Xserver issue

[lemmy999]

Having done a clean re-install of 10.4 I am now experiencing major problems. I cannot log in to the PC using the usual GUI. On login the machine drops to terminal. I can log in but when I try "startx" I get the following error message

fatal server error
no screens found

ddxSigGiveUp: closing log

xinit: no such file or directory (errno2) unable to connect to xserver
xinit: no such process (errno3): server error

Try to get a look at the log file gets me the following

gedit:1304; Gtk-Warning** cannot open display

How do i go about getting xserver back up and running?

OK- got it fixed
1. removed the old xorg.conf
[CODE]sudo rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf /CODE]
2. removed all the old nvidia drivers
[CODE]sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*/CODE]
3. re-installed the official nvidia drivers from the repos
[CODE]sudo apt-get install install nvidia-current, nvidia-current-modaliases, nvidia-common/CODE]

Reboot!

Big sigh of relief!! I won't be going anywhere near the closed source nv drivers for a while yet!!

[utnubuuser]

Don't know the solution to your problem, but you might want to post some system info, such as the output of

sudo lspci -l

What kind of video card if any.

It's probably as easy as enabling a driver, or setting up a xorg.conf file.

It used to be

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

but I'm thinking that command has changed.

If you've done a clean install, there should be no xorg.conf file in /etc/X11, and you'll have to create one.
I "think" the new command is

sudo Xorg-configure

but I'm not sure.
You could just make a xorg.conf file in /etc/X11 then run

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xorg.conf -phigh

to see where that gets you. It wont hurt anything, and if it doesn't work, you can remove the file through the command line.

If you've got a nVidea card or other video card, the procedure is different.

[lemmy999]

@utnubuuser

Its definitely an Nvidia card. On logging out i got a message about the machine dropping to "low graphics" mode. On reboot there's no xserver at all.

I tried lspci -l but get too much detail so i cannot pull the relevant bits out.

I also tried "sudo X-org-configure" but get the reply " command not found"

[lemmy999]

OK- got it fixed
1. removed the old xorg.conf

sudo rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf

2. removed all the old nvidia drivers

sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*

3. re-installed the official nvidia drivers from the repos

sudo apt-get install install nvidia-current, nvidia-current-modaliases, nvidia-common

Reboot!

Big sigh of relief!! I won't be going anywhere near the closed source nv drivers for a while yet!!

[kouter]

Xorg -configure
mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo aptitude reinstall nvidia-current

probably a little neater workaround