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alden_pease 03-19-2011 03:16 PM
Xorg fails to start. XKB error?
 
I am new to X11/Xorg (assuming they are the same thing), and installed it via "apt-get install xorg gdm". When I attempt to do either "startx" or "gdm" I get a few errors, which are printed below.

Code:
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/base
(EE) XKB: Couldn't open rules file /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/xorg
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'
You may view the entire log here: http://aldenpease.me/logs/Xorg.0.log

Also, not printed in the log, I receive this on the monitor:
Code:
X: Unable to open wrapper config file /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config
That file does not exist.

Thank you for your help, and as additional information, I'm a noob to GUI's on linux. I always run apps by the command line, but there is one that only runs on the GUI. Thank you again.

DavidMcCann 03-20-2011 11:47 AM
What, if anything, have you got in /usr/share/X11/xkb/? It looks as if you needed to install more packages than you did.

For the font problem, have a look at
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-fixed-391795/

Generally, you might get some ideas from
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beginners'_Guide

I'm sorry I can't be more specific, never having installed X-Window by hand.

alden_pease 03-20-2011 05:07 PM
The folder /usr/share/X11/xkb/ does not exist, although it's parent does. I have attempted to install the xkb packages with apt, but it claims that they are already installed. Might it work if I copy the rule sets from one machine to the other, or are they generated dynamically? Thank you.

JZL240I-U 03-21-2011 08:43 AM
AFAIK you can create a default set of xorg rules by issuing "xorg -config" (or "xorg -configure"; do a "man xorg"). It will create either a /etcX11/xorg.conf or a bunch of /etcX11/xorg.conf.d/* rules, depending on the xorg version you run (or even both?).

"gdm" is the gnome login-manager. That won't help you without gnome...

alden_pease 03-21-2011 01:53 PM
I have gnome installed, and went through the trouble of reinstall Xorg and Gnome through aptitude, but I'm not quite sure that that was the best decision based on my screen output. I keep getting this:
Code:
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_1: line 8 of xfree86
expected keysym, got XF86_Switch_VT_2: line 11 of xfree86
...
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+AnyOfOrNone...
  Using last definition for duplicate fields.
...
Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server

Fatal server error:
could not open default font "fixed"
The log file has changed and now the only error is the font "fixed". I have tried many things to fix this, but to no avail. The updated log can be viewed here: http://aldenpease.me/logs/Xorg.0.2.log. Thank you.

Update: Here is the listing of my /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc directory: http://aldenpease.me/logs/misc.dir.ls.log. There is no "fixed" font in this folder, and issuing [# find / -name fixed] returned nothing. Here are the contents of fonts.dir: http://aldenpease.me/logs/fonts.dir.txt Thank you again.

JZL240I-U 03-22-2011 04:33 AM
Did you really install Xorg or XFree86? I know that internally there is some overlap but your post doesn't make that entirely clear. Did you try my suggestion and have a look at the (hopefully) resulting config-files?

alden_pease 03-22-2011 02:30 PM
I installed Xorg, not XFree86 (besides the overlap). And the config file lead to nothing, besides the directories being used.

Xorg.conf
Code:
# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
#  sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier        "Generic Keyboard"
        Driver                "kbd"
        Option                "XkbRules"        "xorg"
        Option                "XkbModel"        "pc104"
        Option                "XkbLayout"        "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier        "Configured Mouse"
        Driver                "mouse"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier        "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier        "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier        "Default Screen"
        Monitor                "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"
        FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/"
        FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"
        FontPath  "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"
EndSection
http://aldenpease.me/logs/xorg.conf

DavidMcCann 03-22-2011 04:55 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alden_pease (Post 4297409)
The folder /usr/share/X11/xkb/ does not exist, although it's parent does. I have attempted to install the xkb packages with apt, but it claims that they are already installed. Might it work if I copy the rule sets from one machine to the other, or are they generated dynamically? Thank you.
The stuff in /usr/share/X11/xkb/ is pretty standard, so you could copy. They might be somewhere in /etc though: one never knows with Linux. Search for the directory "semantics" in /etc.

It might be quicker to just re-install!

bluebox 03-22-2011 05:07 PM
I'm not sure what's happening here ...

Quote:
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.2-10.lenny3)
looks like Debian Lenny ^^

"fixed" is just an alias. Do a
Code:
cat /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias
one line (the first line) should be
Code:
fixed        -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-1
Can you reproduce this?

