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It boots but X won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:04 am
by bmike1
I am running mx 14 on an old sony vaio (2001ish). The computer will boot but when I get to the point where X starts I get nothing.... it was working yesterday. I have it set to boot as vga=791 or 792 and acpi=off
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To save people from having to read the thread:
... Basically I learned that there was an upgrade to the open source drivers and that this broke my nvidia driver which necessitated that I boot into run level 3 and run nvidia_install again. To boot into run level 3 add '3' into the boot options. To get to boot options press 'e' at the boot screen. The boot option are on the line that starts 'linux'
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 9:46 am
by rokytnji.1
Will it boot in init 3 boot and using startx?
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 10:16 am
by kmathern
bmike1 wrote:I am running mx 14 on an old sony vaio (2001ish). The computer will boot but when I get to the point where X starts I get nothing.... it was working yesterday. I have it set to boot as vga=791 or 792 and acpi=off
Have you had any recent updates or new package installs that might be causing the problem?
Have you checked the /var/log/Xorg.0.log?
(you might need to do that while in a LiveCD/LiveDVD/LiveUSB session)
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 2:47 pm
by bmike1
I'm trying to scp the log file to a working computer and when I try to push it from the computer in question from a tty <cntrl-alt-f1> I get a 'connection timed out' and when I try to pull it to the working computer it won't accept my password.
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:36 pm
by bmike1
I just looked at the log file and towards the end it says that it found screens but that there wasn't a usable configuration.
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 3:52 pm
by lucky9
I had some Wheezy xserver/xorg updates recently. That will throw things off if a proprietary video driver had been installed.
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:00 pm
by bmike1
well.... I did run the nvidia_install script. what should I do to fix this?
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 4:25 pm
by kmathern
It would help to see the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and maybe also the log that the nvidia-install script creates (/var/log/mx-nvidia-install_<datecode>.log).
I'm not familiar with scp. Is it possible to run a live session (CD,DVD,USB,etc.), mount the partition that the MX14 install is on, and post the log files (or a link to wherever you might have uploaded them to)?
You could also try running the nvidia-install script again in initlevel 3. (then be sure to do a shutdown & reboot before trying it again)
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:12 pm
by bmike1
I just booted into mx14 live and it just occured to me.... could I transfer the xserver/xorg files from the live sesion to the installed version?
Re: It boots but won't start.
Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2014 5:22 pm
by bmike1
You could also try running the nvidia-install script again in initlevel 3. (then be sure to do a shutdown & reboot before trying it again)
Sorry I didn't see this suggestion. I tried this but I have a question how do I get to initlevel 3? I tried it hitting <cntrl-alt-F1> but running nvidia_install didn't do anything.