Changed hardware, now X won't start.

hacker supreme · 03-09-2007, 11:57 AM

I just migrated to a new box with a better processor and new motherboard. Unfortunately, now Xserver will not start. I really don't want to re-install and lose all my apps.

I am running Ubuntu 6.06LTS and my new hardware is as follows:

AMD Athlon64 3500+ 2.2GHz
512MB RAM
80GB EIDE as Primary Master
nVidia GeForce 6100 built in

The system functions perfectly well, except for Xserver not starting.
I copied the most recent Xorg log, and here it is:

Quote:

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15.7 i686
Current Operating System: Linux Xanu 2.6.15-26-386 #1 PREEMPT Fri Sep 8 19:55:17 UTC 2006 i686
Build Date: 16 March 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Thu Mar 8 17:31:49 2007
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "PHILIPS 107E"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "stylus"
(**) |-->Input Device "cursor"
(**) |-->Input Device "eraser"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi,/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
(==) RgbPath set to "/etc/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 10de,02f1 card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 10de,02fa card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 10de,02fe card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 10de,02f8 card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 10de,02f9 card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:5: chip 10de,02ff card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:6: chip 10de,027f card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 10de,027e card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:04:0: chip 10de,02fb card 0000,0000 rev a1 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 10de,0242 card 10de,0242 rev a2 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 10de,0270 card 10de,cb84 rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 10de,0261 card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:1: chip 10de,0264 card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 0c,05,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0a:2: chip 10de,0272 card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 05,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0b:0: chip 10de,026d card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 0c,03,10 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0b:1: chip 10de,026e card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0d:0: chip 10de,0265 card 147b,1c1f rev a1 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0e:0: chip 10de,0266 card 147b,1c1f rev a1 class 01,01,85 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 10de,026f card 0000,0000 rev a2 class 06,04,01 hdr 81
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 10de,026b card 147b,1c1f rev a2 class 04,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:0: chip 1022,1100 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:1: chip 1022,1101 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:2: chip 1022,1102 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:18:3: chip 1022,1103 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 02:08:0: chip 10ec,8139 card 147b,1c1f rev 10 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:4:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0004 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfdd00000 - 0xfddfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfdc00000 - 0xfdcfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:10:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Subtractive PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (0:16:0), (0,2,2), BCTRL: 0x0204 (VGA_EN is cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x0000c400 - 0x0000c4ff (0x100) IX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x0000c800 - 0x0000c8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Bus 2 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfdb00000 - 0xfdbfffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 2 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xfde00000 - 0xfdefffff (0x100000) MX[B]
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:24:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(--) PCI:*(0:5:0) nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge rev 162, Mem @ 0xfb000000/24, 0xe0000000/28, 0xfc000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xfdbff000 - 0xfdbff0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xfe02c000 - 0xfe02cfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xfe02d000 - 0xfe02dfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xfe02e000 - 0xfe02e0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xfe02f000 - 0xfe02ffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000f400 - 0x0000f40f (0x10) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001c40 - 0x00001c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xfdbff000 - 0xfdbff0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xfe02c000 - 0xfe02cfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xfe02d000 - 0xfe02dfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xfe02e000 - 0xfe02e0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xfe02f000 - 0xfe02ffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000f400 - 0x0000f40f (0x10) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x00001c40 - 0x00001c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xfdbff000 - 0xfdbff0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xfe02c000 - 0xfe02cfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xfe02d000 - 0xfe02dfff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xfe02e000 - 0xfe02e0ff (0x100) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xfe02f000 - 0xfe02ffff (0x1000) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xfc000000 - 0xfcffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xefffffff (0x10000000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xfb000000 - 0xfbffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000cc00 - 0x0000ccff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d8ff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e00f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x00000b70 - 0x00000b73 (0x4) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x00000970 - 0x00000977 (0x8) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00000bf0 - 0x00000bf3 (0x4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0x000009f0 - 0x000009f7 (0x8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0x0000f400 - 0x0000f40f (0x10) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0x00001c40 - 0x00001c7f (0x40) IX[B]
[24] -1 0 0x00001c00 - 0x00001c3f (0x40) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "i2c"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libi2c.so
(II) Module i2c: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.2.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libddc.so
(II) Module ddc: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libdrm.so
(II) Module drm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor="X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libGLcore.so
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libint10.so
(II) Module int10: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/fonts/libtype1.so
(II) Module type1: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
(II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.1.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "vesa"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
(II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.99.99.904, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(II) LoadModule: "kbd"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.3
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) LoadModule: "wacom"
(II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/wacom_drv.so
(II) Module wacom: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 4.3.99.902, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
(II) Wacom driver level: 47-0.7.2 $
(II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:05:0
(WW) VESA: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:5:0) found
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Sorry for it being a bit long.

BTW: I can (probably) back up all my docs to external sources but I really want to keep my installed software.
Thanks in advance for any help.

cpd05 · 03-09-2007, 12:33 PM

hey,

try as root:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

i think, since ubuntu is based on debian, that this should start the set up 'wizard' for the xserver
if that starts up when it asks you to choose a driver, choose the nv driver not vesa.

chris.

hacker supreme · 03-09-2007, 12:37 PM

Ah, thanks. I'm just off to go try that.

hacker supreme · 03-09-2007, 12:51 PM

It works!

(And there was much rejoicing!)
Yaaaaaaaay!

Thanks cpd05!

C38368 · 04-05-2007, 07:44 AM

Excuse me for reviving this thread, but I've just apparently created the exact same problem for myself. Except that in my case, running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg doesn't fix it.

I booted back into Ubuntu (6.10) yesterday and X went into this repeating loop of crashing and sending me back to the login screen. Booting into recovery mode allowed me to attempt to run X manually and then view the log, which for all practical points & purposes was identical to the OP's, except that I was trying to load the "nvidia" module, not "vesa."

Lost, I tried reinstalling the nVIDIA driver. No luck.
Tried updating Xorg. No luck.
Tried to reconfigure Xorg. Some luck, but different problem.

If I run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg and select all the default options, I'm able to do two things: run "X" as root from the command line, which results in Gnome's "x" cursor and a hatch-like screen. The cursor responds but nothing else loads. Or I can reboot normally. X won't crash now, but the res is low (8x6) and I don't get anything useful. The screen remains Ubuntu's normal "peach" colour, and there's this chunk of white with what look like very, very stretched icons in ther upper L corner, which appears to be maybe 320x240 in size. I can't kill X using ctrl+alt+bksp at this point.
My monitor supports resolutions up to 1680x1050, and if I tell X to allow this res during the configure, I'm back to the "no screens found" issue.

Am I missing a step here? And more importantly, how did I break it in the first place?

Video card is a 7800GT.