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Fatal server error:
Server is already active for display 0
If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock
and start again.
as root login then type cd /tmp then type rm XO-lock
now reboot. for some reason you have a stale lock file and the sever will only run one instance of Xorg.
Your X server is already running. Therefore startx does not work as it attempts to start a second session on display 0. It's not a stale lock!
However, your HW is not detected correctly and the system sets a horizontal refresh rate (an resolution/verticalrefresh combination) that's too high for your monitor.
You can try to change the resolution using <ctrl><alt>+ and <ctrl><alt>-; press the combination, wait a second or so, press it again etc till you get a screen. This will 'force' X to cycle through the known resolutions.
You can build your own xorg.conf, but I don't know how. It looks like you have some knowledge so I will post mine and you might be able to modify it to your needs.
PS The fact that xorg.conf is no longer (fully) populated sucks big time; sorry for the choice of words
Note in advance:
if you don't know what your doing, don't use it
This comes from my Ubuntu 6.06 box (upgraded to 8.04). The sections relevant for video are monitor, device and screen. I had a CRT that was not recognized properly and some settings are still in here; I commented them out when I got a LCD screen.
Code:
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Mon Oct 16 22:13:07 PDT 2006
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg 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 /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/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 "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "stylus"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "eraser"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Identifier "cursor"
Driver "wacom"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
# WimS: removed for LCD screen
# HorizSync 27.0 - 96.0
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Driver "nvidia"
# WimS: removed for LCD screen
# Option "UseEdidFreqs" "False"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV44 [GeForce 6200 TurboCache]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1920x1200" "1680x1050" "1440x900" "1280x960" "1152x864" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
lol I totally don't know what I'm doing, but I managed to get it to work!
I think the problem was I was indeed missing a bunch of sections in xorg.conf. I added in a Section "Screen" and that seems to fix it. Probably gonna update it with some more like you have and see how that goes!
Although I'm just about to add the screen section you posted to see how well that works. EDIT: After adding the additional info, nothing changed Resolution is stuck at 1024x768.
What really matters though, is the SubSection "Display" area. I ran the dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg command, and it erased all that and I got the "Out of Range" error when I reloaded X
FYI, I'm using an onboard VGA output. Motherboard is DG43NB, as that apparently seems to matter!
Last edited by RandomZero; 10-25-2009 at 11:07 AM.
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