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BLFS Xorg: Fatal server error no screens found

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I'm trying to build the Xorg X Window System Environment as outlined in Beyond Linux From Scratch Version 8.0. My BLFS system resides in a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox Version 5.0.10 r104061. I followed the steps as outlined in Chapter 24. X Window System Environment. However, when I finished my installation and tried startx, I got the output below:- Release Date: 2017-01-11 X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.5 x86_64 Current Operating System: Linux LFS 4.9.5 #1 SMP Thu Feb 23 22:59:41 GMT 2017 x86_64 Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.5-lfs-SVN-20170122 root=/dev/sda1 ro Build Date: 01 March 2017 10:04:52PM Current version of pixman: 0.34.0 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: Wed Mar 22 21:42:24 2017 (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" (EE) Fatal server error: (EE) no screens found(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. xinit: giving up xinit: unable to connect to X server: Connection refused xinit: server error And I see the following log in /var/log/Xorg.0.log 57.972] X.Org X Server 1.19.1 Release Date: 2017-01-11 [ 57.974] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0 [ 57.974] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.5 x86_64 [ 57.975] Current Operating System: Linux LFS 4.9.5 #1 SMP Thu Feb 23 22:59:41 GMT 2017 x86_64 [ 57.975] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.5-lfs-SVN-20170122 root=/dev/sda1 ro [ 57.975] Build Date: 01 March 2017 10:04:52PM [ 57.975] [ 57.975] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0 [ 57.975] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org to make sure that you have the latest version. [ 57.975] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. [ 57.978] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 22 21:42:24 2017 [ 57.990] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 57.992] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section. [ 57.992] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults. [ 57.992] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0) [ 57.992] (**) | |-->Monitor "" [ 57.992] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using the first device section listed. [ 57.992] (**) | |-->Device "radeon" [ 57.992] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section". Using a default monitor configuration. [ 57.992] (==) Automatically adding devices [ 57.992] (==) Automatically enabling devices [ 57.992] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices [ 57.994] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff [ 57.999] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/". [ 57.999] Entry deleted from font path. [ 57.999] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/"). [ 58.002] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/". [ 58.002] Entry deleted from font path. [ 58.002] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/"). [ 58.003] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/". [ 58.003] Entry deleted from font path. [ 58.003] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/"). [ 58.003] (==) FontPath set to: /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/, /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF/, /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/ [ 58.003] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules" [ 58.003] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices. If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices. [ 58.003] (II) Loader magic: 0x810c40 [ 58.003] (II) Module ABI versions: [ 58.003] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4 [ 58.003] X.Org Video Driver: 23.0 [ 58.003] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1 [ 58.003] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0 [ 58.007] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 80ee:beef:0000:0000 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe0000000/16777216, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072 [ 58.007] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory) [ 58.007] (II) LoadModule: "glx" [ 58.008] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so [ 58.040] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 58.040] compiled for 1.19.1, module version = 1.0.0 [ 58.040] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0 [ 58.040] (II) LoadModule: "ati" [ 58.041] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/ati_drv.so [ 58.042] (II) Module ati: vendor="X.Org Foundation" [ 58.042] compiled for 1.19.1, module version = 7.8.0 [ 58.042] Module class: X.Org Video Driver [ 58.042] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0 [ 58.042] (EE) No drivers available. [ 58.042] (EE) Fatal server error: [ 58.044] (EE) no screens found(EE) [ 58.045] (EE) Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.x.org for help. [ 58.046] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information. [ 58.046] (EE) [ 58.046] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file. I've tried rebuilding the kernel with Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 ... support) ---> [CONFIG_DRM] DRM driver for VMware Virtual GPU [CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX] [*] Enable framebuffer console under vmwgfx by default [CONFIG_DRM_VMWGFX_FBCON] and Device Drivers ---> Graphics support ---> Direct Rendering Manager (XFree86 ... support) ---> [CONFIG_DRM] and in both cases got the same error message. This is the output of lspci for the graphics adapter 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: InnoTek Systemberatung GmbH VirtualBox Graphics Adapter Any idea why the screens are failing to load?
Asked by Youssif Saeed (141 rep)
Mar 22, 2017, 10:00 PM
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