On 8/18/20 1:27 AM, Andrew Cater wrote:
To the point where you got to the end of the text mode only install -
was it working in text mode when you rebooted?
Reboot was fine.
When you went to add the non-free firmware - was it working when you
rebooted?
Again, no issues with reboot.
When you ran the bumblebee install process to generate the nvidia
modules - was it working when you rebooted?
Yes.
Were there any obvious errors in building the nviidia modules?
No errors were reported.
Then you add X windows and a desktop environment - while you are still
in text mode - and wait for the packages to install.
No issues were detected, other than a firmware error related to my NIC,
fixed by adding the proper NIC firmware.
Which desktop environment are you using?
KDE.
At that point, and _only_ at that point should the pieces line up.
This is where I am currently.
If you've got a blinking cursor - have you tried pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1,
Ctrl-Alt-F2 and so on to see whether X has in fact started on another
terminal?
There are standard console devices on tty1-tty6. The tty8-tty12 are
totally inactive and cannot be switched to.
When running lightdm, it "activates" tty7, so that Alt-F7 switches to
that screen, which has the blinking cursor. Note that no application
appears to be running on it.
When I switched to sddm, tty7 did not activate at all and acted in the
same way as tty8 and up.
The last problem I can think of is that the Nvidia proprietary stuff
explicitly requires X11 to be running rather than Wayland. If you can
get to a graphical login, there's an option to start Gnome with X11, for
example.
The lightdm greeter is failing to run, hence no graphics and no
graphical login.
Hope this helps - I don't have the laptop in question. Last question -
how new is the laptop - when was the model introduced?
My laptop is a little over a year old, introduce in early 2019. I
purposely purchased it, thinking it would be more likely to be fully
supported.
Since I was able to run lightdm manually, earlier, I checked up on
options and reran it today with the debug option, and to save log files
locally. They are pretty short despite the debug mode:
lightdm.log:
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Logging to /root/lightdm/lightdm.log
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Starting Light Display Manager 1.26.0, UID=0 PID=3315
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/01_debian.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from
/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/40-kde-plasma-kf5.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG: [SeatDefaults] is now called [Seat:*], please update
this configuration
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from
/usr/local/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration dirs from
/etc/xdg/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Loading configuration from /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module local
[+0.00s] DEBUG: Registered seat module xremote
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Registered seat module unity
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Using D-Bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Monitoring logind for seats
[+0.01s] DEBUG: New seat added from logind: seat0
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Loading properties from config section Seat:*
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Starting
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating greeter session
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Creating display server of type x
[+0.01s] DEBUG: posix_spawn avoided (fd close requested)
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Using VT 7
[+0.01s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Starting local X display on VT 7
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Logging to /root/lightdm/x-0.log
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Writing X server authority to
/var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Launching X Server
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Launching process 3320: /usr/bin/X :0 -seat seat0 -auth
/var/run/lightdm/root/:0 -nolisten tcp vt7 -novtswitch
[+0.02s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Waiting for ready signal from X server :0
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Acquired bus name org.freedesktop.DisplayManager
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Registering seat with bus path
/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
[+0.02s] DEBUG: Loading users from org.freedesktop.Accounts
[+0.02s] DEBUG: User /org/freedesktop/Accounts/User1000 added
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Process 3320 exited with return value 1
[+0.10s] DEBUG: XServer 0: X server stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Releasing VT 7
[+0.10s] DEBUG: XServer 0: Removing X server authority
/var/run/lightdm/root/:0
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Display server stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopping session
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Session stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopping display server, no sessions require it
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopping; greeter display server failed to start
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopping
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Seat seat0: Stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Required seat has stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Stopping display manager
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Display manager stopped
[+0.10s] DEBUG: Stopping daemon
[+0.11s] DEBUG: Exiting with return value 1
===end lightdm.log
x-o.log:
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux hostname 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1 SMP Debian
4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-10-amd64
root=UUID=ae98a412-f061-46e5-9602-055cf2cf3daf ro quiet
Build Date: 05 March 2019 08:11:12PM
xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1 (https://www.debian.org/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
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: Tue Aug 18 10:55:59 2020
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation not permitted)
(EE)
Fatal server error:
(EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs for
all framebuffer devices
(EE)
(EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
(EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for
additional information.
