[EN] [Solved] XFCE live has a black screen at runlevel 5

[elija]

I've been using Siduction on my desktop for quite some time and it's absolutely brilliant so when I treated myself to one of these I decided to put Siduction on it also.

Unfortunately, when the dvd gets to runlevel 5 and starts lightdm, it ends up with a black screen with a cursor at the top left. I tried the safe graphics mode with exactly the same effect. In the interest of experimentation, I successfully installed Xubuntu on the beast!

When I boot the Siduction disk, I can press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to get a command prompt so I am wondering if there is anything I can do with graphics drivers or if there is a text mode installer for Siduction?

[elija]

OK, that's odd.

I thought I'd try dropping to runlevel 3 and running an Xorg --configure but this time when I booted, everything works.

Ah well, I'll take that as a win

[elija]

This isn't going as well as I'd hoped... I've installed the nvidia drivers and I'm again getting the black screen
I followed this manual page

I have two graphics cards:

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root@orac:/etc/X11# lspci | grep -i vga
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GK107 [GeForce GT 640M] (rev a1)


I have /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nvidia.conf which contains:

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root@orac:/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d# cat 20-nvidia.conf
#
Section "Device"
         Identifier     "Device0"
         Driver         "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
# This is a trailing line, it is needed so that End Section is not the last line


I used nvidia-xconfig to generate a config file.

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# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig:  version 304.48  (pbuilder@cake)  Wed Sep 12 10:54:51 UTC 2012

Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier     "Layout0"
    Screen      0  "Screen0"
    InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
    InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Mouse0"
    Driver         "mouse"
    Option         "Protocol" "auto"
    Option         "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option         "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
    Option         "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
    # generated from default
    Identifier     "Keyboard0"
    Driver         "kbd"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier     "Monitor0"
    VendorName     "Unknown"
    ModelName      "Unknown"
    HorizSync       28.0 - 33.0
    VertRefresh     43.0 - 72.0
    Option         "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Device"
    Identifier     "Device0"
    Driver         "nvidia"
    VendorName     "NVIDIA Corporation"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
    Identifier     "Screen0"
    Device         "Device0"
    Monitor        "Monitor0"
    DefaultDepth    24
    SubSection     "Display"
        Depth       24
    EndSubSection
EndSection


This is the X log

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[    27.142]
X.Org X Server 1.12.4
Release Date: 2012-08-27
[    27.142] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    27.142] Build Operating System: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[    27.142] Current Operating System: Linux orac 3.6-6.towo-siduction-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 18 17:02:59 UTC 2012 x86_64
[    27.142] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.6-6.towo-siduction-amd64 root=UUID=5089ec2f-ab97-464e-858b-dc52eec26341 ro quiet
[    27.142] Build Date: 05 November 2012  09:49:47AM
[    27.142] xorg-server 2:1.12.4-3 (Julien Cristau <jcristau>)
[    27.142] Current version of pixman: 0.26.0
[    27.142] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    27.142] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    27.142] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon Nov 19 18:51:13 2012
[    27.192] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    27.192] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    27.192] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    27.296] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[    27.296] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    27.296] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    27.296] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    27.296] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    27.296] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    27.296] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    27.296] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    27.359] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[    27.359] Entry deleted from font path.
[    27.391] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1" does not exist.
[    27.391] Entry deleted from font path.
[    27.391] (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" does not exist.
[    27.391] Entry deleted from font path.
[    27.391] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
built-ins
[    27.391] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    27.391] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    27.391] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    27.391] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    27.391] (II) Loader magic: 0x7f2cd17f0ae0
[    27.391] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    27.391] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    27.391] X.Org Video Driver: 12.1
[    27.391] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
[    27.391] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
[    27.392] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:0166:1179:fb01 rev 9, Mem @ 0xc1400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00005000/64
[    27.393] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:0fd2:1179:fb01 rev 161, Mem @ 0xc0000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00004000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    27.393] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
[    27.393] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    27.520] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
[    27.604] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    27.604] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    27.604] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    27.604] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension SELinux
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension DPMS
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    27.604] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
[    27.604] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    27.604] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
[    27.623] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    27.623] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    27.623] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    27.623] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    27.623] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    27.623] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    27.623] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libglx.so
[    28.327] (II) Module glx: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    28.327] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    28.327] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    28.327] (II) NVIDIA GLX Module  304.64  Tue Oct 30 11:18:32 PDT 2012
[    28.327] (II) Loading extension GLX
[    28.327] (II) LoadModule: "record"
[    28.327] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
[    28.345] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.345] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
[    28.345] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[    28.345] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    28.345] (II) Loading extension RECORD
[    28.345] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
[    28.345] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
[    28.378] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.378] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    28.378] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    28.378] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    28.378] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    28.378] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    28.378] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.378] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[    28.378] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    28.378] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    28.378] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    28.378] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    28.472] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    28.472] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    28.472] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    28.484] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  304.64  Tue Oct 30 10:59:51 PDT 2012
[    28.484] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    28.485] (++) using VT number 7

