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Debian Wheezy / amd64 with Xfce desktop environment (more details in posted log)
Most recent apt update / upgrade installed new x-server, after which I have no x-server or gdm functionality anymore.
Code:
Xorg -configure
Will not create a new xorg.conf file, either. Here's the /var/log/Xorg.0.log that it generated.
Any help, please? Anyone else having problems with this xorg update?
Code:
[ 123.660]
X.Org X Server 1.11.2.902 (1.11.3 RC 2)
Release Date: 2011-12-09
[ 123.660] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 123.660] Build Operating System: Linux 3.1.0-1-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[ 123.661] Current Operating System: Linux mysixtyfour 3.1.0-1-amd64 #1 SMP Sun Dec 11 20:36:41 UTC 2011 x86_64
[ 123.661] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.1.0-1-amd64 root=UUID=c50a5281-8b63-455c-ace0-b8471552bef1 ro quiet
[ 123.661] Build Date: 10 December 2011 09:55:45PM
[ 123.661] xorg-server 2:1.11.2.902-1 (Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>)
[ 123.661] Current version of pixman: 0.24.0
[ 123.661] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 123.661] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 123.662] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Dec 26 14:23:58 2011
[ 123.662] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f936b61eae0
[ 123.662] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 123.662] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 123.662] X.Org Video Driver: 11.0
[ 123.662] X.Org XInput driver : 13.0
[ 123.662] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[ 123.663] (--) PCI:*(0:0:13:0) 10de:03d6:1458:d000 rev 162, Mem @ 0xfb000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xfc000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 123.664] List of video drivers:
[ 123.664] mach64
[ 123.665] nvidia
[ 123.665] r128
[ 123.665] trident
[ 123.665] openchrome
[ 123.665] chips
[ 123.665] ark
[ 123.665] intel
[ 123.665] neomagic
[ 123.665] ati
[ 123.665] siliconmotion
[ 123.666] s3virge
[ 123.666] vmware
[ 123.666] tdfx
[ 123.666] i128
[ 123.666] savage
[ 123.666] tseng
[ 123.666] vmwlegacy
[ 123.666] s3
[ 123.666] sis
[ 123.666] voodoo
[ 123.667] rendition
[ 123.667] cirrus
[ 123.667] sisusb
[ 123.667] radeon
[ 123.667] apm
[ 123.667] mga
[ 123.667] fbdev
[ 123.667] vesa
[ 123.667] (II) LoadModule: "mach64"
[ 123.668] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mach64_drv.so
[ 123.668] (II) Module mach64: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.668] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 6.9.0
[ 123.668] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.668] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.668] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[ 123.668] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 123.668] (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so: file too short
[ 123.668] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 123.668] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 123.668] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (loader failed, 7)
[ 123.668] (II) LoadModule: "r128"
[ 123.668] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/r128_drv.so
[ 123.668] (II) Module r128: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.668] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 6.8.1
[ 123.668] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.668] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.668] (II) LoadModule: "trident"
[ 123.668] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/trident_drv.so
[ 123.668] (II) Module trident: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.668] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.3.4
[ 123.668] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.668] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.668] (II) LoadModule: "openchrome"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/openchrome_drv.so
[ 123.669] (II) Module openchrome: vendor="http://openchrome.org/"
[ 123.669] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.2.904
[ 123.669] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.669] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.669] (II) LoadModule: "chips"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/chips_drv.so
[ 123.669] (II) Module chips: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.669] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.2.4
[ 123.669] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.669] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.669] (II) LoadModule: "ark"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ark_drv.so
[ 123.669] (II) Module ark: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.669] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.7.3
[ 123.669] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.669] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.669] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[ 123.669] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.669] compiled for 1.11.1.902, module version = 2.17.0
[ 123.669] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.669] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.669] (II) LoadModule: "neomagic"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/neomagic_drv.so
[ 123.669] (II) Module neomagic: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.669] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.2.5
[ 123.669] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.669] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.669] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 123.669] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 123.670] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.670] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 6.14.3
[ 123.670] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.670] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.670] (II) LoadModule: "siliconmotion"
[ 123.670] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/siliconmotion_drv.so
[ 123.670] (II) Module siliconmotion: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.670] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.7.5
[ 123.670] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.670] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.670] (II) LoadModule: "s3virge"
[ 123.670] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/s3virge_drv.so
[ 123.670] (II) Module s3virge: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.670] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.10.4
[ 123.670] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.670] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.670] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
[ 123.670] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
[ 123.670] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.670] compiled for 1.11.1.902, module version = 11.0.99
[ 123.670] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.670] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.670] (II) LoadModule: "vmwgfx"
[ 123.670] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vmwgfx
[ 123.670] (II) UnloadModule: "vmwgfx"
[ 123.670] (II) Unloading vmwgfx
[ 123.670] (EE) Failed to load module "vmwgfx" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 123.670] (EE) vmware: Please ignore the above warnings about not being able to to load module/driver vmwgfx
[ 123.670] (II) vmware: Using vmwlegacy driver everything is fine.