(EE)
(EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
===end x-0.log
Xorg.0.log:
[ 826.574]
X.Org X Server 1.20.4
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 826.574] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 Debian
[ 826.574] Current Operating System: Linux beholder 4.19.0-10-amd64 #1
SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24) x86_64
[ 826.574] Kernel command line:
BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19.0-10-amd64
root=UUID=ae98a412-f061-46e5-9602-055cf2cf3daf ro quiet
[ 826.574] Build Date: 05 March 2019 08:11:12PM
[ 826.574] xorg-server 2:1.20.4-1 (https://www.debian.org/support)
[ 826.574] Current version of pixman: 0.36.0
[ 826.574] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 826.574] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default
setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 826.574] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Aug 18
10:55:59 2020
[ 826.575] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 826.575] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 826.575] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 826.575] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 826.575] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 826.576] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 826.576] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 826.576] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 826.576] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 826.576] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 826.576] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not
exist.
[ 826.576] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 826.576] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
built-ins
[ 826.576] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 826.576] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input
devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable
AutoAddDevices.
[ 826.576] (II) Loader magic: 0x559a4c60ae20
[ 826.576] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 826.576] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 826.576] X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[ 826.576] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[ 826.576] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 826.577] (++) using VT number 7
[ 826.577] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty
and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[ 826.579] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:1f91:1043:10cf rev 161, Mem @
0xf6000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @
0x0000f000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 826.579] (--) PCI:*(5@0:0:0) 1002:15d8:1043:18f1 rev 193, Mem @
0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/2097152, 0xf7500000/524288, I/O @
0x0000c000/256
[ 826.579] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 826.579] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 826.579] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.579] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[ 826.579] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 826.579] (==) Matched ati as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 826.579] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 826.579] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 826.579] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[ 826.579] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 826.579] (II) LoadModule: "ati"
[ 826.579] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so
[ 826.579] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.579] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 19.0.1
[ 826.579] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 826.579] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.643] (II) LoadModule: "radeon"
[ 826.643] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/radeon_drv.so
[ 826.644] (II) Module radeon: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.644] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 19.0.1
[ 826.644] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 826.644] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.644] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 826.644] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 826.644] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.644] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.20.4
[ 826.644] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 826.644] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.644] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 826.644] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 826.644] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.644] compiled for 1.20.0, module version = 0.5.0
[ 826.644] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 826.644] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.644] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 826.644] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 826.645] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.645] compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 2.4.0
[ 826.645] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 826.645] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.645] (II) RADEON: Driver for ATI/AMD Radeon chipsets:
ATI Radeon Mobility X600 (M24), ATI FireMV 2400,