Now let's see where this iso8859-1 stuff hides ...

Code:
locate ISO8859-1.pcf
You should see a lot of files, all within /usr/share/fonts/X11/

Apparently your fonts are correctly placed within /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc

btw, X says "could not open" and not "could not find". What does dmesg say? Out of memory? Any hard drive defects?

Is the package "x-fonts-base" installed?

Quote:
Originally Posted by alden_pease (Post 4298321)
and went through the trouble of reinstall Xorg and Gnome through aptitude,
Simple reinstallation won't help you. You need to remove Xorg with "--purge" option to delete all config files. Then do a new install.

Does
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
help?

Does
Code:
fc-cache --fv
help?

Is there a font server defined? What does
Code:
xfsinfo
say? (You do not need a font server ... but if you have one, it must be configured properly)

Quote:
Originally Posted by alden_pease (Post 4298321)
> Warning: Multiple interpretations of "NoSymbol+AnyOfOrNone...
Using last definition for duplicate fields.
Next problem might by your keyboard not working ... but we'll see

JZL240I-U 03-23-2011 03:03 AM
I'll leave you to the experts for your true troubles, but I noticed one small thing: The drivers for both keyboard and mouse should be the more modern "evdev". Try that one (edit your xorg.conf), it just might help.

alden_pease 03-24-2011 05:40 PM
Okay, I have updates...

xfonts-base.alias does not exist anywhere on my system.
Code:
locate ISO8859-1.pcf
returns only files within the /usr/share/fonts/X11 directory: http://aldenpease.me/logs/locate_iso8859-1.txt
I have never used dmesg before, but it returned this: http://aldenpease.me/logs/dmesg.032411.055455.txt. The command I used was:
Code:
startx && dmesg > [the path]
And onto the subject of reinstall xorg and Gnome, I did purge everything (using aptitude).
Reconfiguring the xserver didn't help at all, it seamed to have had no effect.
Rebuilding the font cache with fc-cache --fv does not help.
And last of all, xfsinfo returns that there is no font server found.

Thank you for your help.

JZL240I-U 03-28-2011 02:37 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alden_pease (Post 4302306)
...xfsinfo returns that there is no font server found.
And is that the case? If so, did you install it? Did anything change?

alden_pease 03-29-2011 04:17 PM
I installed the X Font Server and started it, but nothing has changed.

bluebox 03-30-2011 11:38 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by alden_pease (Post 4302306)
Okay, I have updates...

xfonts-base.alias does not exist anywhere on my system.
So, X can't find its fonts. Nothing new, we knew about it before, but now we know why.

Code:
$ dpkg -S xfonts-base.alias
xfonts-base: /etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias
So, install "xfonts-base", or reinstall it.

alden_pease 04-06-2011 12:47 PM
I have done so, and it has created the [/etc/X11/fonts/misc/xfonts-base.alias] file, but it is still failing to load the font "fixed".

bluebox 04-07-2011 02:01 PM
Okay ... so let's have a look at your Xorg.log ...

Code:
(WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
There is something wrong with "defoma", the DEbian FOnt MAnager. It should not be needed, but I never tried without, as it is installed by default. When I do a search for "defoma", I get these packages listed and installed for me:

defoma fontconfig lmodern x-ttcidfont-conf

Purge them, reinstall them.

Do a
Code:
dpkg-configure xserver-xorg
afterwards.

Code:
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(II) No APM support in BIOS or kernel
This is not a fatal error, but it looks like your intel driver is not really lucky with your hardware.

Your kernel should have ACPI support. Is it disabled in BIOS? Is there a reason for you to do so?

Install "acpid" and see if this warning goes away.

Code:
(WW) intel(0): ESR is 0x00000010, page table error
(WW) intel(0): PGTBL_ER is 0x00000039
(WW) intel(0): PRB0_HEAD (0x01010000) and PRB0_TAIL (0x00000000) indicate ring buffer not flushed
(WW) intel(0): Existing errors found in hardware state.
As I said, your intel diver does not seem to be very happy.

Code:
Change the device section of your Xorg.conf like this:
Section "Device"
        Identifier        "Configured Video Device"
        Driver          "vesa"
EndSection
(I expect "xserver-xorg-video-vesa" to be installed)

vesa is an inferior driver and will give you a low resolution. But this is better than no X at all.

If this solves your problem, see here:
http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/to...font-problems/
for how to improve your Xorg.conf.


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