[plug] XWindows failure on Debian sarge
Bret Busby
bret at busby.net
Tue May 2 17:54:15 WST 2006
Hello, everyone.
Firstly, whilst at the login prompt, the system is shown to be
"testing/unstable", the sources file refers to "stable", so I am
assuming that the system was "testing/unstable", when sarge was in the
"testing" stage, and, after it went to "stable", the sources file was
changed, but the system still thinks that it is "testing/unstable", at
the login prompt. I think that the "unstable" component was because, a
couple (?) of years ago, when mono or the other Linux equivalent of
.NET, came out, it was only available in "unstable", so Anne had to
adjust dependencies to accommodate them, when this was her computer. I
think that the system tends to regard itself as a sarge system, apart
from at the login prompt. From what I have read, to "downgrade" the
system to "stable", is about as safe as running "experimental", in that
the "downgrade" action is strongly recommended against doing.
Anyway, we had a power failure last week (as is the usual thing), which
led to another journalling failure after having booted up afterwards and
being unable to shut the system down after yet another Firefox crash.
After a reboot, with having had to use fsck on the root partition (as
part of the boot process, not after bootup, when it is mounted),
XWindows didn't work any more. The error message had referred to gdm
needing to be set up or something, but that didn't work.
I have tried a number of different things, including, using the Debian
3.1 Bible book, running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (p173), and
removing and reinstalling x-window-system-core and x-window-system and
xterm (to install and configure XFree86 as shown on page 169).
The latter attempt did not result in, as stated in the book, the
"When the packages have downloaded, you'll be presented with a number of
questions to determine the correct configuration for your computer",
but, as happens with apt-get install, the last thing shown on the
screen, is "setting up <name of package installed>", so I figured that
it had found existing settings, and set up XWindows.
I then tried to run XWindows (again...), using startx, and got an error
message, that referred to a log file, /var/log/XFree86.0.log. I have
appended that file below.
In looking at the file below, while writing this, I note that the fourth
line of the file, refers to
"Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8-16.0508-2 i686 [ELF]", which I
assume, refers to the 2.6.x kernel, and I have a 2.4.x kernel. I do not
know whether that is or could be the problem, or part of the problem.
I have not taken any action to report this problem as a bug, as
mentioned in the file below, as I figure that the problem lies with my
system, rather than with the application.
I have tried looking, and cannot find how to upgrade the kernel,
without building and compiling a kernel, which sounds to me, to be as
scary as trying to configure and run sendmail. From meemory, upgrading a
kernel, can result in incompatibilities with packages that are installed
with a kernel version that is earlier than the version being installed.
Can someone please tell me how to fix the problem with XWindows?
Thanks in anticipation.
--
Bret Busby
Armadale
West Australia
..............
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Chapter 28 of
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XFree86 Version 4.3.0.1 (Debian 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14sarge1 20050901212727 fjp at localhost.localdomain)
Release Date: 15 August 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.6
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.8-16.0508-2 i686 [ELF]
Build Date: 02 September 2005
This version of XFree86 has been extensively modified by the Debian
Project, and is not supported by the XFree86 Project, Inc., in any
way. Bugs should be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking System; see
<URL: http://www.debian.org/Bugs/Reporting >.
We strongly encourage the use of the "reportbug" package and command
to ensure that bug reports contain as much useful information as
possible.
Before filing a bug report, you may want to consult the Debian X FAQ:
XHTML version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.xhtml
plain text version: file:///usr/share/doc/xfree86-common/FAQ.gz
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.4.18-bf2.4 (root at zombie) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002
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/XFree86.0.log", Time: Tue May 2 17:02:22 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "My Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "My Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 9
(II) Open APM successful
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.6
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.4
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.2
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.6
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x80003c48, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3112 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b112 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 1106,0686 card 1106,0000 rev 40 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1106,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1a class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 1106,3038 card 0925,1234 rev 1a class 0c,03,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:4: chip 1106,3057 card 1106,3057 rev 40 class 06,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:07:5: chip 1106,3058 card 1106,3058 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 8086,1229 card 0000,0000 rev 01 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1023,8500 card 0001,0000 rev 00 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), 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]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd4000000 - 0xd6ffffff (0x3000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:7:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 rev 0, Mem @ 0xd5800000/23, 0xd6000000/17, 0xd5000000/23
(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 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd3ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd80fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8100000 - 0xd8100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e403 (0x4) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd80fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xd8100000 - 0xd8100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e403 (0x4) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xd80fffff (0x100000) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd8100000 - 0xd8100fff (0x1000) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0x0) MX[B]O
[8] -1 0 0xd5000000 - 0xd57fffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0xd6000000 - 0xd601ffff (0x20000) MX[B](B)
[10] -1 0 0xd5800000 - 0xd5ffffff (0x800000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e403 (0x4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e003 (0x4) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000d800 - 0x0000d81f (0x20) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000d400 - 0x0000d41f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000d000 - 0x0000d00f (0x10) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.2
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 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 DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(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: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.2
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
Skipping "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a:spencode.o": No symbols found
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.1
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "vga"
(WW) Warning, couldn't open module vga
(II) UnloadModule: "vga"
(EE) Failed to load module "vga" (module does not exist, 0)
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.3.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.4
(EE) No drivers available.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
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the full server output, not just the last messages.
This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.log".
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