<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>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. <br><br><br><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "Jason Ash" <wizardofki@gmail.com><br>To: clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:15:23 AM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: [clue-tech] Gentoo Xserver Error<br><br>Thanks for the advice, June. So, I automatically generated a<br>/etc/X11/xorg.conf file by typing Xorg -configure. Under the Section<br>"ServerLayout", I changed Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 to Screen "Screen0"<br>since I was getting a Fatal server error: no screens found (see<br>discussion at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-distributions-5/fatal-server-error-no-screens-found-in-gentoo-515912/<br>). Also, according to http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/xorg-config.xml,<br>the xorg-x11 meta package (with everything) and the lighter<br>xorg-server package are functionally equivalent on desktop systems.<br>So, should I still look for an install additional xorg packages? Now<br>when I type startx, the screen goes completely black and it won't<br>respond to cntr+alt+backspace or cntr+alt+del and I have to hold the<br>power button down for 5 sec. to turn off my laptop. I haven't yet<br>tried configuring the xserver using HAL as suggested on the gentoo<br>xorg-config page because I'm not sure if I'll do it correctly or if<br>this is necessary. I made the output of startx go to a log file, and<br>here's a copy of it. Where should I go from here? (BTW, on my working<br>gentoo desktop, when I type startx it goes straight into kde-4, and<br>I'm trying for the same behavior on my laptop-- kde-meta already<br>emerged).<br><br>xauth: creating new authority file /home/jason/.serverauth.20961<br><br><br>X.Org X Server 1.6.5<br>Release Date: 2009-10-11<br>X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0<br>Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 i686<br>Current Operating System: Linux tux2 2.6.31-gentoo-r6 #1 SMP Thu Jan<br>14 05:10:01 MST 2010 i686<br>Build Date: 14 January 2010 06:32:54AM<br><br> Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org<br> to make sure that you have the latest version.<br>Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,<br> (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,<br> (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.<br>(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan 15 17:43:33 2010<br>(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"<br>FATAL: Module fbcon not found.<br>giving up.<br>xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server<br>xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.<br><br>Thanks,<br>Jason Ash<br>_______________________________________________<br>clue-tech mailing list<br>clue-tech@cluedenver.org<br>http://www.cluedenver.org/mailman/listinfo/clue-tech<br></div></body></html>