[    28.486] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    28.486] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    28.486] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    28.508] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.508] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    28.508] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    28.508] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    28.508] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    28.508] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    28.519] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    28.519] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    28.519] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    28.520] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    28.520] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    28.520] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    28.544] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    28.544] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[    28.544] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    28.544] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    28.544] (**) NVIDIA(0): Enabling 2D acceleration
[    29.078] (II) NVIDIA(0): Implicitly enabling NoScanout
[    29.078] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to enable display hotplug notification
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA(0): NVIDIA GPU GeForce GT 640M (GK107) at PCI:1:0:0 (GPU-0)
[    29.118] (--) NVIDIA(0): Memory: 2097152 kBytes
[    29.118] (--) NVIDIA(0): VideoBIOS: 80.07.30.00.0a
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA(0): Detected PCI Express Link width: 16X
[    29.118] (--) NVIDIA(0): Interlaced video modes are supported on this GPU
[    29.118] (--) NVIDIA(0): Valid display device(s) on GeForce GT 640M at PCI:1:0:0
[    29.118] (--) NVIDIA(0):     none
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA(0): Validated MetaModes:
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA(0):     "nvidia-auto-select"
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA(0): Virtual screen size determined to be 640 x 480
[    29.118] (WW) NVIDIA(0): Unable to get display device for DPI computation.
[    29.118] (==) NVIDIA(0): DPI set to (75, 75); computed from built-in default
[    29.118] (--) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA: Using 3072.00 MB of virtual memory for indirect memory
[    29.118] (II) NVIDIA:     access.
[    29.127] (II) NVIDIA(0): Setting mode "nvidia-auto-select"
[    29.142] (II) NVIDIA(0): Built-in logo is bigger than the screen.
[    29.142] (II) Loading extension NV-GLX
[    29.190] (==) NVIDIA(0): Disabling shared memory pixmaps
[    29.190] (==) NVIDIA(0): Backing store disabled
[    29.190] (==) NVIDIA(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    29.190] (**) NVIDIA(0): DPMS enabled
[    29.190] (II) Loading extension NV-CONTROL
[    29.190] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    29.190] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    29.190] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    29.190] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    29.190] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.2.0
[    29.190] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
[    29.190] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    29.190] (II) NVIDIA(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: nvidia
[    29.190] (--) RandR disabled
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
[    29.190] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
[    29.190] (II) SELinux: Disabled on system
[    29.191] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    29.877] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
[    29.877] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.877] (II) LoadModule: "evdev"
[    29.877] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so
[    29.904] (II) Module evdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    29.904] compiled for 1.12.1, module version = 2.7.0
[    29.904] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    29.904] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 16.0
[    29.904] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    29.904] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    29.904] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event3"
[    29.904] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    29.904] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    29.904] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.904] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event3"
[    29.904] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    29.904] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.904] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.904] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.904] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.930] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event13)
[    29.930] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.930] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[    29.930] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    29.930] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event13"
[    29.930] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[    29.930] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[    29.930] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.930] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input13/event13"
[    29.930] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    29.930] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.930] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.930] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.930] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.931] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event12)
[    29.931] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.931] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Video Bus'
[    29.931] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    29.931] (**) evdev: Video Bus: Device: "/dev/input/event12"
[    29.931] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Vendor 0 Product 0x6
[    29.931] (--) evdev: Video Bus: Found keys
[    29.931] (II) evdev: Video Bus: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.931] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0A08:00/device:16/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input12/event12"
[    29.931] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    29.931] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.931] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.931] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.931] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.932] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event1)
[    29.932] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.932] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Power Button'
[    29.932] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    29.932] (**) evdev: Power Button: Device: "/dev/input/event1"
[    29.932] (--) evdev: Power Button: Vendor 0 Product 0x1
[    29.932] (--) evdev: Power Button: Found keys
[    29.932] (II) evdev: Power Button: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.932] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input1/event1"
[    29.932] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    29.932] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.932] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.932] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.932] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.933] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event2)
[    29.933] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.933] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.933] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event10)
[    29.933] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.933] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.933] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event8)
[    29.933] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.933] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.933] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event9)
[    29.933] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.933] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.933] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[    29.933] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.933] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    29.933] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    29.933] (**) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Device: "/dev/input/event0"
[    29.933] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Vendor 0x1 Product 0x1
[    29.933] (--) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Found keys
[    29.933] (II) evdev: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.933] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[    29.933] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[    29.933] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.933] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.933] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.933] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.934] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event11)
[    29.934] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[    29.934] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "touchpad catchall"
[    29.934] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Default clickpad buttons"
[    29.934] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "Synaptics class"
[    29.934] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
[    29.934] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
[    29.989] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    29.989] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.6.2
[    29.989] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    29.989] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 16.0
[    29.989] (II) Using input driver 'synaptics' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[    29.989] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    29.989] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event11"
[    29.990] (II) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: found clickpad property
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: x-axis range 1472 - 5678
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: y-axis range 1408 - 4732
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: pressure range 0 - 255
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: finger width range 0 - 15
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: buttons: left double triple
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Vendor 0x2 Product 0x7
[    29.990] (**) Option "MaxTapTime" "180"
[    29.990] (**) Option "MaxTapMove" "220"
[    29.990] (**) Option "VertScrollDelta" "100"
[    29.990] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
[    29.990] (**) Option "TapButton1" "1"
[    29.990] (**) Option "SoftButtonAreas" "50% 0 82% 0 0 0 0 0"
[    29.990] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    29.990] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    29.990] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input11/event11"
[    29.990] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 11)
[    29.991] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
[    29.991] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: MaxSpeed is now 1.75
[    29.991] (**) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: AccelFactor is now 0.037
[    29.991] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    29.991] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
[    29.991] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    29.991] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    29.991] (--) synaptics: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: touchpad found
[    29.992] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    29.992] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Ignoring device from InputClass "touchpad ignore duplicates"
[    29.992] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event5)
[    29.992] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.992] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.993] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device (/dev/input/event14)
[    29.993] (**) ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.993] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device'
[    29.993] (**) ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: always reports core events
[    29.993] (**) evdev: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Device: "/dev/input/event14"
[    29.993] (--) evdev: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Vendor 0 Product 0
[    29.993] (--) evdev: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Found keys
[    29.993] (II) evdev: ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.993] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input14/event14"
[    29.993] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ACPI Virtual Keyboard Device" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.993] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Toshiba input device (/dev/input/event6)
[    29.993] (**) Toshiba input device: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.993] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'Toshiba input device'
[    29.993] (**) Toshiba input device: always reports core events
[    29.993] (**) evdev: Toshiba input device: Device: "/dev/input/event6"
[    29.993] (--) evdev: Toshiba input device: Vendor 0 Product 0
[    29.993] (--) evdev: Toshiba input device: Found keys
[    29.993] (II) evdev: Toshiba input device: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.993] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input6/event6"
[    29.993] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Toshiba input device" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.993] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.994] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir) (/dev/input/event7)
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.994] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir)'
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): always reports core events
[    29.994] (**) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Device: "/dev/input/event7"
[    29.994] (--) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Vendor 0 Product 0
[    29.994] (--) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Found 3 mouse buttons
[    29.994] (--) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Found relative axes
[    29.994] (--) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Found x and y relative axes
[    29.994] (--) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Found keys
[    29.994] (II) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Configuring as mouse
[    29.994] (II) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): Configuring as keyboard
[    29.994] (**) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): YAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5
[    29.994] (**) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): EmulateWheelButton: 4, EmulateWheelInertia: 10, EmulateWheelTimeout: 200
[    29.994] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/input/input7/event7"
[    29.994] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir)" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"
[    29.994] (II) evdev: MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): initialized for relative axes.
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): (accel) acceleration profile 0
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    29.994] (**) MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir): (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    29.994] (II) config/udev: Adding input device MCE IR Keyboard/Mouse (ene_ir) (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    29.994] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    29.994] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    29.994] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver (/dev/input/event4)
[    29.994] (**) ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    29.994] (II) Using input driver 'evdev' for 'ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver'
[    29.994] (**) ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: always reports core events
[    29.994] (**) evdev: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: Device: "/dev/input/event4"
[    29.994] (--) evdev: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: Vendor 0 Product 0
[    29.994] (--) evdev: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: Found keys
[    29.994] (II) evdev: ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver: Configuring as keyboard
[    29.994] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/virtual/rc/rc0/input4/event4"
[    29.994] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ENE eHome Infrared Remote Receiver" (type: KEYBOARD, id 15)
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    29.994] (**) Option "xkb_options" "lv3:ralt_switch,compose:lwin"


