no fbcon, intel 82865g, asus p5pe-vm, 2.6.31-gentoo-r6

[tahotube]

I emerged xorg-server-1.6.5-r.
Xorg -configure
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new. => Blank screen. do Ctrl-Alt F1, then ^C to kill
cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
startx=> Fatal Module "i915" not found
fixed that with "i915 mode setting" in a new kernel
redo:
Xorg -configure
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new. => Blank screen. do Ctrl-Alt F1, then ^C to kill
cp xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
startx=> Fatal Module "fbcon" not found


Thanks in advance for all your help,

Bill

[Rexilion]

[tahotube]

X.Org X Server 1.6.5
Release Date: 2009-10-11
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 i686
Current Operating System: Linux dsp8 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 #3 SMP Tue Feb 9 16:36:59 PST 2010 i686
Build Date: 09 February 2010 10:40:04AM

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 Feb 9 17:45:14 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
FATAL: Module fbcon not found.
Setting master
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
expected keysym, got XF86TouchpadToggle: line 122 of inet
which: no keychain in (/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/opt/bin:/usr/i686-pc-linux-gnu/gcc-bin/4.3.4)
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 58: twm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 59: xclock: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 60: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 61: xterm: command not found
/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc: line 62: exec: xterm: not found


waiting for X server to shut down Dropping master



Gentoo Desktop helper,

Thanks for the help. I managed to enable CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE_DETECT_PRIMARY
to get drivers/video/console/fbcon.c compiled (static only no module allowed).

Same error: startx=>FATAL module fbcon could not be loaded.

I then grepped for fbcon in /usr/portage/distfiles/xf86-video-intel-2.9.1 and found it
once in i830_driver.c (see "Be nice to the user" below).

xf86LoadKernelModule still can't find it and it's there (I grepped "fbcon" in /proc/kallsyms)

Wierd thing is xf86LoadKernelModule seems to be just running /sbin/modprobe.
I may be wrong.

xf86LoadKernelModule is finding the i915 but not the fbcon. I have nothing compiled as modules.

The plot thickens!

Thanks,

Bill

static Bool i830_kernel_mode_enabled(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn) |
{ |
struct pci_device *PciInfo; |
EntityInfoPtr pEnt; |
char *busIdString; |
int ret; |
|
pEnt = xf86GetEntityInfo(pScrn->entityList[0]); |
PciInfo = xf86GetPciInfoForEntity(pEnt->index); |
|
if (!xf86LoaderCheckSymbol("DRICreatePCIBusID")) |
return FALSE; |
|
busIdString = DRICreatePCIBusID(PciInfo); |
|
ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString); |
if (ret) { |
if (xf86LoadKernelModule("i915")) |
ret = drmCheckModesettingSupported(busIdString); |
} |
/* Be nice to the user and load fbcon too */ |
if (!ret) |
(void) xf86LoadKernelModule("fbcon"); |
xfree(busIdString); |
if (ret) |
return FALSE; |
|
return TRUE; |
} |

[Rexilion]

Weird, the only thing that seems related is this thread:

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79362

Good luck...

[patrikas]

Assuming you don't have a window manager:

[tahotube]

patrikas,

Thanks. "X -retro -config /root/xorg.conf.new" works.

So I assume via :
"Try to avoid X configuration file, Xorg now is good on its own.",
the problem is not X but what the X configuration file does.
I troubleshoot that.

Wat to be,

Bill

[tahotube]

Patrikas,

I finished configuring gnome:

echo "exec gnome-session" > ~/.xinitrc

and it works too.

That was a fun 6 hours. Live and learn.

Thanks,

Bill

[patrikas]

Yeah, I ran into the same issue and I have the same drivers, without configured window manager it just shows black screen and it can appear as a video driver problem, appending -retro gives the expected behavior.