I was working in a vm on my install and had accidentally written way too large of a file that broke some things on my install… clearing my root directory and clearing my Pac-Man cache has not given me any headway. Any pointers or logs that may lead me in the direction I need to be are much appreciated.
xinit: giving up
xinit: unable to connect to X server
xinit: server error
I have tried some things from this Arch thread as well with no results: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276032
That is all pretty vague!
Broke things, Tried things.
What else is broken apart from starting X ?
What things have you tried?
There's no point anyone suggesting "try this" only to get lots of "Done that".
How do you start X ?
Post Xorg.log.0
Whichever file is more recent of:
~/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 210.133]
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.7
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 210.135] Current Operating System: Linux slicks-pc 6.1.20-1-lts #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri, 17 Mar 2023 17:56:55 +0000 x86_64
[ 210.135] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=21b7993f-7bf6-48b4-a16c-e659e0423dca rw loglevel=3 quiet
[ 210.137]
[ 210.137] Current version of pixman: 0.42.2
[ 210.138] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 210.139] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 210.141] (==) Log file: "/home/slick_57/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Mar 24 18:59:04 2023
[ 210.143] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 210.144] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 210.144] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 210.144] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 210.144] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 210.144] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 210.144] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 210.144] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 210.144] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 210.144] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[ 210.144] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 210.144] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[ 210.144] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
[ 210.145] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/TTF").
[ 210.145] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[ 210.145] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[ 210.145] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[ 210.145] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[ 210.145] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 210.145] (==) FontPath set to:
[ 210.145] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 210.145] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 210.145] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 210.145] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 210.145] X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[ 210.145] X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[ 210.145] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 210.145] (++) using VT number 2
[ 210.146] (II) systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31
[ 210.146] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 210.146] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.1/0000:01:00.0/drm/card0
[ 210.146] (II) systemd-logind: got fd for /dev/dri/card0 226:0 fd 13 paused 0
[ 210.148] (--) PCI:*(1@0:0:0) 10de:2488:1043:883a rev 161, Mem @ 0xfb000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000f000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 210.148] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[ 210.148] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 210.149] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 210.151] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 210.151] compiled for 1.21.1.7, module version = 1.0.0
[ 210.151] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 210.151] (==) Matched nouveau as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 210.151] (==) Matched nv as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 210.151] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 210.151] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 210.151] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 4
[ 210.151] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 210.151] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau"
[ 210.151] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nouveau
[ 210.151] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 210.151] (II) LoadModule: "nv"
[ 210.151] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nv
[ 210.151] (EE) Failed to load module "nv" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 210.151] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 210.151] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 210.152] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 210.152] compiled for 1.21.1.7, module version = 1.21.1
[ 210.152] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 210.153] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[ 210.153] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 210.153] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[ 210.153] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 210.153] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 210.153] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[ 210.153] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[ 210.153] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 210.153] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[ 210.153] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[ 210.153] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 210.153] (==) modeset(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 210.153] (==) modeset(0): RGB weight 888
[ 210.153] (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 210.153] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 210.153] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 210.153] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 210.155] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 210.155] compiled for 1.21.1.7, module version = 1.0.1
[ 210.155] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 210.247] (EE)
[ 210.247] (EE) Backtrace:
[ 210.247] (EE) 0: /usr/lib/Xorg (dri3_send_open_reply+0xdd) [0x55be767f59ad]
[ 210.247] (EE) 1: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__sigaction+0x50) [0x7faa83ba6f50]
[ 210.248] (EE) 2: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (nouveau_drm_screen_create+0x493bc) [0x7faa8175b14c]
[ 210.248] (EE) 3: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (nouveau_drm_screen_create+0x15327) [0x7faa817270b7]
[ 210.248] (EE) 4: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (nouveau_drm_screen_create+0x2b6) [0x7faa81712046]
