Can't start X/gdm3 in Debian Wheezy w/ ATI Radeon HD 6310 on Toshiba Satellite c855

mesoderm · 09-05-2013, 03:56 AM

I have been having a lot of problems trying to get Debian Wheezy installed on a Toshiba Satellite C855 laptop. Currently, I am trying to figure out why I cannot boot into X.

During the boot process, when it says that it's going to load gdm3, it just goes to a blank screen with a blinking cursor. It doesn't freeze the computer, and it doesn't crash -- I am able to use Alt+Fx to switch to the terminal screens ... but it never loads. It just sits there indefinitely.

I have installed firmware-linux-nonfree and I have tried using the fglrx drivers as well as the open source radeon drivers. Both result in the same thing.

Can someone please help me figure out how to get this working?

Here is the output of lspci -nn:

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00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 14h Processor Root Complex [1022:1510]
00:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI Wrestler [Radeon HD 6310] [1002:9802]
00:11.0 SATA controller [0106]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH SATA Controller [AHCI mode] [1022:7801]
00:12.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:12.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:13.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:13.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:14.0 SMBus [0c05]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH SMBus Controller [1022:780b] (rev 14)
00:14.2 Audio device [0403]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH Azalia Controller [1022:780d] (rev 01)
00:14.3 ISA bridge [0601]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH LPC Bridge [1022:780e] (rev 11)
00:14.4 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH PCI Bridge [1022:780f] (rev 40)
00:15.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0) [1022:43a0]
00:15.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Hudson PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1) [1022:43a1]
00:16.0 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB OHCI Controller [1022:7807] (rev 11)
00:16.2 USB controller [0c03]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] FCH USB EHCI Controller [1022:7808] (rev 11)
00:18.0 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 0 [1022:1700] (rev 43)
00:18.1 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 1 [1022:1701]
00:18.2 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 2 [1022:1702]
00:18.3 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 3 [1022:1703]
00:18.4 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 4 [1022:1704]
00:18.5 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 6 [1022:1718]
00:18.6 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 5 [1022:1716]
00:18.7 Host bridge [0600]: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 12h/14h Processor Function 7 [1022:1719]
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8188CE 802.11b/g/n WiFi Adapter [10ec:8176] (rev 01)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller [10ec:8136] (rev 05)

Here are the contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log:

