[nmglug] lost xserver upon upgrade

Fri Apr 21 21:06:48 PDT 2006

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Oops...that should be xserver-xorg-input-synaptics. Sorry. But
apparently you've got quite another problem now. Can you post the
Xorg.0.log?

Bob

Bob Knight wrote:
> 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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