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M24), ATI FireGL M24 GL,
ATI Radeon X600 (RV380), ATI FireGL V3200 (RV380),
ATI Radeon IGP320 (A3), ATI Radeon IGP330/340/350 (A4),
ATI Radeon 9500, ATI Radeon 9600TX, ATI FireGL Z1, ATI Radeon 9800SE,
ATI Radeon 9800, ATI FireGL X2, ATI Radeon 9600, ATI Radeon 9600SE,
ATI Radeon 9600XT, ATI FireGL T2, ATI Radeon 9650, ATI FireGL RV360,
ATI Radeon 7000 IGP (A4+), ATI Radeon 8500 AIW,
ATI Radeon IGP320M (U1), ATI Radeon IGP330M/340M/350M (U2),
ATI Radeon Mobility 7000 IGP, ATI Radeon 9000/PRO, ATI Radeon 9000,
ATI Radeon X800 (R420), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R420),
ATI Radeon X800SE (R420), ATI FireGL X3 (R420),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9800 (M18), ATI Radeon X800 SE (R420),
ATI Radeon X800XT (R420), ATI Radeon X800 VE (R420),
ATI Radeon X850 (R480), ATI Radeon X850 XT (R480),
ATI Radeon X850 SE (R480), ATI Radeon X850 PRO (R480),
ATI Radeon X850 XT PE (R480), ATI Radeon Mobility M7,
ATI Mobility FireGL 7800 M7, ATI Radeon Mobility M6,
ATI FireGL Mobility 9000 (M9), ATI Radeon Mobility 9000 (M9),
ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, ATI Radeon 9700/9500Pro, ATI FireGL X1,
ATI Radeon 9800PRO, ATI Radeon 9800XT,
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600/9700 (M10/M11),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M10), ATI Radeon Mobility 9600 (M11),
ATI FireGL Mobility T2 (M10), ATI FireGL Mobility T2e (M11),
ATI Radeon, ATI FireGL 8700/8800, ATI Radeon 8500, ATI Radeon 9100,
ATI Radeon 7500, ATI Radeon VE/7000, ATI ES1000,
ATI Radeon Mobility X300 (M22), ATI Radeon Mobility X600 SE (M24C),
ATI FireGL M22 GL, ATI Radeon X800 (R423), ATI Radeon X800PRO (R423),
ATI Radeon X800LE (R423), ATI Radeon X800SE (R423),
ATI Radeon X800 XTP (R430), ATI Radeon X800 XL (R430),
ATI Radeon X800 SE (R430), ATI Radeon X800 (R430),
ATI FireGL V7100 (R423), ATI FireGL V5100 (R423),
ATI FireGL unknown (R423), ATI Mobility FireGL V5000 (M26),
ATI Mobility Radeon X700 XL (M26), ATI Mobility Radeon X700 (M26),
ATI Radeon X550XTX, ATI Radeon 9100 IGP (A5),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP (U3), ATI Radeon XPRESS 200,
ATI Radeon XPRESS 200M, ATI Radeon 9250, ATI Radeon 9200,
ATI Radeon 9200SE, ATI FireMV 2200, ATI Radeon X300 (RV370),
ATI Radeon X600 (RV370), ATI Radeon X550 (RV370),
ATI FireGL V3100 (RV370), ATI FireMV 2200 PCIE (RV370),
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 (M9+), ATI Mobility Radeon X800 XT (M28),
ATI Mobility FireGL V5100 (M28), ATI Mobility Radeon X800 (M28),
ATI Radeon X850, ATI unknown Radeon / FireGL (R480),
ATI Radeon X800XT (R423), ATI FireGL V5000 (RV410),
ATI Radeon X700 XT (RV410), ATI Radeon X700 PRO (RV410),
ATI Radeon X700 SE (RV410), ATI Radeon X700 (RV410),
ATI Radeon X1800, ATI Mobility Radeon X1800 XT,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800, ATI Mobility FireGL V7200,
ATI FireGL V7200, ATI FireGL V5300, ATI Mobility FireGL V7100,
ATI FireGL V7300, ATI FireGL V7350, ATI Radeon X1600, ATI RV505,
ATI Radeon X1300/X1550, ATI Radeon X1550, ATI M54-GL,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400, ATI Radeon X1550 64-bit,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300, ATI Radeon X1300, ATI FireGL V3300,
ATI FireGL V3350, ATI Mobility Radeon X1450,
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300, ATI Mobility Radeon X1350,
ATI FireMV 2250, ATI Radeon X1650, ATI Mobility FireGL V5200,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600, ATI Radeon X1300 XT/X1600 Pro,
ATI FireGL V3400, ATI Mobility FireGL V5250,
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700, ATI Mobility Radeon X1700 XT,
ATI FireGL V5200, ATI Radeon X2300HD, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300,
ATI Radeon X1950, ATI Radeon X1900, ATI AMD Stream Processor,
ATI RV560, ATI Mobility Radeon X1900, ATI Radeon X1950 GT, ATI RV570,
ATI FireGL V7400, ATI Radeon 9100 PRO IGP,
ATI Radeon Mobility 9200 IGP, ATI Radeon X1200, ATI RS740,
ATI RS740M, ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro,
ATI Radeon HD 2900 GT, ATI FireGL V8650, ATI FireGL V8600,
ATI FireGL V7600, ATI Radeon 4800 Series, ATI Radeon HD 4870 x2,
ATI Radeon HD 4850 x2, ATI FirePro V8750 (FireGL),
ATI FirePro V7760 (FireGL), ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850,
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4850 X2, ATI FirePro RV770,
AMD FireStream 9270, AMD FireStream 9250, ATI FirePro V8700 (FireGL),
ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4870, ATI Mobility RADEON M98,
ATI FirePro M7750, ATI M98, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650,
ATI Radeon RV730 (AGP), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670,
ATI FirePro M5750, ATI RV730XT [Radeon HD 4670], ATI RADEON E4600,
ATI Radeon HD 4600 Series, ATI RV730 PRO [Radeon HD 4650],
ATI FirePro V7750 (FireGL), ATI FirePro V5700 (FireGL),
ATI FirePro V3750 (FireGL), ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850, ATI FirePro M7740, ATI RV740,
ATI Radeon HD 4770, ATI Radeon HD 4700 Series, ATI RV610,
ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2400 Pro,
ATI Radeon HD 2400 PRO AGP, ATI FireGL V4000, ATI Radeon HD 2350,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400,
ATI RADEON E2400, ATI FireMV 2260, ATI RV670, ATI Radeon HD3870,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850, ATI Radeon HD3850,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870 X2, ATI Radeon HD3870 X2,
