FS#10587 - Xorg-Server Refuses to Launch on Cold Boots
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Opened by Vedant Kumar (vsk) - Wednesday, 04 June 2008, 16:58 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 12 October 2008, 20:50 GMT
Opened by Vedant Kumar (vsk) - Wednesday, 04 June 2008, 16:58 GMT
Last edited by Jan de Groot (JGC) - Sunday, 12 October 2008, 20:50 GMT
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Description: Xorg-Server Refuses to Launch on Cold Boots, or
randomly crashes when Idle.
Affected: * HP Pavillion a610y (~ 2 years old) * 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset Integrated Graphics Device (rev 03) * 2.6.25-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.60GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Expanded Description: Whenever I boot my computer, I get to the stage where X should launch, but I get a blank screen. None of the consoles (ctl+alt+N) work, and the computer must be manually rebooted by pressing the power button. Strangely enough, on the manual reboot, X launches and works perfectly fine! I can reproduce this problem on every cold boot since I've used Arch Linux. I could not reproduce this on other distributions, so this leads me to believe that this may not be an Xorg bug. Additional info: :: Relevant Packages - * extra/xorg-server 1.4.0.90-13 * extra/xf86-video-intel 2.3.1-1 :: Errors (I just cat logfile | grep error or grep fail, and this is what I got): [/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old] Error in I830WaitLpRing(), timeout for 2 seconds Fatal server error: lockup (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [/var/log/Xorg.0.log] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0 drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: open result is -1, (No such device or address) drmOpenDevice: Open failed --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been told that the xf86-video-i810 and vesa packages are deprecated, and that the xf86-video-intel package is preferred. This X crashing is problematic... Booting twice seems like a relatively speedy process compared to the time it took Ubuntu to load, so I still consider myself lucky! Thanks for the help! |
Xorg.0.log
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Closed by Jan de Groot (JGC)
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 20:50 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Assuming fixed as stated by the last comment.
Sunday, 12 October 2008, 20:50 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Additional comments about closing: Assuming fixed as stated by the last comment.
It seems that the x86_64 architecture is having this problem as well.
Let me add that I've tried compiling my own xf86-video-intel driver, but that it crashed every 10 seconds or so.. I had to go into ArchLive, chroot in, and reinstall the xf86-video-intel from /extra.
Oh, and here's the xorg.conf!
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linuxid:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
x:5:once:/bin/su q -l -c "/bin/bash --login -c startx >/dev/null 2>&1"
I think I have a fix!
Just uninstall acpi and acpid and confirm that you are using the latest kernel and intel drivers.
Also, it is best to modify your /etc/inittab so that you ALWAYS boot to console, even if you have [x,g,k]dm (id:3:initdefault:) and uncomment just one of the login manager lines. This is to avoid an annoying error regarding multiple instances of X and an unusable display.
I removed the autologin line from my inittab too, but I can't be sure if that helped.
Note; after uninstalling acpi and acpid if your computer wont shut down cleanly, add apm=power-off to your kernel in /boot/grub/menu.lst
e.g:
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/2ad92bb2-bdc9-4bc0-9d30-240beb84f3a4 apm=power-off ro quiet
initrd /kernel26.img
I can't confirm for the 64bit guys.