[ 123.670] (II) LoadModule: "vmwlegacy"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmwlegacy_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module vmwlegacy: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.1.902, module version = 11.0.99
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "tdfx"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/tdfx_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module tdfx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.4.3
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "i128"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/i128_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module i128: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.3.4
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "savage"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/savage_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module savage: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.1.901, module version = 2.3.3
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "tseng"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/tseng_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module tseng: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.1.0
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "vmwlegacy"
[ 123.671] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmwlegacy_drv.so
[ 123.671] (II) Module vmwlegacy: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.671] compiled for 1.11.1.902, module version = 11.0.99
[ 123.671] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.671] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.671] (II) UnloadModule: "vmwlegacy"
[ 123.671] (II) Unloading vmwlegacy
[ 123.671] (II) Failed to load module "vmwlegacy" (already loaded, 7)
[ 123.671] (II) LoadModule: "s3"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/s3_drv.so
[ 123.672] (II) Module s3: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.672] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.6.3
[ 123.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.672] (II) LoadModule: "sis"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sis_drv.so
[ 123.672] (II) Module sis: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.672] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.10.3
[ 123.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.672] (II) LoadModule: "voodoo"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/voodoo_drv.so
[ 123.672] (II) Module voodoo: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.672] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.1.0
[ 123.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.672] (II) LoadModule: "rendition"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/rendition_drv.so
[ 123.672] (II) Module rendition: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.672] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 4.2.4
[ 123.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.672] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_drv.so
[ 123.672] (II) Module cirrus: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.672] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.3.2
[ 123.672] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.672] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.672] (II) LoadModule: "sisusb"
[ 123.672] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/sisusb_drv.so
[ 123.673] (II) Module sisusb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.673] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.9.4
[ 123.673] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.673] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 123.673] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 123.673] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.673] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 6.14.3
[ 123.673] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.673] (II) LoadModule: "apm"
[ 123.673] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/apm_drv.so
[ 123.673] (II) Module apm: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.673] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.2.3
[ 123.673] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.673] (II) LoadModule: "mga"
[ 123.673] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/mga_drv.so
[ 123.673] (II) Module mga: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.673] compiled for 1.11.1.901, module version = 1.4.13
[ 123.673] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.673] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 123.673] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 123.673] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.673] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 0.4.2
[ 123.673] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.673] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 123.674] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 123.674] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.674] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 2.3.0
[ 123.674] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 123.674] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for trident
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for ark
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for neomagic
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for siliconmotion
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for s3virge
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for i128
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for tseng
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for s3
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sis
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for voodoo
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for cirrus
[ 123.674] (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_laguna"
[ 123.674] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_laguna"
[ 123.674] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_laguna.so
[ 123.674] (II) Module cirrus_laguna: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.674] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 123.674] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.674] (II) Loading sub module "cirrus_alpine"
[ 123.674] (II) LoadModule: "cirrus_alpine"
[ 123.674] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/cirrus_alpine.so
[ 123.674] (II) Module cirrus_alpine: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.674] compiled for 1.11.0, module version = 1.0.0
[ 123.674] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for sisusb
[ 123.674] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for apm
[ 123.674] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 123.674] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 123.721] (++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"
[ 123.722] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 123.722] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[ 123.722] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[ 123.722] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[ 123.723] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
[ 123.723] (**) |-->Screen "Screen1" (1)
[ 123.723] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor1"
[ 123.723] (**) | |-->Device "Card1"
[ 123.723] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[ 123.723] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[ 123.723] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 123.724] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 123.724] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 123.724] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 123.724] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 123.724] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 123.724] (**) 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,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
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,
/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType,
built-ins
[ 123.724] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 123.724] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[ 123.724] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[ 123.724] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[ 123.724] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 123.724] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 123.725] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 123.725] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 123.725] compiled for 1.11.2.902, module version = 0.0.2
[ 123.725] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 11.0
[ 123.725] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 123.725] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 123.725] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[ 123.725] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 123.725] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 123.725]
Backtrace:
[ 123.726] 0: Xorg (xorg_backtrace+0x26) [0x7f936b3b79b6]
[ 123.726] 1: Xorg (0x7f936b233000+0x188619) [0x7f936b3bb619]
[ 123.726] 2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x7f936a55c000+0xf030) [0x7f936a56b030]
[ 123.726] Segmentation fault at address (nil)
[ 123.726]
Fatal server error:
[ 123.726] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 123.726]
[ 123.727]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 123.727] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 123.727]
It might be a bit specific to my system, but here goes. I have an on-board GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a, and I run it with the NVidia binary driver (NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-290.10, at the moment). I do believe the conflict arose by not uninstalling this driver before allowing the update / upgrade session, in which I had already seen there were several Xorg and Mesa components to be installed. I dabble in programming with OpenGL, therefore I am always a bit wary when I see X and other graphics components as part of the upgrade, so I take the precaution of jotting down what is going to be installed.
From the terminal screen that my system had devolved to, I logged in as su, and...
1. uninstalled the NVIDIA-Linux driver
2. purged all the Xorg and Mesa upgrades
3. ran apt-get update
4. reinstalled again all of the removed packages (at this stage, X still was not functioning properly, yet)
5. ran the NVIDIA-Linux driver again, and permitted it to install the OpenGL compatibility libs and make its own xorg.conf file, which I then edited for my specific monitor (it is an ACER X193w, and always needs a bit of custom tweaking for the refresh rates and resolution modes).
6. rebooted, and all seemed well again, as Xfce was up once more. None the less, I ran glxinfo to see that OpenGL was A-Okay, and it was.
As I said, I cannot guarantee it is the definitive fix, it just was, in my case.
In future, I will be doing all upgrades from a tty screen with the NVIDIA-driver uninstalled and the gdm stopped, to be safe.
Last edited by feeblebrain; 12-27-2011 at 08:23 AM.
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