[clue-tech] Gentoo Xserver Error

[dennisjperkins at comcast.net]

Ctrl-Alt-Backspace is disabled by default in newer versions of X.org. A black screen could mean you don't have a window manager running, but the error says it can't find the frame buffer module.. I don't know how Gentoo installs X, but I would not be surprised if the server, modules and apps are separate packages. 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jason Ash" <wizardofki at gmail.com> 
To: clue-tech at cluedenver.org 
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:15:23 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain 
Subject: [clue-tech] Gentoo Xserver Error 

Thanks for the advice, June. So, I automatically generated a 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file by typing Xorg -configure. Under the Section 
"ServerLayout", I changed Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 to Screen "Screen0" 
since I was getting a Fatal server error: no screens found (see 
discussion at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/fatal-server-error-no-screens-found-in-gentoo-515912/ 
). Also, according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml, 
the xorg-x11 meta package (with everything) and the lighter 
xorg-server package are functionally equivalent on desktop systems. 
So, should I still look for an install additional xorg packages? Now 
when I type startx, the screen goes completely black and it won't 
respond to cntr+alt+backspace or cntr+alt+del and I have to hold the 
power button down for 5 sec. to turn off my laptop. I haven't yet 
tried configuring the xserver using HAL as suggested on the gentoo 
xorg-config page because I'm not sure if I'll do it correctly or if 
this is necessary. I made the output of startx go to a log file, and 
here's a copy of it. Where should I go from here? (BTW, on my working 
gentoo desktop, when I type startx it goes straight into kde-4, and 
I'm trying for the same behavior on my laptop-- kde-meta already 
emerged). 

xauth: creating new authority file /home/jason/.serverauth.20961 


X.Org X Server 1.6.5 
Release Date: 2009-10-11 
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 i686 
Current Operating System: Linux tux2 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Thu Jan 
14 05:10:01 MST 2010 i686 
Build Date: 14 January 2010 06:32:54AM 

Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org 
to make sure that you have the latest version. 
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: Fri Jan 15 17:43:33 2010 
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" 
FATAL: Module fbcon not found. 
giving up. 
xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server 
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. 

Thanks, 
Jason Ash 
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