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[   694.880] 
X.Org X Server 1.12.4
Release Date: 2012-08-27
[   694.887] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   694.890] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[   694.892] Current Operating System: Linux debian 3.10-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.10.5-1~bpo70+1 (2013-08-11) x86_64
[   694.892] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.10-0.bpo.2-amd64 root=UUID=059462b8-8d9c-4068-9740-f0c603d34848 ro radeon.modeset=1 nomodeset
[   694.897] Build Date: 17 April 2013  10:22:47AM
[   694.900] xorg-server 2:1.12.4-6 (Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>) 
[   694.902] Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
[   694.907] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   694.907] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   694.918] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Sep  5 01:41:54 2013
[   694.918] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f991fb25ae0
[   694.918] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   694.918] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   694.918] 	X.Org Video Driver: 12.1
[   694.918] 	X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[   694.918] 	X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[   694.920] (--) PCI:*(0:0:1:0) 1002:9802:1179:fde6 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0300000/262144, I/O @ 0x00004000/256
[   694.924] List of video drivers:
[   694.927] 	savage
[   694.929] 	radeon
[   694.932] 	r128
[   694.934] 	vmware
[   694.937] 	chips
[   694.939] 	mga
[   694.942] 	s3virge
[   694.944] 	voodoo
[   694.947] 	tdfx
[   694.949] 	neomagic
[   694.951] 	mach64
[   694.953] 	apm
[   694.955] 	siliconmotion
[   694.958] 	i128
[   694.960] 	ark
[   694.962] 	rendition
[   694.964] 	intel
[   694.966] 	sis
[   694.967] 	tseng
[   694.969] 	cirrus
[   694.971] 	openchrome
[   694.973] 	nouveau
[   694.975] 	s3
[   694.977] 	ati
[   694.978] 	sisusb
[   694.980] 	trident
[   694.982] 	fbdev
[   694.984] 	vesa
[   694.984] (II) LoadModule: "savage"
[   694.984] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/savage_drv.so
[   695.012] (II) Module savage: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.012] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.3.4
[   695.012] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.012] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.012] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[   695.012] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[   695.013] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.013] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[   695.013] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.013] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.013] (II) LoadModule: "r128"
[   695.014] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so
[   695.024] (II) Module r128: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.024] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 6.8.2
[   695.024] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.024] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.024] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
[   695.024] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
[   695.037] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.038] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 12.0.2
[   695.038] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.038] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.038] (II) LoadModule: "chips"
[   695.038] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/chips_drv.so
[   695.052] (II) Module chips: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.052] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.2.4
[   695.052] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.052] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.052] (II) LoadModule: "mga"
[   695.052] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mga_drv.so
[   695.065] (II) Module mga: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.065] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.5.0
[   695.065] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.065] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.065] (II) LoadModule: "s3virge"
[   695.065] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.so
[   695.076] (II) Module s3virge: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.077] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.10.4
[   695.077] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.077] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.077] (II) LoadModule: "voodoo"
[   695.077] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/voodoo_drv.so
[   695.101] (II) Module voodoo: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.102] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.1.0
[   695.102] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.102] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.102] (II) LoadModule: "tdfx"
[   695.102] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.so
[   695.126] (II) Module tdfx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.126] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.4.4
[   695.126] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.126] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.126] (II) LoadModule: "neomagic"
[   695.126] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/neomagic_drv.so
[   695.140] (II) Module neomagic: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.140] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.2.6
[   695.141] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.141] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.141] (II) LoadModule: "mach64"
[   695.141] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so
[   695.149] (II) Module mach64: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.149] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 6.9.1
[   695.149] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.149] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.149] (II) LoadModule: "apm"
[   695.150] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/apm_drv.so
[   695.156] (II) Module apm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.156] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.2.3
[   695.156] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.156] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.156] (II) LoadModule: "siliconmotion"
[   695.157] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/siliconmotion_drv.so
[   695.159] (II) Module siliconmotion: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.159] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.7.6
[   695.159] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.159] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.159] (II) LoadModule: "i128"
[   695.159] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i128_drv.so
[   695.195] (II) Module i128: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.195] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.3.5
[   695.195] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.195] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.195] (II) LoadModule: "ark"
[   695.196] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ark_drv.so
[   695.210] (II) Module ark: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.210] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.7.4
[   695.210] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.210] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.210] (II) LoadModule: "rendition"
[   695.210] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/rendition_drv.so
[   695.224] (II) Module rendition: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.224] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 4.2.4
[   695.224] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.224] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.224] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[   695.224] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[   695.287] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.287] 	compiled for 1.12.3.902, module version = 2.19.0
[   695.287] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.287] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.287] (II) LoadModule: "sis"
[   695.288] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so
[   695.324] (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.324] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.10.4
[   695.324] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.324] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.324] (II) LoadModule: "tseng"
[   695.324] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/tseng_drv.so
[   695.336] (II) Module tseng: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.336] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.1.0
[   695.336] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.336] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.336] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus"
[   695.337] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_drv.so
[   695.360] (II) Module cirrus: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.360] 	compiled for 1.12.1.902, module version = 1.4.0
[   695.360] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.360] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.360] (II) LoadModule: "openchrome"
[   695.361] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/openchrome_drv.so
[   695.389] (II) Module openchrome: vendor="http://openchrome.org/"
[   695.389] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.2.906
