you create a new user, can you login into the desktop with this new user?

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Originally Posted by JosephS (Post 4305918)

I tried to configure

Code:

Xorg: Xorg -configure

, and this is what I got:

configure does:

Quote:

When this option is specified, the Xorg server loads all video driver modules, probes for
available hardware, and writes out an initial xorg.conf(5) file based on what was detected.
This option currently has some problems on some platforms, but in most cases it is a good
way to bootstrap the configuration process. This option is only available when the server
is run as root (i.e, with real-uid 0).

So, X finds your old nvidia module, tries it, fails to load it as it does not match your new kernel, and finally fails completely.

You should remove this old module, but this has nothing to do with your logout-problem, I suppose.

hello
i am sajad and very love linux debain... i have debain 5.0.4 and problem have for install
please help me .... thank you

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Originally Posted by samadreza (Post 4323244)

hello
i am sajad and very love linux debain... i have debain 5.0.4 and problem have for install
please help me .... thank you

Hi samadreza,

Welcome to LQ

Please start a new thread for your problem, so more people can help you.
Give as much info as possible.

Kind regards