fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

[tojulius]

Hi there,

My specs: Acer aspire 1801 wsmi with Ati Radeon X600 PCi Express 64M 1440x900 resolution- Kubuntu Gutsy Gibbon 7.10 Always worked fine and never had any hardware issue whatsoever

yesterday I tried to connect a tv to my computer and set a clone screen.

I did not succeed. When I restarted I got a 800x600 screen. I tried to get my previous settings back but when I restarted I got this error in kdm

- Starting DirMngr /etc/rc2.d/S20hotkey-setup: line 17: /proc/acpi/video/*/DOS: No such file or directory.
- Startinf Powernowd:156: cannot create /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0//cpufreq/scaling_governor irectory nonexistent

*CPU frequency scaling not supported

*Starting AVahi mDns/dns-sd Daemon avahi-daemon [ok]
*Starting DHCP D-Bus daemon dhcdbd [ok]
*Starting Bluetooth Services [ok]
*Starting anac(h)ronistic cron acron [ok]
*Starting deferred execution scheduler atd [ok]
*Starting periodic command scheduler crond [ok]
*Checking battery state [ok]
*Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local)


Since I could not launch anything from there I accessed the terminal with ctrl+alt+f1 and I tried, following the advice of many forums to reconfigure serverx (did almost 10 times)

I run startx and I got

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
disable montype:2
finished:PLL2
finished:PLL1
Entering Restore TV
Restore TV PLL
Restore TvHV
Restore TV Restarts
Restore Timing Tables
Restore Tv Standard
LEaving Restore tV

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on server X ":0.0"
after 0 request (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

And that's where I am stuck

Please gimmie my Kubuntu back!!!!

[dibl]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

Probably this will get you back to a basic GUI, then you'll need to install the right driver for your ATI card:

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3085112.0

[tojulius]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

I already tried to reconfigure xserver at least 10 times. It sees my ATI and recognizes all the settings automatically.

When I run startx I get the error I wrote in the post

Cheers

Julius

[dibl]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

It sees my ATI and recognizes all the settings automatically.

I'm suggesting that it's not "seeing" correctly. If, at the beginning of the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg script, you will choose "NO" to the autodetect, and then on the next screen choose "VESA", and then in the monitor section choose your favorite resolution, I think you'll end up with a GUI when you enter "startx".

Then you'll have to review the ATI driver installation processes, with which I am not familiar. :P

[tojulius]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

sorry for my not appropriate lingo.

I've already reconfigured xserver with VESA with no positive results. Any other suggestions?

Cheers, Julius

[dibl]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

Hmmm. OK, guess we'd better have a look at the log file, located at /var/log/Xorg.0.log


Also, this may be relevant to your situation:

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archive...ay/024441.html

[tojulius]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

After running sudo view /var/log/Xorg.0.log I got:

(==) Log file:"/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Dec 5 19:09:50 2007
(==) using config file:"/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |--> Monitor"Monitor Generico" (Generic Monitor in italian, the default monitor detected when reconfiguring)
(**)| |--> Device"ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon Mobility X600]"
(**)|---> Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**)|---> Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**)|---> Input Device "Synaptics Touchpad"
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.

Thanks for your help there

julius

[tojulius]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

I got it solved by reconfiguring xserver once again

It is the Mouse that caused my issue It shoould have had set dev/input/mice

Thanks a lot mate you helped me in this I felt lost for a moment

cheers

[dibl]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.

I just ran a quick search on this forum, using that error message, and found several examples -- although the one solution I found involved an Intel i810 chip, so that won't help you.

Your problem is definitely with the xorg.conf file and your video driver. If I were in your situation, I would download the Envy script installer from here and install it and use it to install the ATI driver again.

Of course, if you have no GUI, and you're not accustomed to un-archiving and installing from the command line, that makes the process a bit more complicated ... :P

If you can figure out how to get the file onto your /home/julius/Desktop and un-archive it, then the command to install it would be

sudo dpkg -i envy_0.9.9-0ubuntu1_all.deb

.

Does this help? I'm still a bit befuddled that a simple VESA display won't run a GUI on your system - I have not seen that fail before.


EDIT: Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh -- great! I was typing while you were solving a problem -- good job!

[tojulius]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

Thanks mate you made my day I must say it was my first Fatal error...I got scared

[dibl]

Re: fatal server error: failed to initialize core devices

Thanks mate you made my day I must say it was my first Fatal error...I got scared

No worries ... you need a couple of those every week to keep you on your game!