Won't init on :0 but will on :1

[mercman2000]

Hi

My current problem is that I can do xinit on :1 but not on :0. This is a bit of a thorn in my side, as I have to use a VNC client to access the machine and I'd rather use it locally.

My hardware, output of lspci:
00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a3)
00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a3)
00:0a.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a3)
00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a3)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.1 Audio device: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:09.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
01:09.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
01:09.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 (rev 04)
02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R520 [Radeon X1800]
02:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc R520 [Radeon X1800] (Secondary)



My xorg.conf
[root@localhost X11]# cat xorg.conf

# Xorg configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "aticonfig-Screen[0]" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
EndSection

Section "Files"
EndSection

Section "Module"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "vesa"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

[root@localhost X11]#

For my driver install, I have downloaded ati-driver-installer-8.36.5-x86.x86_64.run. I used the --buildpkg Fedora/FC6 option. This failed for the following reasons, all have been corrected and this fileset is the generated result.

ATI-fglrx-8.36.5-1.fc6.i386.rpm
ATI-fglrx-control-center-8.36.5-1.fc6.i386.rpm
ATI-fglrx-devel-8.36.5-1.fc6.i386.rpm
kernel-module-ATI-fglrx-2.6.20-1.2944.fc6-8.36.5-1.fc6.i386.rpm

Reasons for failure - default repos = livna was not involved
1. Missing kernel sources/headers (downloaded via yum, default repos)
2. Mismatched sources to kernel version (downloaded via yum, default repos)

Installed kernel module, then ATI-fglrx, then ATI-fglrx-devel, then the control center. I then run aticonfig --initial --input=/etc/X11/xorg.conf --resolution=0,1280x1024,1024x768,800x600 and it overwrites my xorg.conf file.

All seems to go fine. I reboot using kernel 2.6.20-1.2944.fc6 and try to startx. While the system is working, its nonresponsive. I can't switch terminals after startx is issued. I edited my /root/.vnc/xstartup to use xinit instead of twm and gnome shows just fine via a VNC client. SSH is working as well.

That's where it all stops. So, if I'm able to start a display on :1, why not :0? Things seem to be going OK.

Brief output of /var/log/Xorg.0.log

[root@localhost log]# cat Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[root@localhost log]# cat Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
(WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:2:0:1) found
[root@localhost log]#

Any other information I can provide? While I'm not without a system, this isn't exactly ideal, but I can get by with what I need to do. Thanks in advance.

[mercman2000]

I'm going to scrap what I have and put on 8.28.8 - I'll keep you all posted.

[mercman2000]

I can't get that to work either. I will go back to FC5 and use the stuff off Livna. I had great success with that before. Thanks for your time.