[   695.389] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.389] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.389] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[   695.389] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nouveau_drv.so
[   695.405] (II) Module nouveau: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.405] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.1
[   695.405] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.405] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.405] (II) LoadModule: "s3"
[   695.405] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/s3_drv.so
[   695.417] (II) Module s3: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.417] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.6.3
[   695.417] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.417] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.417] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[   695.418] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[   695.418] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.418] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[   695.418] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.418] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.418] (II) LoadModule: "sisusb"
[   695.419] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisusb_drv.so
[   695.425] (II) Module sisusb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.425] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.9.4
[   695.425] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.425] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.425] (II) LoadModule: "trident"
[   695.426] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/trident_drv.so
[   695.440] (II) Module trident: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.440] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 1.3.5
[   695.440] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.440] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.441] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[   695.441] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[   695.441] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.442] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.4.2
[   695.442] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.442] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[   695.442] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[   695.442] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.442] 	compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.3.1
[   695.442] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   695.442] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.442] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
	ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL M24 GL 3154 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 3155 (PCI),
	ATI Radeon X600 (RV380) 3E50 (PCIE),
	ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380) 3E54 (PCIE), ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3) 4136,
	ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4) 4137, ATI Radeon 9500 AD (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9500 AE (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600TX AF (AGP),
	ATI FireGL Z1 AG (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800SE AH (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9800 AI (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 AJ (AGP),
	ATI FireGL X2 AK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600 AP (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600SE AQ (AGP), ATI Radeon 9600XT AR (AGP),
	ATI Radeon 9600 AS (AGP), ATI FireGL T2 AT (AGP), ATI Radeon 9650,
	ATI FireGL RV360 AV (AGP), ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+) 4237,
	ATI Radeon 8500 AIW BB (AGP), ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1) 4336,
	ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2) 4337,
	ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP 4437, ATI Radeon 9000/PRO If (AGP/PCI),
	ATI Radeon 9000 Ig (AGP/PCI), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JH (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420) JI (AGP),
	ATI Radeon X800SE (R420) JJ (AGP), ATI Radeon X800 (R420) JK (AGP),
        [...]
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI Radeon HD 5670,
	ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series, REDWOOD,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series,
	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics,
	ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics, CEDAR,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter,
	ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, ATI FirePro 2270, CEDAR,
	ATI Radeon HD 5450, CEDAR, CEDAR, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series, CAYMAN, CAYMAN,
	CAYMAN, AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
	BARTS, BARTS, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series,
	Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS, BARTS,
	AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series,
	AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS, TURKS,
	CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS,
	CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, CAICOS, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA, ARUBA,
	ARUBA, ARUBA
[   695.456] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for s3virge
[   695.456] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for voodoo
[   695.456] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for neomagic
[   695.456] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for apm
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for siliconmotion
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for i128
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for ark
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sis
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for tseng
[   695.457] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for cirrus
[   695.457] (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_laguna"
[   695.457] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_laguna"
[   695.457] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_laguna.so
[   695.459] (II) Module cirrus_laguna: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.459] 	compiled for 1.12.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[   695.459] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.459] (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_alpine"
[   695.459] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_alpine"
[   695.460] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_alpine.so
[   695.461] (II) Module cirrus_alpine: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.461] 	compiled for 1.12.1.902, module version = 1.0.0
[   695.461] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[   695.461] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for s3
[   695.461] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sisusb
[   695.461] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for trident
[   695.462] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[   695.462] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[   695.506] (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
[   695.508] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   695.509] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[   695.509] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[   695.509] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[   695.510] (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
[   695.510] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
[   695.510] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[   695.510] (**) |   |-->Device "Card1"
[   695.510] (**) |-->Screen "Screen2" (2)
[   695.510] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor2"
[   695.511] (**) |   |-->Device "Card2"
[   695.511] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[   695.511] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[   695.511] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   695.511] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   695.511] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   695.511] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   695.511] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[   695.511] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   695.511] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[   695.511] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   695.511] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[   695.511] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   695.511] (**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	built-ins,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
	built-ins
[   695.511] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   695.511] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[   695.511] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[   695.511] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[   695.513] (II) [KMS] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol, no kernel modesetting.
[   695.513] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[   695.513] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[   695.514] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[   695.514] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[   695.514] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   695.514] 	compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.0.2
[   695.514] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[   695.514] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[   695.518] Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
  Configuration failed.

