No GUI after upgrading.

[akshitbaunthiyal]

So I just completed upgrading my installation of Sabayon Linux (KDE). And now I don't have any GUI. By default, I'm logged in to the command line interface. I tried using

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startx

but I get Fatel server error: no screens found.

I read on the forum about changing the default repository to sabayonlinux.org but even after trying that, I couldn't use this repository. [sabayonlinux.org]repository not available.

What am I supposed to do??

PS - I did not upgrade my kernel.

[akshitbaunthiyal]

No worries, fixed it myself.

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nano /etc/entropy/repositories.conf.d/entropy_sabayonlinux.org.example

and saved it as repositories.conf in /etc/entropy/ directory. That enabled the sabayonlinux.org repository. Then I upgraded and things got fixed.

[akshitbaunthiyal]

And...... They got messed up again. Same problem. Need help.

[gnac]

akshitbaunthiyal

Did you try "equo update --force"?

I ran into the same problem today with X not starting. I ran an equo deptest and libtest. I then found this thread and copied over the default repo file. I had to do an equo update --force to get it to think there was new data. It is still using the weekly repository, but it did find a bunch of new packages that needed to be updated, including equo.

I'm just finished an upgrade, but that didn't fix the problem. Now I'm upgrading to linux-sabayon-3.5 and we'l see what happens.

[gnac]

Nope upgrading the kernel didn't help either. Here's my xorg backtrace:

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[   147.958] Backtrace:
[   147.958] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0x81c43a9]
[   147.958] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x17fdea) [0x81c7dea]
[   147.958] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb7769410]
[   147.958] 3: /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7405000+0x11bb12) [0xb7520b12]
[   147.958] 4: /usr/bin/X (XIChangeDeviceProperty+0x16c) [0x815d60c]
[   147.958] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb42d6000+0x677e) [0xb42dc77e]
[   147.958] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb42d6000+0x69c5) [0xb42dc9c5]
[   147.958] 7: /usr/bin/X (ActivateDevice+0x66) [0x806e796]
[   147.958] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x82005) [0x80ca005]
[   147.958] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x94c04) [0x80dcc04]
[   147.958] 10: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x95277) [0x80dd277]
[   147.958] 11: /usr/bin/X (config_init+0x14) [0x80dc324]
[   147.958] 12: /usr/bin/X (InitInput+0xba) [0x80bccaa]
[   147.958] 13: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1f7ee) [0x80677ee]
[   147.958] 14: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb74216b3]
[   147.958] Backtrace:
[   147.958] 0: /usr/bin/X (xorg_backtrace+0x49) [0x81c43a9]
[   147.958] 1: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x17fdea) [0x81c7dea]
[   147.958] 2: (vdso) (__kernel_rt_sigreturn+0x0) [0xb7769410]
[   147.958] 3: /lib/libc.so.6 (0xb7405000+0x11bb12) [0xb7520b12]
[   147.958] 4: /usr/bin/X (XIChangeDeviceProperty+0x16c) [0x815d60c]
[   147.958] 5: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb42d6000+0x677e) [0xb42dc77e]
[   147.958] 6: /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/evdev_drv.so (0xb42d6000+0x69c5) [0xb42dc9c5]
[   147.958] 7: /usr/bin/X (ActivateDevice+0x66) [0x806e796]
[   147.958] 8: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x82005) [0x80ca005]
[   147.958] 9: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x94c04) [0x80dcc04]
[   147.958] 10: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x95277) [0x80dd277]
[   147.958] 11: /usr/bin/X (config_init+0x14) [0x80dc324]
[   147.958] 12: /usr/bin/X (InitInput+0xba) [0x80bccaa]
[   147.958] 13: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1f7ee) [0x80677ee]
[   147.958] 14: /lib/libc.so.6 (__libc_start_main+0xf3) [0xb74216b3]
[   147.958] 15: /usr/bin/X (0x8048000+0x1fb79) [0x8067b79]
[   147.958]
[   147.958] Segmentation fault at address 0x12f
[   147.958]
Fatal server error:
[   147.958] Caught signal 11 (Segmentation fault). Server aborting
[   147.958]
[   147.958]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
         at http://wiki.x.org


[gnac]

I found out the root of my problem, hope it helps you but it is unlikely.

For some reason my wireless logitech headset causes X to crash. I removed the usb dongle and I was able to restart X. Insterting the dongle caused an immediate crash.

Apparently X thinks its an input device, which maybe it is since it has controls, but either way X no longer likes it.

Perhaps you have a similar device that is causing a crash?

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[  2650.464] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech Logitech Wireless Headset" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[  2650.464] (**) Option "xkb_rules" "evdev"
[  2650.464] (**) Option "xkb_model" "evdev"
[  2650.464] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[  2650.464] (II) evdev: Logitech Logitech Wireless Headset: initialized for absolute axes.
[  2650.465]
***crash***


[akshitbaunthiyal]

@gnac - I did the force upgrade thing yeterday and was so fed up of not getting a GUI that I completely removed Sabayon from my computer and replaced it with Chakra Linux. Currently, Sabayon is stored in my computer as a virtual appliance. I'll see what happens after I upgrade. If it breaks again, I'll try and fix it (a virtual machine will be less cumbersome).

PS - I do not have any removable hardware plugged in. It's a laptop.

[adsicks]

If you were getting no screens error after startx was something wrong in xorg.conf, did you try a restore from one of the default/backup xorg.conf files in /etc/X11?

[akshitbaunthiyal]

No. I know it was stupid but I removed Sabayon and installed Chakra. But same problem there too. This problem seems to affect rolling/semi-rolling distros.

[akshitbaunthiyal]

Not strictly related to Sabayon but this might be of some use.
I have an ATI GPU (ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v).
In Chakra Linux, when I use catalyst dirvers and perform an upgrade, xorg breaks. However, on using radeon drivers and upgrading, things go smooth.
So, I suppose this problem has something to do with the proprietary display drivers.