ATI FireGL V7700, ATI Radeon HD3690, AMD Firestream 9170,
ATI Radeon HD 4550, ATI Radeon RV710, ATI Radeon HD 4350,
ATI Mobility Radeon 4300 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon 4500 Series,
ATI FirePro RG220, ATI Mobility Radeon 4330, ATI RV630,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT,
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT AGP, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro AGP,
ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro, ATI Gemini RV630,
ATI Gemini Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT, ATI FireGL V5600,
ATI FireGL V3600, ATI Radeon HD 2600 LE,
ATI Mobility FireGL Graphics Processor, ATI Radeon HD 3470,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 3450, ATI Radeon HD 3430, ATI FirePro V3700,
ATI FireMV 2450, ATI Radeon HD 3600 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3650 AGP,
ATI Radeon HD 3600 PRO, ATI Radeon HD 3600 XT,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670,
ATI Mobility FireGL V5700, ATI Mobility FireGL V5725,
ATI Radeon HD 3200 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3100 Graphics,
ATI Radeon HD 3300 Graphics, ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics, SUMO, SUMO2,
ATI Radeon HD 4200, ATI Radeon 4100, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4200,
ATI Mobility Radeon 4100, ATI Radeon HD 4290, ATI Radeon HD 4250,
AMD Radeon HD 6310 Graphics, AMD Radeon HD 6250 Graphics,
AMD Radeon HD 6300 Series Graphics,
AMD Radeon HD 6200 Series Graphics, PALM, CYPRESS,
ATI FirePro (FireGL) Graphics Adapter, AMD Firestream 9370,
AMD Firestream 9350, ATI Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series,
ATI Radeon HD 5700 Series, ATI Radeon HD 6700 Series,
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5000 Series, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5570,
ATI Radeon HD 5670, ATI Radeon HD 5570, ATI Radeon HD 5500 Series,
REDWOOD, ATI Mobility Radeon Graphics, CEDAR, ATI FirePro 2270,
ATI Radeon HD 5450, CAYMAN, AMD Radeon HD 6900 Series,
AMD Radeon HD 6900M Series, Mobility Radeon HD 6000 Series, BARTS,
AMD Radeon HD 6800 Series, AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series, TURKS, CAICOS,
ARUBA, TAHITI, PITCAIRN, VERDE, OLAND, HAINAN, BONAIRE, KABINI,
MULLINS, KAVERI, HAWAII
[ 826.647] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 826.647] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 826.647] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 826.649] xf86EnableIOPorts: failed to set IOPL for I/O (Operation
not permitted)
[ 826.649] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 826.649] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[ 826.649] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory
[ 826.649] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 826.649] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 826.649] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 826.649] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.649] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[ 826.649] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.649] (EE) Unable to find a valid framebuffer device
[ 826.649] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 826.649] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 826.649] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 826.650] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 826.650] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 826.650] compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[ 826.650] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[ 826.650] (II) FBDEV(2): using default device
[ 826.650] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 826.650] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[ 826.650] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[ 826.650] (II) UnloadModule: "fbdev"
[ 826.650] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 826.650] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[ 826.650] (EE) Cannot run in framebuffer mode. Please specify busIDs
for all framebuffer devices
[ 826.650] (EE)
[ 826.650] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 826.650] (EE) Please also check the log file at
"/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 826.650] (EE)
[ 826.653] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.
===end Xorg.0.log
In an earlier iteration of installation, I recall finding some info
about framebuffers. Also something about running in UEFI environments.
If anyone has specific references or suggestions, I'll take them.
I'll also be doing additional research myself.
Bob
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 12:24 AM Bob McGowan <ramjr0...@gmail.com
<mailto:ramjr0...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On 8/16/2020 8:20 AM, Andrew Cater wrote:
No, that's OK. Grab a netinst or the DVD image: you can use
mirrors - the critical thing is that you don't install any
graphics drivers over and above the text mode drivers, you don't
try to use the graphical install - nothing graphical. Once you've
got a minimal install, then you can try adding the
firmware-linux-nonfree firmware-misc-nonfree build-essential -
which will get the AMD GPU drivers for the Ryzen and also the bits
you need to build the Nvidia modules. At that point, you might
need either the bumblebee or the bumblebee-nvidia (so the
proprietary drivers) as listed above. Then you add the environment.
