[SOLVED] unable to startx

[reloadedreiko]

Hi,

I'm not able to successfully start a KDE session(SLAX), check out the error,

xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.7378


X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux slax 2.6.27.27 #1 SMP Wed Jul 22 07:27:34 AKDT 2009 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2008  11:35:29PM
 
	Before reporting problems,
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 24 23:42:21 2010
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

waiting for X server to begin accepting connections 
giving up.
xinit:  Connection reset by peer (errno 104):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.

I'm trying this on a Dell Studio 15 laptop, which has a ATI Radeon graphics. Do I have to edit my xorg file to get this

issue fixed?

[impert]

Hi,
My first attempt would be to rename xorg.conf

mv /etc/X11xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg_old_conf

and reboot. Quite often these days X runs without an xorg.conf file.

[devils casper]

cd /etc/X11
mv xorg.conf xorg_conf_bak

[reloadedreiko]

Did a startx after moving the xorg.conf to xorg.conf.bak, this was the error thrown

xauth: creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.7305


X.Org X Server 1.4.2
Release Date: 11 June 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Slackware 12.1 Slackware Linux Project
Current Operating System: Linux slax 2.6.27.27 #1 SMP Wed Jul 22 07:27:34 AKDT 2009 i686
Build Date: 30 June 2008 11:35:29PM

Before reporting problems, check
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun May 2 13:24:26 2010
(EE) Unable to locate/open config file
New driver is "ati"
(==) Using default built-in configuration (55 lines)
(EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
(II) Module "ddc" already built-in
(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

waiting for X server to begin accepting connections
giving up.
xinit: Connection reset by peer (errno 104): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

[devils casper]

Post the output of this

lspci | grep -i vga

[reloadedreiko]

Sorry for the delayed reply..here is the commands o/p

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Unknown device 68e0

[reloadedreiko]

@Devils Casper... Sorry for the delayed reply....please provide a resolution to my problem so that I can happily use KDE.

[impert]

@ reloadedreiko
Perhaps I should have looked at the Slackware help before giving you my earlier suggestion to try removing Xorg.conf.
Have you read it? It might be worth running or re-running xorgsetup, even though that's probably where your original xorg.conf file came from. If that doesn't work, then try xorgconfig.

[reloadedreiko]

@Impert
i suppose using xorgconfig or xorgsetup needs too much amount of details to complete it successfully rather i used xconf and then did a startx, but it wasnt successful.

[kados]

somethings not right with your video drivers, you need to see about updating them. in xconfig you could set the resolution low and see if it works