Removing both the xorg.conf and xorg.conf.d allows me to boot back into a GUI. But with no 3D.


I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here so I'm off to try an Xorg --configure.... what could possibly go wrong

[devil]

did you read our manual on how to install 3d-drivers?
no need for nvidia-xconfig.

greetz
devil

[towo]

The Setting looks like Optimus, so it's not possible to install nvidia at normal debian way. If it is real Optimus, e.g. the IGP can't be disabled in BIOS, only solution is bumblebee.

[elija]

did you read our manual on how to install 3d-drivers?
no need for nvidia-xconfig.

greetz
devil

Yes, It didn't work without it so I figured I'd give it a go with exactly the same results.

[elija]

The Setting looks like Optimus, so it's not possible to install nvidia at normal debian way. If it is real Optimus, e.g. the IGP can't be disabled in BIOS, only solution is bumblebee.

I've not heard of Bumblebee so I guess I have some reading to do.

Cheers

[elija]

The Setting looks like Optimus, so it's not possible to install nvidia at normal debian way. If it is real Optimus, e.g. the IGP can't be disabled in BIOS, only solution is bumblebee.

I've not heard of Bumblebee so I guess I have some reading to do.

Cheers

Well that was easy.

Thank you for pointing me at Bumblebee.

Edited for completeness: Bumblebee in the Debian wiki