FS#208 : Fatal server error: no screens found

Status Closed
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Task Type Bug Report
Category Live Mode
Assigned To

thanatermesis
Operating System All
Severity High
Priority Very Low
Reported Version 1.x Gem+ (beta's)
Due in Version 2.0
Due Date Undecided
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Attached to Project: Elive
Opened by fanatixx - 2008-07-06
Last edited by thanatermesis - 2010-01-20

FS#208 - Fatal server error: no screens found

I’ve just tried to use the Elive 1.7.9 unstable LiveCD version, but the X Window system doesn’t work at all. I’ve tried all kind of workable configurations for my monitor and even tried to boot with the “Video Problems” option. It doesn’t matter what i do, the message it gives me is the following:

(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Just for beeing more specific, i’ve used the EliveGem 1.0 LiveCD version and it works very well, on the same pc with the same especifications. Also, i’m using the 1.7.9 LiveCD version on a virtual machine and everything is just fine (but it’s actually another computer, i know).

Here are some especifications of my computer, where the graphical interface of 1.7.9 development version didn’t work:

Chipset: VIA 8VM800M
Bios: P4M80P
Graphics adapter: VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP
Video Monitor: LG Flatron ez T530S
Processor: Pentium 4 2.8GHz
Network: VIA Rhine II Fast Ethernet Adapter
RAM: 768MB

I guess i could help you, and i hope everything i’m telling you will be usefull. Anyway, bellow is also the Xorg log file that i’ve saved on my Ubuntu partition, before i restarted the PC. I’m ready to help on any direction. Thanks and good job, developers, Elive is wonderfull!!

Xorg.0.log

X.Org X Server 1.4.0.90
Release Date: 5 September 2007
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux Debian (xorg-server 2:1.4.1~git20080517-1)
Current Operating System: Linux Elive 2.6.24.7-elive-686 #1 SMP PREEMPT Fri May 23 22:19:01 CEST 2008 i686
Build Date: 18 May 2008 01:38:06PM

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: Sun Jul 6 04:21:58 2008
(= Using config file: “/etc/X11/xorg.conf” (= No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
() |–>Screen “Default Screen” (0)
() | |–>Monitor “Configured Monitor” (= No device specified for screen “Default Screen”.
Using the first device section listed.
() | |–>Device “Configured Video Device” (= |–>Input Device “Configured Mouse” (= |–>Input Device “Generic Keyboard” (= The core pointer device wasn’t specified explicitly in the layout.

Using the first mouse device.

(= The core keyboard device wasn’t specified explicitly in the layout.

Using the first keyboard device.

(= Automatically adding devices
(= Automatically enabling devices
(= No FontPath specified. Using compiled-in default.
(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic” does not exist.

Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/” does not exist.

Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1” does not exist.

Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) The directory “/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi” does not exist.

Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) The directory “/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType” does not exist.

Entry deleted from font path.

(= FontPath set to:

/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi

(= RgbPath set to “/etc/X11/rgb” (= ModulePath set to “/usr/lib/xorg/modules” () Extension “RANDR” is enabled
() Extension “RENDER” is enabled
(**) Extension “Composite” is enabled
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Loader magic: 0x81d8500
(II) Module ABI versions:

X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.3
X.Org Video Driver: 2.0
X.Org XInput driver : 2.0
X.Org Server Extension : 0.3
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.5