[ 210.248] (EE) 5: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (__driDriverGetExtensions_d3d12+0x151ee) [0x7faa80ed147e]
[ 210.248] (EE) 6: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (__driDriverGetExtensions_d3d12+0x5f3d83) [0x7faa814b0013]
[ 210.248] (EE) 7: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (__driDriverGetExtensions_d3d12+0x1241e) [0x7faa80ece6ae]
[ 210.249] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 210.249] (EE) 8: /usr/lib/dri/nouveau_dri.so (?+0x0) [0x7faa80ebab05]
[ 210.249] (EE) 9: /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (gbm_create_device+0x2c7) [0x7faa84123d17]
[ 210.249] (EE) 10: /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (gbm_create_device+0x2697) [0x7faa841260e7]
[ 210.249] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 210.249] (EE) 11: /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (?+0x0) [0x7faa84123a2c]
[ 210.249] (EE) 12: /usr/lib/libgbm.so.1 (gbm_create_device+0x119) [0x7faa84123b69]
[ 210.249] (EE) 13: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so (glamor_egl_init+0x65) [0x7faa830936b5]
[ 210.249] (EE) unw_get_proc_name failed: no unwind info found [-10]
[ 210.249] (EE) 14: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so (?+0x0) [0x7faa8311fee7]
[ 210.249] (EE) 15: /usr/lib/Xorg (InitOutput+0x1862) [0x55be768125d2]
[ 210.249] (EE) 16: /usr/lib/Xorg (SProcXkbDispatch+0x17b7) [0x55be766d7e93]
[ 210.249] (EE) 17: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_init_first+0x90) [0x7faa83b91790]
[ 210.250] (EE) 18: /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0x8a) [0x7faa83b9184a]
[ 210.250] (EE) 19: /usr/lib/Xorg (_start+0x25) [0x55be766d92b5]
[ 210.250] (EE)
[ 210.250] (EE) Segmentation fault at address 0x20
[ 210.250] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 210.250] (EE) Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[ 210.250] (EE)
[ 210.250] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 210.250] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/home/slick_57/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 210.250] (EE)
[ 210.251] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
Apologies, I am not used to using termux and w3m and vim as I am a zoomer, I had lost hope in restoring since those were the things that I had always done in the past when having trouble logging in. Startx just runs usually right when I login…
I had my VM fixed and everything before I powered down last night and woke up and turned on my machine this morning to the startx issue… In my efforts to fix my VM I had cleared my pacman cache and root directory, as well as of course cleared out some of the filesystem of the virtual machine itself.
I think reinstalling your graphics driver might solve the issue
Just tried this and still nothing when I try to startx, which drivers would one install for a 3070 lite hashrate card? I am trying to understand the docs here https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA but am having a hard time interpreting… sorry if I am committing sin by trying to use Arch docs but I don’t know where else to look in regards to getting the correct drivers installed.
From the log it doesn't look like any attempt is made to load the nvidia driver.
What is the output of
lsmod | grep nvidia
and
pacman -Qs nvidia
Also from the log it seems you have an lts kernel
Output of
uname -a
If you want to try something while waiting for a reply try installing nvidia-dkms
Which will replace the normal nvidia driver. (You need to reboot after installing)
I did install dkms as well and that also did not work, I will try these things later on as I will not have access to this machine for a few hours.
So when I attempt to install dkms, I get the following errors:
Missing etc kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing lib kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing lost+found kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing bin kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing usr kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing sbin kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing sys kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing proc kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing opt kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing var kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing boot kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing dev kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing srv kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing home kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing tmp kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing run kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing lib64 kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing mnt kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
Missing root kernel headers for module nvidia/525.89.02
As well as this:
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.11-3
EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/libvdpau 1.5-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/nvidia 525.89.02-11
NVIDIA Drivers for linux
local/nvidia-utils 525.89.02-2
NVIDIA drivers utilities
Am I going to have to just re-install? Or is there a way to go about troubleshooting the drivers, feeling really shell brained on this...
At this point I am feeling as though I have exhausted my options, I have attempted reinstalling xorg-server along with all of its dependencies, checking with pacman -Qm yields no results for installed drivers after attempting to reinstall nvidia-lts along with, installing linux-lts-headers yielded no results as well... any and all tips greatly appreciated, as I can not wrap my head around what it is that I might be missing here.
See here https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,5247.0.html
As well as here https://forum.artixlinux.org/index.php/topic,5331.0.html
As well as here https://www.reddit.com/r/artixlinux/comments/12zt91k/reinstall_or_can_i_fix_the_nvidia_drivers/
I really feel burnt out on this issue, and am not sure what it is that I am doing wrong as I migrated from Manjaro and have not had any experience with Gentoo or OpenRC, although I feel as though I have taken all of the steps that I can reasonably come up with, and I think that this area of the forum might be the place that people have the tricks that work? If there is some link or thread that there is that I am missing I would greatly appreciate a shove in the right direction.
Make sure you are fully up to date. Also give nvidia-dkms a try.
You need to install linux-headers or the correct variant for your kernel (i.e. linux-zen-headers if you use linux-zen) for dkms
This worked, I feel really stupid, must have just been tired last night, TYSM. I was looking at this log last night too and wondering why it was that it seemed that I could install the drivers but they were not appearing correctly.
No problem, glad you got it sorted out
Thanks for cleaning the posts up as well whomever did that.