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Old 03-20-2011, 11:53 AM   #1
linman321
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Xorg


I reinstalld Arch today.. but i cant get xorg to start.. I never had this problem before.. posting my output:

root@myhost ~]# startx


X.Org X Server 1.9.4
Release Date: 2011-03-04
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.37-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux myhost 2.6.37-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu Mar 15 12:06:25 CEST 2011 i686
Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/5827a649-f2bb-44c6-868e-09b8a254fd6b ro
Build Date: 20 mars 2011 10:35:30PM

Current version of pixman: 0.20.2
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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: Tue Jan 25 20:38:49 2011
(==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "vboxvideo" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(EE) VirtualBox USB Tablet: failed to initialize for relative axes.
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 56: exec: xterm: not found
xinit: connection to X server lost

Last edited by linman321; 03-20-2011 at 11:59 AM.
 
Old 03-20-2011, 02:44 PM   #2
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I'm sure you've already done this but have you modprobed vboxvideo? I'm also assuming from that output that you're running this as a VBox guest. Have you installed the VBox Guest Additions on this machine yet?

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