As you go through the expert install, at one point it asks you if
you want to use contrib and non-free drivers and whether you want
to add apt-src to allow imports of source code to build - answer
yes to all of these. If you don't do an expert install, you don't
get to see the lower priority questions that get asked in the
background, hence my insistence on expert install mode (which is
under advanced on the boot menu).
On Sun, Aug 16, 2020 at 3:02 PM Duval Coetzer
<duval.coetze...@gmail.com <mailto:duval.coetze...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi man YES it is the one with the dual graphics cards. sadly
it isnt intel but it runs a Ryzen chip and switches to Nvidia.
The problem that I have is that when I search for the nvidia
graphics to upgrade to then it doesnt find it. I dont know if
I am messing up. How do I boot using media? Oh snap okay I
will chack again. the thing is when I do the install I wipe
everything again. I am having cellphone problems so I need to
write the instructions down of what I am going to do. So let
me get this right. After I boot from a bootable usb with
Debian on it I select the installation that is non graphical.
I dont update using mirrors which will give me the terminal
after reboot. Where do I find the checkbox that asks for
nonfree and contrib? Once I reboot what is the command line
for bumblebee? I probably have to find my spicific drivers on
their site right? Well I am still roughly new you lost me
after building the modules. Thank you for the help!
On 8/16/20 4:06 PM, Andrew Cater wrote:
Hi David,
OK. If this is one of the laptops with dual graphics cards
where it will often use an Intel graphics chip for simple
tasks and switch to Nvidia embedded card for more complex
graphics/gaming?. Stop. Get prepared for a more complicated
process. Boot using media. Do a text mode expert install -
this will ask you lots of questions but, critically, will
allow you to produce a minimal installation that is text mode
only. When asked, add non-free and contrib repositories:
uncheck the box for a graphical / X Windows environment. Once
a minimal text mode install is complete, allow the computer
to shut down. Reboot, use apt or aptitude to install and run
the bumblebee program to set up the nvidia drivers and the
dependencies you need to build modules: you can use either
the free drivers which will give you nouveau or the
proprietary driver. Build and install any necessary modules.
At no point until after that is completed, should you try
installing X or a graphic environment. Shutdown and reboot.
At that point, use the tasksel program to add the graphics
environment and desktop environment that you want.
Do this in the wrong order and it _will_ fail / appear to
work briefly then randomly crash - I had very similar
problems with one series of MSI laptops - trying to explain
this to someone who didn't understand Linux at all was
painful - I think it took me five or six installs and a
couple of days to work out a passable install sequence that
worked consistently thereafter.
Andy C
On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 9:28 AM Duval Coetzer
<duval.coetze...@gmail.com
<mailto:duval.coetze...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hello I have problems with the Debian distro in general
with the A15
gaming laptop. I have tried all major Debian distros like
Ubuntu Mint
Kali and even Debian itself. The problem as such is after
successful
install of the operating system , at boot I get an error
which keeps me
from booting. I have tried setting the nouveau modeset= 0
and
nomodeset=0 which causes it to load further than my
initial error but I
still dont reach the GUI. I am running dual graphics and
I tried
updating the software by going into the terminal after
hitting another
error but it still doesnt boot. Please help. The only
opperating system
I can run at the moment is Opensuse Tumbleweed.
Kind regards.
Hi Andy,
I have this same issue and was just about ready to ask the same
question Duval had. So I jumped on your post and followed
instructions to the letter. But I still do not get a graphical login.
When prompted during the graphical install, I went with the lightdm
display manager.
When I rebooted, I got a blank window with a blinking cursor in the
upper left corner.
Investigation yielded the following:
The blank screen is tty7, still in text mode.
Running 'pgrep light' yielded nothing.
Running lightdm manually generated a warning about missing
/var/lib/lightdm/data, switched screen to tty7.
Screen was as before. No lightdm is running, it just exits.
/var/lib/lightdm exists but is empty. I tried creating
/var/lib/lightdm/data with perms of 777.
The warning went away but lightdm is still not running.
The sddm manager was also installed so I switched
/etc/X11/default-display-manager to point to it. This failed
completely, not even reaching tty7. In fact, tty7 could not be
switched to. Perhaps this is not the right way to switch display
managers?
Suggestions on next steps?
Thanks.
Bob