Let me know if any other information would be helpful in determining the problem. Thanks!

adamk75 · 09-05-2013, 12:00 PM

You can't use the open source radeon driver if you are disabling kernel modesetting (KMS) by passing nomodeset to the kernel as you are.

mesoderm · 09-05-2013, 04:25 PM

Thank you. I get this error message whether I pass nomodeset in grub or not. Does this mean that nomodeset is enabled by default? How would I change this? I've seen in other places that I could pass radeon.modeset=1 to the kernel, but when I try this I also get the same error message about "no kernel modesetting". What do I need to do?

Would it help for me to install an unstable/testing/backports version of X maybe? If so, what's the most reliable way to do this?

Also, is it possible for me to just run X with vesa for now, or some generic video driver instead of using radeon, just so I can at least get into X? How would I do this?

adamk75 · 09-05-2013, 07:19 PM

When you're not using nomodeset, grab the output of dmesg and show it to us.

You should be able to use the vesa Xorg driver, but you will need to create an xorg.conf file that specifies only the vesa driver.

Adam

mesoderm · 09-07-2013, 01:03 AM

I am not passing nomodeset to the kernel.

Ater running modprobe radeon, I get the error radeon_uvd: Can't load firmware "radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin" , so I downloaded the ucode file SUMO_uvd.bin from this site, and placed it into /lib/firmware/radeon ... before loading the module, /proc/fb contains 0 EFI VGA ... afterwards, it contains 0 radeondrmfb

Anyhow, I am now able to start X, and get to the Gnome desktop, but the mouse and keyboard do not work (I can't even switch back to the terminal with CTRL+ALT+F1, and have to reboot) ...

After running modprobe radeon, here is the output of dmesg:

Code:

[... beginning of dmesg truncated to fit within post size limit ... if you need more info, I can post the full output of dmesg in another post]
[   10.336259] Key type dns_resolver registered
[   10.382423] FS-Cache: Netfs 'nfs' registered for caching
[   10.486590] Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@monad.swb.de).
[   13.149572] input: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device as /devices/virtual/input/input1
[   15.229941] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
[   15.229991] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[   15.229997] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[   15.230018] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[   15.230025] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[   15.230040] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[   15.440676] Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
[   15.440709] Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
[   15.440714] Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.11
[   15.452226] Bluetooth: BNEP (Ethernet Emulation) ver 1.3
[   15.452236] Bluetooth: BNEP filters: protocol multicast
[   15.452259] Bluetooth: BNEP socket layer initialized
[   16.394826] lp: driver loaded but no devices found
[   16.496438] ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
[   19.713518] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   19.713746] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   19.875714] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   19.875937] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   19.980831] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   19.981056] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.084618] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.084843] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.188068] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.188292] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.294297] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.294522] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.401724] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[   20.401949] pci 0000:00:01.0: Invalid ROM contents
[  137.298745] [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810
[  137.374429] [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled.
[  137.408382] checking generic (e0000000 420000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000)
