Hello everyone,
Let me start by apologising in case a similar thread exists. I bet one does, but searches for "xorg hangs", "xorg doesn't start" and similar terms didn't produce anything similar...
I installed Slackware 14.1. This is the 32-bit version, installed from a DVD.
I also created a regular user (adding it to the default groups). The next thing I tried to do was to start the X server.
Running "startx" as that user produces the following output:
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xauth: file /home/user/.serverauth.893 does not exist
X.Org X Server 1.14.3
Release Date: 2013-09-12
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 14.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux user-slack 3.10.17-smp #2 SMP Wed Oct 23 17:13:14 CDT 2013 i686
Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Slackware ro root=808 vt.default_utf8=0
Build Date: 09 October 2013 09:56:03PM
Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
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 7 17:31:58 2014
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
After this... nothing. I've left it for several minutes and nothing happens. Ctrl+C doesn't work.
The only thing I can see in that output resembling an error is the first line, but I couldn't find any results by searching for something like it either.
The contents of /var/log/Xorg.0.log are as follows:
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[ 58.534]
X.Org X Server 1.14.3
Release Date: 2013-09-12
[ 58.544] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 58.547] Build Operating System: Slackware 14.1 Slackware Linux Project
[ 58.550] Current Operating System: Linux user-slack 3.10.17-smp #2 SMP Wed Oct 23 17:13:14 CDT 2013 i686
[ 58.550] Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Slackware ro root=808 vt.default_utf8=0
[ 58.556] Build Date: 09 October 2013 09:56:03PM
[ 58.559]
[ 58.562] Current version of pixman: 0.30.2
[ 58.567] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 58.567] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 58.578] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Jan 7 17:31:58 2014
[ 58.644] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 58.668] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 58.668] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 58.668] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 58.668] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 58.685] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 58.685] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 58.685] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 58.685] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 58.692] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/local" does not exist.
[ 58.692] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 58.692] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/CID" does not exist.
[ 58.692] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 58.758] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
/usr/share/fonts/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic
[ 58.758] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 58.758] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 58.770] (II) Loader magic: 0x82553a0
[ 58.770] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 58.770] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 58.770] X.Org Video Driver: 14.1
[ 58.770] X.Org XInput driver : 19.1
[ 58.770] X.Org Server Extension : 7.0
[ 58.770] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card1)
In both cases it seems like it hangs trying to configure the second card.
This computer is a laptop (Asus N55S) that uses nVidia Optimus technology, so I tried to install and start Bumblebee in case it helped, but it didn't.
inxi -G on my Linux Mint installation produces the following information for the GPUs:
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Graphics: Card-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
Card-2: NVIDIA GF116M [GeForce GT 555M/635M]
I also tried to run xorgsetup. The first thing it asks is if I want it to probe for my GPU and mouse. If I reply Yes, it produces the same output as startx and hangs as well. If I reply No, it just exits with no output (I don't know if that's its normal behaviour).
During the installation I installed KDE and selected it as the default window manager. I tried xwmconfig again just in case, nothing changed.
I can't think of anything else to try and, as I couldn't find reports of similar problems, thought I'd ask for advice. I hope I've supplied enough information but if I haven't, please ask. Thanks.