(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: “pcidata” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/moduleslibpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor=”X.Org Foundation” compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0
(–) using VT number 4 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0314 card 1458,5000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 1106,1314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:2: chip 1106,2314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 1106,3208 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:4: chip 1106,4314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:7: chip 1106,7314 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:0f:0: chip 1106,3149 card 1458,b003 rev 80 class 01,01,8f hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:0f:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1458,5002 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3038 card 1458,5004 rev 81 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:4: chip 1106,3104 card 1458,5004 rev 86 class 0c,03,20 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3227 card 1458,5001 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1458,a004 rev 60 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1458,e000 rev 78 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,3344 card 1458,d000 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,1), BCTRL: 0×0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0×10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0xffffffff (0×0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0xffffffff (0×0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x000c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xddffffff (0×2000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0×4000000) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0×0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(–) PCI:*(1:0:0) unknown vendor (0×1106) unknown chipset (0×3344) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd8000000/26, 0xdc000000/24
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0xffffffff (0×0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0×10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0×00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0×10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0×30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0×1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x000000ff (0×100) IX[B]
(II) PCI Memory resource overlap reduced 0xd0000000 from 0xd7ffffff to 0xcfffffff
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0×100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0×100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0×0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0×1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0×4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0×100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0×100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0×20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0×20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0×20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0×20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0×10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0×100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0×10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0×4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0×00009800 - 0×00009807 (0×8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0×00009400 - 0×00009403 (0×4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0×00009000 - 0×00009007 (0×8) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0×100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0×100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0×0) MX[B]O
[3] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0×1000000) MX[B](B)
[4] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0×4000000) MX[B](B)
[5] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0×100) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0×100) IX[B]
[7] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0×20) IX[B]
[8] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0×20) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0×20) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0×20) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0×10) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0×100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0×10) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0×4) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0×00009800 - 0×00009807 (0×8) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0×00009400 - 0×00009403 (0×4) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0×00009000 - 0×00009007 (0×8) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0×00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0×10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0×30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0×1) IX[B]
[5] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x000000ff (0×100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0×00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[1] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0×10000) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0×30000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xde001000 - 0xde0010ff (0×100) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xde0000ff (0×100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xd0000000 - 0xcfffffff (0×0) MX[B]O
[7] -1 0 0xdc000000 - 0xdcffffff (0×1000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0×4000000) MX[B](B)
[9] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0×1) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0×00000000 - 0x000000ff (0×100) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000c000 - 0x0000c0ff (0×100) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000bc00 - 0x0000bcff (0×100) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000b800 - 0x0000b81f (0×20) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x0000b400 - 0x0000b41f (0×20) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000b000 - 0x0000b01f (0×20) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000ac00 - 0x0000ac1f (0×20) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000a800 - 0x0000a80f (0×10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000a400 - 0x0000a4ff (0×100) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000a000 - 0x0000a00f (0×10) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x00009c00 - 0x00009c03 (0×4) IX[B]
[21] -1 0 0×00009800 - 0×00009807 (0×8) IX[B]
[22] -1 0 0×00009400 - 0×00009403 (0×4) IX[B]
[23] -1 0 0×00009000 - 0×00009007 (0×8) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: “extmod” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensionslibextmod.so
(II) Module extmod: vendor=”X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) Loading extension X-Resource
(II) LoadModule: “dbe” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensionslibdbe.so
(II) Module dbe: vendor=”X.Org Foundation” compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: “glx” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensionslibglx.so
(II) Module glx: vendor=”X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(= AIGLX enabled
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: “freetype” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modulesfonts/libfreetype.so
(II) Module freetype: vendor=”X.Org Foundation & the After X-TT Project” compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 2.1.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.5
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: “record” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensionslibrecord.so
(II) Module record: vendor=”X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: X.Org Server Extension
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3

(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: “dri” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensionslibdri.so
(II) Module dri: vendor=”X.Org Foundation” compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 0.3
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) Matched via from file name via.ids in autoconfig
(= Matched via for the autoconfigured driver
(= Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
(II) LoadModule: “via” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/driversvia_drv.so
(II) Module via: vendor=”X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0, module version = 0.2.1
Module class: X.Org Video Driver
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 2.0

(II) LoadModule: “mouse” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/inputmouse_drv.so
(II) Module mouse: vendor=”X.Org Foundation” compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.0
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0
(II) LoadModule: “kbd” (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/inputkbd_drv.so
(II) Module kbd: vendor=”X.Org Foundation”

compiled for 1.4.0.90, module version = 1.3.1
Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 2.0

(II) VIA: driver for VIA chipsets: CLE266, KM400/KN400, K8M800,

PM800/PM880/CN400

(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(–) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Closed by thanatermesis
20.01.2010 02:18
Reason for closing: Vanished Reporter

Comments (4)
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thanatermesis commented on 07.07.2009 13:19

Still happening with the last development version ? (1.9.32)

Does it work if you try to configure it from the front-end configurator out of X ?

thanatermesis commented on 07.07.2009 13:20

also, try to use a xorg.conf configuration file from another linux system where it works

gasha commented on 15.07.2009 21:57

Also happens in latest Development version. (1.9.33)
During bootup on EEE PC 701. Not sure why it does work inside Vmware.
I resolved it this way:
1) Alt-F2, login as root / no password
2) X -configure; mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf;
3) switch back to Alt-F1 and restart X.

thanatermesis commented on 23.07.2009 19:05

There was a problem with the generation of the xorg.conf file can you please try if that happens with an updated version of the iso ? this was fixed on a recent one

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