[  137.408399] fb: conflicting fb hw usage radeondrmfb vs EFI VGA - removing generic driver
[  137.408687] Console: switching to colour dummy device 80x25
[  137.409703] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (PALM 0x1002:0x9802 0x1179:0xFDE6).
[  137.409786] [drm] register mmio base: 0xF0300000
[  137.409790] [drm] register mmio size: 262144
[  137.409836] [drm] ACPI VFCT contains a BIOS for 00:01.0 1002:9802, size 17408
[  137.409855] ATOM BIOS: Toshiba
[  137.409933] radeon 0000:00:01.0: VRAM: 384M 0x0000000000000000 - 0x0000000017FFFFFF (384M used)
[  137.409941] radeon 0000:00:01.0: GTT: 512M 0x0000000018000000 - 0x0000000037FFFFFF
[  137.410237] [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=384M, BAR=256M
[  137.410247] [drm] RAM width 32bits DDR
[  137.410438] [TTM] Zone  kernel: Available graphics memory: 1819790 kiB
[  137.410443] [TTM] Initializing pool allocator
[  137.410455] [TTM] Initializing DMA pool allocator
[  137.410524] [drm] radeon: 384M of VRAM memory ready
[  137.410529] [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready.
[  197.421380] platform radeon_uvd.0: firmware: agent did not handle request for radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin
[  197.421610] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon_uvd: Can't load firmware "radeon/SUMO_uvd.bin"
[  197.421675] [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072
[  197.423979] [drm] Loading PALM Microcode
[  197.715288] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: agent loaded radeon/PALM_pfp.bin into memory
[  197.716074] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: agent loaded radeon/PALM_me.bin into memory
[  197.716785] platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: agent loaded radeon/SUMO_rlc.bin into memory
[  197.722209] [drm] PCIE GART of 512M enabled (table at 0x0000000000040000).
[  197.722452] radeon 0000:00:01.0: WB enabled
[  197.722463] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 0 use gpu addr 0x0000000018000c00 and cpu addr 0xffff880036c5bc00
[  197.722470] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fence driver on ring 3 use gpu addr 0x0000000018000c0c and cpu addr 0xffff880036c5bc0c
[  197.722479] [drm] Supports vblank timestamp caching Rev 1 (10.10.2010).
[  197.722482] [drm] Driver supports precise vblank timestamp query.
[  197.722533] radeon 0000:00:01.0: irq 42 for MSI/MSI-X
[  197.722565] radeon 0000:00:01.0: radeon: using MSI.
[  197.722620] [drm] radeon: irq initialized.
[  197.739968] [drm] ring test on 0 succeeded in 1 usecs
[  197.740037] [drm] ring test on 3 succeeded in 1 usecs
[  197.741009] [drm] ib test on ring 0 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  197.741049] [drm] ib test on ring 3 succeeded in 0 usecs
[  197.797308] [drm] radeon atom DIG backlight initialized
[  197.797328] [drm] Radeon Display Connectors
[  197.797335] [drm] Connector 0:
[  197.797344] [drm]   LVDS-1
[  197.797349] [drm]   HPD1
[  197.797355] [drm]   DDC: 0x6430 0x6430 0x6434 0x6434 0x6438 0x6438 0x643c 0x643c
[  197.797358] [drm]   Encoders:
[  197.797362] [drm]     LCD1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[  197.797365] [drm] Connector 1:
[  197.797369] [drm]   HDMI-A-1
[  197.797372] [drm]   HPD2
[  197.797376] [drm]   DDC: 0x6440 0x6440 0x6444 0x6444 0x6448 0x6448 0x644c 0x644c
[  197.797379] [drm]   Encoders:
[  197.797382] [drm]     DFP1: INTERNAL_UNIPHY
[  197.797385] [drm] Connector 2:
[  197.797388] [drm]   VGA-1
[  197.797393] [drm]   DDC: 0x64d8 0x64d8 0x64dc 0x64dc 0x64e0 0x64e0 0x64e4 0x64e4
[  197.797396] [drm]   Encoders:
[  197.797399] [drm]     CRT1: INTERNAL_KLDSCP_DAC1
[  197.797475] [drm] Internal thermal controller without fan control
[  197.797608] [drm] radeon: power management initialized
[  198.290330] [drm] fb mappable at 0xE0142000
[  198.290339] [drm] vram apper at 0xE0000000
[  198.290343] [drm] size 4325376
[  198.290346] [drm] fb depth is 24
[  198.290350] [drm]    pitch is 5632
[  198.290700] fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device
[  198.781518] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 170x48
[  198.789869] radeon 0000:00:01.0: fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device
[  198.789875] radeon 0000:00:01.0: registered panic notifier
[  198.790319] [drm] Initialized radeon 2.33.0 20080528 for 0000:00:01.0 on minor 0

