Lost my X

Sat Dec 26 19:56:34 UTC 2009

Thanks Darryl...

> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:32:08 -0500
> From: darryl-90a536wCiRb3fQ9qLvQP4Q at public.gmane.org
> To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org
> Subject: Re: [TLUG]: Lost my X
> 
> Are you sure you didn't install a kernel upgrade too?

I'm fairly sure. I certainly didn't do it consciously and didn't notice any kernel files during any update installs.

> 
> Try rebooting and press <ESC> as it boots. Then you can tell grub to run
> the previous kernel instead.

Booting to a previous kernel didn't change anything. I tried a couple of kernel versions.

> 
> Alternatively you can edit you X windows configuration file with nano
> and change the line which says:
> Driver nvidia
> and change it to:
> Driver nv
> 
> This will disable 3d acceleration.

This did something. It went into X, but I never got a desktop - just a blank screen with the cursor and the spinning hour glass going on forever. The desktop login audio file played, but no desktop.
> 
> To get your latest kernel to work with your 3d driver you may also need
> to run a program called nvidia-xconfig.

I ran nvidia-xconfig. One thing it did was to change the Driver from nv back to nvidia. It also overwrote my config backup file that I had made by giving it the same name. Gotta be careful with that one. Anyway, the change brought it right back to square one. I changed the Driver back to nv in the config file and it's back to having X with no desktop.

> 
> Hope that helps.
> marry xmas --> you too! and happy new year.
> darryl

Thanks,

John

> 
> 
> john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org wrote:
> > I lost X on my main PC. It was working fine one day; the next day (after
> > shutting it down for the night) it would only boot to terminal mode.
> > What I recall doing the previous day was to install "cheese " for a
> > webcam I was trying out and also doing some security updates.
> > 
> > I found the error messages to do with the problem, but don't understand
> > them enough to fix it. It's on a Mandriva 2009 box. The video card is OK
> > as I can boot to X with Knoppix.
> > 
> > Below is a summary of the error messages I got from Xorg.0.log and
> > dmesg, in case anyone can help:
> > 
> > Messages from dmesg:
> > <snip>
> > NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 173.14.09, but
> > NVRM: this kernel module has the version 100.14.19.  Please
> > NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
> > NVRM: components have the same version.
> > <snip>
> > bootsplash 3.1.6-2004/03/31: looking for picture...<6>...found (800x600,
> > 14966 bytes, v3).
> > bootsplash: status on console 0 changed to on
> > <the above two bootsplash lines are printed for consoles 0 to 5>
> > <snip>
> > <the messages below appear after every "startx" command>
> > NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 173.14.09, but
> > NVRM: this kernel module has the version 100.14.19.  Please
> > NVRM: make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver
> > NVRM: components have the same version.
> > 
> > Messages from Xorg.0.log:
> > <snip>
> > (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  173.14.09  Wed Jun  4 23:47:25 PDT 2008
> > (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
> > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:0d:0
> > (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
> > (--) Chipset NVIDIA GPU found
> > <snip>
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
> > (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "RenderAccel" "false"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals"
> > (**) NVIDIA(0): Disabling RENDER acceleration
> > (II) NVIDIA(0): Support for GLX with the Damage and Composite X
> > extensions is
> > (II) NVIDIA(0):     enabled.
> > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
> > (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
> > (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
> > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
> > 
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> > 
> > Thanks for any direction to resolve this. I've been at it Thursday and
> > am no further ahead.
> > 
> > John.
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