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Hi,

I tried to install and setup Xorg 6.7.0 according to this guide:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=192361

After getting some errors which I couldn't resolve (the same ones I
get now, appended below), I did a quick install of Slackware with
XFree86 4.3.0 on another partition in order to be sure to have a
working XF86config, which I copied to Gentoo's /etc/X11/xorg.conf.
The errors remained the same. So I installed Xorg 6.7.0 on Slackware
(which worked just fine) in order to be sure to have a working
xorg.conf, which I again copied over to the Gentoo's
/etc/X11/xorg.conf. Still, the errors remained the same.

So, the biggest problem (beside that it's not working at all) is that
I get no hint on how to solve it. The log file only shows a
(seemingly irrelevant) warning but no error at all. Besides
Xorg.0.log, I've appended two outputs of 'startx', (two, because it
unreproducibly changes it's error message).

Let me restate: the same 'xorg.conf' works on the same version on
Xorg, on the same computer on Slackware, but not on Gentoo. So the
error must be somewhere else. I'd be glad to know how to debug it.



-------- first 'startx' output ---------------------------------------

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux darkstar 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Thu
Jun 24 23:18:52 GMT 2004 i686
Build Date: 01 July 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
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: Wed Jul 7 02:36:43 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
----------------------------------------------------------------------




-------- second 'startx' output --------------------------------------

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux darkstar 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Thu
Jun 24 23:18:52 GMT 2004 i686
Build Date: 01 July 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
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: Wed Jul 7 02:36:04 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
giving up.
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
----------------------------------------------------------------------



---------- /var/log/Xorg.0.log ---------------------------------------

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7
Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux darkstar 2.4.25-gentoo-r1 #1 SMP Thu
Jun 24 23:18:52 GMT 2004 i686
Build Date: 01 July 2004
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
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: Wed Jul 7 02:36:43 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Simple Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Screen 1" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "mymonitor"
(**) | |-->Device "graka"
(**) |-->Input Device "Mouse1"
(**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard1"
(**) Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
(**) XKB: rules: "xorg"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
(**) XKB: model: "pc101"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) FontPath set to
"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/local/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TTF/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/"
(**) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.7
X.Org XInput driver : 0.4
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Bummugl wrote:

> I tried to install and setup Xorg 6.7.0 according to this guide:
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=192361

Worked beautifully for me, and I didn't even stop X/KDE while unmerging
xfree and merging xorg. :-P I didn't even reconfigure, it runs out of the
box with the old XF86Config-4 file. I only had to rename it to xorg.conf.
The only thing that looks weird now are the colors in xterm and the fonts.

> (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

You're right, this error message isn't really helpful. Is there any way to
increase verbosity (like 'startx -- -verbose' if I recall correctly)? My
first quick guess would be to check the access rights of that config
file, maybe the X server can't read it.

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* Andreas Klauer wrote:

> Is there any way to increase verbosity (like 'startx -- -verbose' if I
> recall correctly)?

'man startx' doesn't provide any further informations. I'd be delighted
if someone could point me to a more verbose approach.

> My first quick guess would be to check the access rights of that config
> file, maybe the X server can't read it.

It has 644 permission. Default.


Thanks for your suggestions, nevertheless!

"Dankie Schoen"
-- Wayne Newton

;o)

* Bummugl <bummugl@yahoo.de> wrote:

['startx']
> XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
> after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
[...]
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.
[but no error messages in Xorg0.log]

I've noticed something: When doing 'startx' as a user on tty2, error
messages are being spit on root's tty2:

[snip]
modprobe: can't locate module * which is needed for /dev/scsi/*
modprobe: can't locate module cdwriter* which is needed for /dev/cdwriter*
modprobe: can't locate module * which is needed for /dev/usb/scanner*
[snip]

Has this anything to do with this subject? (I don't have scsi devices, a
cdwriter or even a scanner anyway) Is 'startx' actually causing these
messages, or is it possible that they are being generated some other time
and running 'startx' just makes them appear (for whatever reason)?

These messages can (as usual) not be reproduced.
This feels like Windoze. All that's missing are some Voodoo advices ;-)