[nmglug] lost xserver upon upgrade
Bob Knight
bob at bobknight.net
Fri Apr 21 21:00:26 PDT 2006
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Try "apt-get install xfree86-driver-synaptics". The X server's looking
for the synaptics touchpad driver, which ends up in
/usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so. I suspect that this will
cure your problems. Please post again if it doesn't...
Bob
Brian O'Keefe wrote:
> I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm going to include my posts
> to the Ubuntu forums. I'm running Ubuntu on my powerbook and after
> upgrading to the latest Beta version I have no xserver. Please read and
> all help would be welcome!
>
> read that it was best to do:
> sudo apt-get upgrade
> to avoid removing lots of installed packages that I've added to
> breezy. Synaptic wanted to remove them and so did a dist upgrade
> command so i did the "apt-get upgrade". Got a prompt in the panel to
> restart. I did and now no Xserver starts. I get a message to check the
> Xserver info and I did but that doesn't seem helpful-just version 6.8.2
> installed.
> If I run "sudo apt-get upgrade xserver-xorg", apt-get want s to remove
> all of my KDE packages )I'm running Ubuntu) and a bunch of X11 stuff
> to. It will install and upgrade many xserver- packages. Is this the way
> to go and then just reinstall the KDE packages? Is there another way
> around this?
>
> Well I did the "apt-get install xserver-xorg" and even though a bunch
> of packages were removed and installed/upgraded I have the same
> problem. I checked the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and came up with
> errors. This is at the end of the file:
>
> (II) LoadModule: "ati"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati
> (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
> (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
> (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
> (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
> compiled for 6.99.99.904, module version = 1.0.3
> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
> (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module synaptics
> (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
> (EE) Failed to load module "synaptics" (module does not exist, 0)
> (EE) No drivers available.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
>
> I should have mentioned that I'm on a Powerbook G4.
> I found this in the archives but it makes no sense to me-what bold
> section?:
> Why do so difficult: This is what I did when I encountered this
> problem.
>
> "When you get the blank screen just do <ctrl><alt>F1
>
> login.
>
> type
> sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
> find this section:
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility X700 (RV410 PCIE)"
> Driver "fglrx"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> Option "monitorlayout" "LVDS,TMDS"
> EndSection
>
> just add the section that is bold.
>
> BTW This is the fifth time i write this little howto on ubuntuforums,
> you clould have found it yourself."
>
>
> I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" to no avail
> I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I'm going to include my posts
> to the Ubuntu forums. I'm running Ubuntu on my powerbook and after
> upgrading to the latest Beta version I have no xserver. Please read
> and all help would be welcome!
>
>
> <fontfamily><param>Verdana</param><smaller> read that it was best to
> do:
>
> sudo apt-get upgrade
>
> to avoid removing lots of installed packages that I've added to
> breezy. Synaptic wanted to remove them and so did a dist upgrade
> command so i did the "apt-get upgrade". Got a prompt in the panel to
> restart. I did and now no Xserver starts. I get a message to check the
> Xserver info and I did but that doesn't seem helpful-just version
> 6.8.2 installed.
>
> If I run "sudo apt-get upgrade xserver-xorg", apt-get want s to
> remove all of my KDE packages )I'm running Ubuntu) and a bunch of X11
> stuff to. It will install and upgrade many xserver- packages. Is this
> the way to go and then just reinstall the KDE packages? Is there
> another way around this?
>
>
> Well I did the "apt-get install xserver-xorg" and even though a bunch
> of packages were removed and installed/upgraded I have the same
> problem. I checked the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and came up with
> errors. This is at the end of the file:
>
>
> (II) LoadModule: "ati"
>
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module ati
>
> (II) UnloadModule: "ati"
>
> (EE) Failed to load module "ati" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
>
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
>
> (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>
> compiled for 7.0.0, module version = 1.0.1
>
> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>
> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
>
> (II) LoadModule: "mouse"
>
> (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so
>
> (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
>
> compiled for 6.99.99.904, module version = 1.0.3
>
> Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
>
> ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 0.5
>
> (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
>
> (WW) Warning, couldn't open module synaptics
>
> (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
>
> (EE) Failed to load module "synaptics" (module does not exist, 0)
>
> (EE) No drivers available.
>
>
> Fatal server error:
>
> no screens found
>
>
> I should have mentioned that I'm on a Powerbook G4.
>
> I found this in the archives but it makes no sense to me-what bold
> section?:
>
> Why do so difficult: This is what I did when I encountered this
> problem.
>
>
> <italic> "When you get the blank screen just do <<ctrl><<alt>F1
>
>
> login.
>
>
> type
>
> sudo nano -w /etc/X11/xorg.conf
>
>
> find this section:
>
> Section "Device"
>
> Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Mobility X700 (RV410 PCIE)"
>
> Driver "fglrx"
>
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
>
> Option "monitorlayout" "LVDS,TMDS"
>
> EndSection
>
>
> just add the section that is bold.
>
>
> BTW This is the fifth time i write this little howto on ubuntuforums,
> you clould have found it yourself."
>
>
>
> I tried "sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg" to no
> avail.
>
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