BLFS-12.0: no more xorg video driver?
Moin,
Just building BLFS-12.0 on an old DELL Latitude D820. LFS runs properly, didn't experience anything unusual so far. I also went through capter 24 until "Xorg-7 Testing and Configuration" without visible hassels. Now, after typing "startx" problems start. No graphics, but errors: Code:
grep EE /var/log/Xorg.0.log Looks like the chapter "xorg drivers" e.g. in BLFS-11.3, where also video drivers used to be built, has been reduced to "xorg input drivers" in BLFS-12.0. What did i miss? cheers, WK |
Did you carry out the necessary kernel configuration under mesa?
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blf...ml#mesa-kernel The recommended Xorg driver nowadays is the modesetting driver included with Xorg-server, but it needs the appropriate kernel video driver to interface with. |
Moin,
Yeah, at least i think so. lsmod shows this: Code:
Module Size Used by cheers, WK EDIT: seems there's just one driver: modesetting_drv.so in /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers, nothing else. Is that ok? Somehow the xorg-server seems to know the "right" drivers to load: Code:
[ 23.001] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0 |
Individual drivers are available here:
https://www.x.org/archive/individual/driver/ Most build with the standard "./configure,make make install' |
Moin,
Yeah, this is approximatly, what i tried... Currently i'm trying with xorg-server-21.1.7 and the drivers from BLFS-11.3. Doesnt look good either. When i just have built the nouveau driver only, i get another error during startx - the /dev/dri interface doesn't exist: Code:
[ 628.515] (II) LoadModule: "nouveau" Code:
[ 19308.398] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms cheers, WK |
Moin,
Even more unhappyness approaching here: I used some older Ubuntu-LTS from USB-Bootstick as host to build LFS (Yeah, i know, this might cause trouble building LFS but i think i got it anyway - no unusual behaviour in the testuites) - there i noticed, that the GUI was a bit distored and there was also nagging about some data integrity in some files, yadayada...anyway - i managed to install/run sshd on this thing and did the whole B/LFS build via ssh from my usual PC. But now i put a rather fresh Ubuntu (23.10.1) on my USB-Stick, booted again - and - HECK! - the "Try Ubuntu" thing works as a charm. No problems with picture flickering, etc. Their nouveau driver seems to work - no nasty words in Xorg.0.log. /dev/dri/ exists... Which leads to the conclusion: The Hardware is OK, it's my own incompetence. With the words of 2 great american philosophers Beavis&Butthead: This sucks!HeheHmhm :-( WK |
Moin,
Phew, finally got xorg up and running. with xorg-server from BLFS-12.0. Root of the problem seemed to be this: Code:
[ 628.813] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for pci:0000:01:00.0: -19 I fixed it by fiddeling around in the config of the Kernel in Device drivers/Graphics and framebuffer. Seems i missed something important there. Look at the age of this DELL beauty :-) Code:
[ 668.980] (II) NOUVEAU(0): Manufacturer: LPL Model: ab00 Serial#: 0 WK |
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