Xorg - Module Load Failure

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

Well X has decided to annoy me in ways other than giving me "No Devices Detected" now. Now, it's a Module Load Failure

sfp-a7x · n00b Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 47

https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43177

I've hit the same problem. Not sure exactly what the fix is though (I can't quite follow what people are saying in the bug's comments).

ck42 · l33t Joined: 31 Jul 2003 Posts: 789

I got it going....somehow. For you and myself (if I ever have to reference back to this in the future), I rebuilt xorg-x11 with USE="static".

Weird thing is, static was already in my USE listing. But.....I did absolutely *nothing* between trying to fire up X and getting an error and rebuilding xorg with Static.

When it comes to XFree/Xorg, I'm starting not to care anymore what the fix is. I'm just growing very weiry of X related issues. Why is something as fundamental as X so often such a PITA?

kmarasco

I was able to resolve this problem that is the result of compiling xorg with a hardened gcc profile. It looks like they have fixed this in xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4. But this may not solve your issue if you do not wish to use a hardened profile.

I found an issue with gcc-config where the hardened gcc profile is referenced even after changing to the vanilla gcc configuration. The problem is that no GCC_SPECS parameter is set in "/etc/env.d/gcc/xxx", where xxx is your vanilla gcc profile. If you add the following:

sfp-a7x · n00b Joined: 16 Nov 2004 Posts: 47

kmarasco

jeffix · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 59 Location: Paris, FR

Thanks for the tip, I'm no gcc techie so wouldn't have figured that alone

The system is re-emerging xorg right now, however I have 2 more questions :
- my gcc is 3.3.4 not 3.4.3 and xorg-x11-6.8.0-r3 not r4, I assume you're in the ~x86 branch ? If so is unmasking any of both necessary to fix the problem as you propose ?
- I also emerged the ati-drivers package (for a Radeon X300 card), could this be related to the failure or prevent your fix to operate ?
Just in case it'll have failed again when I'm back home tonight... thx again.

kmarasco · Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 12:40 pm Post subject:

as long as you change the path to point to the correct gcc, I think that you will be OK. Make sure that the vanilla.specs file exists since I can't confirm that it does for your version of gcc. So in your case probably:

"GCC_SPECS="/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/vanilla.specs"

Otherwise, your xorg version and gc version shouldn't matter. Nor should the video driver. The problem is that you've been compiling xorg with a hardened gcc profile... surprised me too... and you need to tell gcc to use the vanilla profile.

jeffix · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 59 Location: Paris, FR

nearly that :
GCC_SPECS="/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.4/specs"

strange enough, though, since that one is the only gcc profile I've got in my tree...
I'll let you know in a few hours ;o)

jeffix · n00b Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 59 Location: Paris, FR

OK that brought me my X server

Makes other people much more happy at home :lol:

Though I have still compilation problems with the splashutils, I noticed, but it's on another thread (Portage&Prog)
Thanks a lot !

kmarasco · Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 7:21 pm Post subject:

Glad to hear that your up and going. If by any chance you upgraded to gcc 3.4 in this process or simply upgraded to a more a new subversion of gcc, this thread might help your compilation problems.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=265374&highlight=kdemultimedia
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CyberNinja · n00b Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 29

I am having the same problem. When I installed my system I used SElinux with hardened gcc from stage1-x86-selinux-pie-ssp-20041123. How do I switch to a vanilla gcc profile. When I run 'gcc-config -l' it only shows one profile. Also I do I have to remove selinux from my use flags. I am guessing that I have to add "-pie -pic bitmap-fonts dllloader" to my use flags. Is this correct? I have been looking around the fourms and have tried using xorg-x11-6.8.0-r4 but have not had any success because I am using nvidia's drivers. Also how do I use gcc-config to change my gcc profile?
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kmarasco · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 4:45 pm Post subject:

wim-x · Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2004 5:10 pm Post subject: lose the hardened use-flag

I've had the same problems as above. Emerged xorg-x11 6.8.0-r3 and the x-server wouldn't start.First time compiled with USE="hardened doc ipv6 mmx nls pam sse". This compile gave me the the libbitmap.a error. I followed the advice from this topic and added the "dlloader" USE flag.

This worked but followed into a new problem, the x-server couldn't find the right device drivers/modules, and it didn't start again. (sorry for the missing error-logs).

Then I read elsewhere on this forum that the hardened USE flag could be the cause of the error. The topic suggested to recompile gcc, glibc and xorg-x11 without the hardened use-flag.

I did it, and it worked.

CyberNinja · n00b Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 29

I am running gcc 3.3.4. I don't want to go back to a vanilla install, I would like to continue using selinux.
I tried USE="-pie -pic -selinux -hardened" in my use flags but I am still running into problems loading the nvidia drivers.
I know that this can be solved by using a vanilla gcc to compile the xorg server but don't know how to switch to a vanilla gcc and then back to hardened gcc.
This way I will only have one package with out a hardened build. Is this possable?
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Hauser · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:51 am Post subject:

CyberNinja · n00b Joined: 25 Jan 2003 Posts: 29

When I type "gcc-config -l" it only shows me one profile. I installed from a stage1 selinux-pie-ssp install so I don't have a vanilla gcc proflie, atleast I don't think that I do. I would like to be able to switch to a vanilla profile to compile xorg and then back to a hardened profile.
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kmarasco · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 7:52 pm Post subject:

I think that the optional profiles may be generated with gcc 3.4.x, but can't confirm that they did not exist ender gcc 3.3 since I've got gcc 3.4 on all my boxes at the moment.
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egberts · Posted: Tue Dec 21, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject:

kmarasco · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 7:41 am Post subject:

ColeSlaw · Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2004 4:06 pm Post subject:

tokugawa · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 6:09 pm Post subject: Thanks

Cossins · Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 9:16 pm Post subject:

Recompiling xorg-x11 this very moment with the fixes proposed in this thread.

I noticed one thing: After setting the right profile with gcc-config and adding the GCC_SPECS to the environment variables, gcc --version still outputs the following:

ColeSlaw · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 1:10 am Post subject:

Cossins,

Here is my output:

tokugawa · Posted: Wed Dec 29, 2004 11:19 am Post subject:

And here is my