Here are the contents of Xorg.0.log:

Code:

[    19.947]
X.Org X Server 1.12.4
Release Date: 2012-08-27
[    19.947] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    19.947] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[    19.947] Current Operating System: Linux debian 3.10-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.10.5-1~bpo70+1 (2013-08-11) x86_64
[    19.947] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.10-0.bpo.2-amd64 root=UUID=059462b8-8d9c-4068-9740-f0c603d34848 ro quiet
[    19.948] Build Date: 17 April 2013  10:22:47AM
[    19.948] xorg-server 2:1.12.4-6 (Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>)
[    19.948] Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
[    19.948]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
   to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    19.948] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
   (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
   (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    19.948] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Sep  6 13:02:50 2013
[    19.948] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    19.949] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    19.949] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    19.949] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    19.949] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    19.949] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
   Using a default monitor configuration.
[    19.949] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    19.949] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    19.950] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    19.950]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    19.950] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[    19.950]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    19.950] (==) FontPath set to:
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
   /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
   built-ins
[    19.950] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    19.950] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
   If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    19.950] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f75fbb85ae0
[    19.950] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    19.950]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    19.950]    X.Org Video Driver: 12.1
[    19.950]    X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[    19.950]    X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[    19.952] (--) PCI:*(0:0:1:0) 1002:9802:1179:fde6 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0300000/262144, I/O @ 0x00004000/256
[    19.952] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[    19.952] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    19.953] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[    19.954] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.954]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    19.954]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    19.954]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension SELinux
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    19.954] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[    19.954] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    19.954] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[    19.955] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.955]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    19.955]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    19.955]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.955] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    19.955] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    19.955] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    19.955] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.955]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    19.955]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.955] (==) AIGLX enabled
[    19.956] (II) Loading extension GLX
[    19.956] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    19.956] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[    19.956] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.956]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
[    19.956]    Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    19.956]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.956] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[    19.956] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    19.957] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[    19.957] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.957]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    19.957]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.957] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    19.957] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    19.957] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    19.958] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.958]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[    19.958]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    19.958] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    19.958] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[    19.958] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 1
[    19.958] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[    19.958] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    19.958] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[    19.959] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[    19.959] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.959]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[    19.959]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    19.959]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[    19.959] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[    19.959] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[    19.960] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.960]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 6.14.99
[    19.960]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    19.960]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[    19.960] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    19.961] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[    19.961] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.961]    compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.3.1
[    19.961]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    19.961]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[    19.961] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    19.961] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[    19.961] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.962]    compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 0.4.2
[    19.962]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.0
[    19.962] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI Radeon chipsets:
   ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24) 3150 (PCIE), ATI FireMV 2400 (PCI),
   ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24) 3152 (PCIE),
        [... Truncated to fit in post size limit ... HD 6310 is included here]
   ARUBA, ARUBA
[    19.987] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[    19.987] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[    19.987] (++) using VT number 8

[    19.997] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported.
[    19.997] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[    19.997] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[    19.997] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    19.997] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    19.997] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    19.997] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.997]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.0.2
[    19.997]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[    19.998] (II) RADEON(0): TOTO SAYS 00000000f0300000
[    19.998] (II) RADEON(0): MMIO registers at 0x00000000f0300000: size 256KB
[    19.998] (II) RADEON(0): PCI bus 0 card 1 func 0
[    19.998] (II) RADEON(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
   "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    19.998] (==) RADEON(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    19.998] (II) RADEON(0): Pixel depth = 24 bits stored in 4 bytes (32 bpp pixmaps)
[    19.998] (==) RADEON(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    19.998] (II) Loading sub module "vgahw"
[    19.998] (II) LoadModule: "vgahw"
[    19.999] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
[    19.999] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    19.999]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 0.1.0
[    19.999]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[    19.999] (II) RADEON(0): vgaHWGetIOBase: hwp->IOBase is 0x03b0
[    19.999] (==) RADEON(0): RGB weight 888
[    19.999] (II) RADEON(0): Using 8 bits per RGB (8 bit DAC)
[    19.999] (--) RADEON(0): Chipset: "AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics" (ChipID = 0x9802)
[    19.999] (--) RADEON(0): Linear framebuffer at 0x00000000e0000000
[    20.000] (II) RADEON(0): PCIE card detected
[    20.000] (II) Loading sub module "int10"
[    20.000] (II) LoadModule: "int10"
[    20.000] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
[    20.000] (II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    20.000]    compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    20.000]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
[    20.000] (II) RADEON(0): initializing int10
[    20.001] (EE) RADEON(0): V_BIOS address 0xd00 out of range
[    20.001] (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to read PCI ROM!
[    20.001] (II) RADEON(0): Attempting to read un-POSTed bios
[    20.001] (WW) RADEON(0): Failed to read PCI ROM!
[    20.001] (WW) RADEON(0): Unrecognized BIOS signature, BIOS data will not be used
[    20.002] (II) UnloadModule: "radeon"
[    20.002] (II) UnloadSubModule: "int10"
[    20.002] (II) Unloading int10
[    20.002] (II) UnloadSubModule: "vgahw"
[    20.002] (II) Unloading vgahw
[    20.002] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[    20.002]
Fatal server error:
[    20.002] no screens found
[    20.002]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
    at http://wiki.x.org
 for help.
[    20.002] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    20.002]
[    20.011] Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.