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nedman n00b
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 4
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:05 pm Post subject: Failed to start X server |
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The booting screen resolution is messed, then it turns to normal like you load
the live cd, it is trying to load local but flashes three times and comes out
to an error that looks like this:
failed to load module "synaptics" (module does not exist, 0)
Intel: No matching device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:3:1) found
Module already built-in
GARTInit: Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such file or directory)
Intel(0): Failed to allocate framebuffer. Is your VideoRAM set too low?
Intel(0): Couldn't allocate video memory
Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
Failed to start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it
is not set up correctly. You will need to log in on a console and reconfigure
the X server. Then restart GDM.
It leaves me with a local host terminal which I don't know the commands to fix this problem.. |
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Gankfest l33t
Joined: 01 Aug 2007 Posts: 946 Location: Miami Beach, FL
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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I take it this is your system if so then it is telling you that your video configuration is bad. Check your Xorg.conf and your kernel parameters. Do you have AGP-support! _________________ Gankfest™ (>")> ~*
Everyone has to start somewhere, it depends on where you end up that counts! (>")> |
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Mike Hunt Watchman
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287
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Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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Check your kernel config. When you run make menuconfig (Chapter 7 of the Handbook), look at Code: | Device Drivers ->
Graphics Support ->
<M or *> /dev/agpgart (AGP Support) ->
<M or *>Your chipset support |
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nedman n00b
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: |
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this error came up after i went through the installation from the Live CD, which then i attempted to boot up the newly installed system and this error came.
Now when i boot system, i only have the terminal from a local host or root, I have nothing else. Unless I want to boot the live CD but the changes do not count. What are the steps that I need to fix this problem? I kinda of experimented and got to the Xorg configuration for monitor, etc but I do not have all the information, is there a command that could tell me my system specs? |
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slackline Veteran
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 1468 Location: /uk/sheffield
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 8:08 am Post subject: |
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There actually appears to be a second problem in addition to the AGPgart issues.
If you're trying to load the synaptics module and its failing try re-emerging it, since the installed version could be built against an old Xorg version.
As root
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emerge -1av x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics
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slack _________________ "Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do." - Donald Knuth |
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nedman n00b
Joined: 23 Jul 2009 Posts: 4
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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It is stating that there no ebuilds to satisfy the code you told me to type |
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slackline Veteran
Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 1468 Location: /uk/sheffield
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 10:54 am Post subject: |
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nedman wrote: | It is stating that there no ebuilds to satisfy the code you told me to type |
Assuming that you are simply using chronology to indicate who you are responding to and therefore that you are referring to what I wrote (N.B. the "Quote" function is very handy to avoid such ambiguities ).....
Strange, when I search portage (using eix, which if you haven't installed yet I would strongly recommend as its a very useful tool) I get teh following hits on 'synaptics'...
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$ eix synaptics
* gnome-extra/gsynaptics
Available versions: 0.9.10 (~)0.9.13-r1 (~)0.9.14 (~)0.9.14-r1 {debug test}
Homepage: http://gsynaptics.sourceforge.jp/
Description: A GTK+ based configuration utility for the synaptics driver
* kde-misc/ksynaptics
Available versions: (~)0.2.2 (~)0.2.3 (~)0.3.1 0.3.3 {arts debug elibc_FreeBSD xinerama}
Homepage: http://qsynaptics.sourceforge.net/
Description: synaptics touchpad configuration tool
* x11-drivers/synaptics
Available versions: 0.14.5-r1 0.14.6 (~)0.14.6-r1 (~)0.14.6-r2 (~)0.14.6-r3 (~)0.14.6_p20070706-r1 {hal}
Homepage: http://w1.894.telia.com/~u89404340/touchpad/
Description: Driver for Synaptics touchpads
* x11-drivers/xf86-input-synaptics
Available versions: 1.0.0 (~)1.1.2 {debug hal}
Homepage: http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/driver/xf86-input-synaptics/
Description: Driver for Synaptics touchpads
* x11-libs/libsynaptics
Available versions: 0.14.6c-r1
Homepage: http://qsynaptics.sourceforge.net/
Description: library for accessing synaptics touchpads
* xfce-extra/gsynaptics-mcs-plugin
Available versions: 1.0.0 {debug}
Homepage: http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/mcs-plugins/gsynaptics-mcs-plugin
Description: a simple MCS plugin that starts gsynaptics and launches gsynaptics-init
Found 6 matches.
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...and I don't appear to have made any typographical errors, perhaps you have? If you haven't then please copy and paste exactly what you are typing in the terminal window and what portage is telling you, statements like "It doesn't work" are not very informative or useful when it comes to trouble shooting (worth bearing in mind many of the points made here as you find you're way with Gentoo and Open-Source/GNU/Linux in general).
slack _________________ "Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do." - Donald Knuth |
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Mike Hunt Watchman
Joined: 19 Jul 2009 Posts: 5287
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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nedman wrote: | Now when i boot system, i only have the terminal from a local host or root, I have nothing else. | At least you got your new system to boot, that is already very good.
Now re-check your kernel graphics support configurations -see Chapter 7 of the Handbook. to rebuild and re-install your kernel.
Also look at the very good desktop configuration documentation
Also please post the output of emerge --info |
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