Arch Linux

[dedanna1029]

Yeah. I have it in my head how it works, but can't explain it in words. If I could draw on here, I might be able to. lol.

[viking60]

What I really find amazing about Arch Linux is the rock solid stability. It is as cutting edge as they come and still it "Just works". I love it
It is no 1. in the Linux world now If you ask me. Because:
It's stable
It's fast
It's flexible
It has the latest software.

Not to many distros that can claim that.

[dedanna1029]

What I really find amazing about Arch Linux is the rock solid stability. It is as cutting edge as they come and still it "Just works". I love it
It is no 1. in the Linux world now If you ask me. Because:
It's stable
It's fast
It's flexible
It has the latest software.

Not to many distros that can claim that.

Yep! Is my favorite by far aside from FreeBSD, which I'm not using right now anyway.

ROCK ON ARCH!

[dedanna1029]

Okay, updates have hosed me again with that bug - not sure how to fix it this time. There's nothing in dmesg to troubleshoot with; just shows a normal boot.

gdm/Xorg are timing out right and left again, I can't get in. Took a git update - I'm wondering if that's it?

Pastebin of updates, dmesg, and Xorg.0.log - if there's help anywhere, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks!

Edit: Look at lines 868 through 885. Do we have another API mismatch or something?

[dedanna1029]

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[    22.773] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.773]    compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.773]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[    22.773] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
[    22.773] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    22.773] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
[    22.775] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.775]    compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 1.2.0
[    22.775]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
[    22.775] (II) Loading extension DRI2
[    22.775] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    22.775] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    22.841] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    22.841]    compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.841]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    22.908] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to load the NVIDIA kernel module. Please check your
[    22.908] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages.
[    22.908] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    22.908] (II) Unloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    22.908] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module-specific error, 0)
[    22.908] (EE) No drivers available.

DRI - compiled for version 1.9.0, module version - 1.2.0
Module nvidia - compiled for 4.0.2, module version - 1.0.0
module-specific error

[dedanna1029]

Okay, so. What the hell just happened? I went into init 3 in Arch Linux when it wouldn't startx and GdmDisplay was timing out, ran depmod -a, re-installed the NVIDIA driver, got an error on its installation (it said that it wasn't in /proc/modules, and that I would have to unload Xserver, when I'm in init 3???), so,,, I hit init 5, and here I am in Arch? All righty then... LMAO.

[dedanna1029]

Gee, wonder if that would work on Fedora? LOL

[viking60]

If it works its good I guess

[dedanna1029]

I'm wondering if the fact that I was in init 3 this time rather than having X running did it.

[viking60]

Probably! It lets the box pull dependencies without the driver running.

[dedanna1029]

The thing is, i already had reinstalled it - but had asked for kmod-nvidia and everything when i did. Think I'll remember, akmod-nvidia only.

[viking60]

Todays update has a load of gnome updates. It does not compute with gnome-elegant so you have to remove it, to make the update.
I also had to remove the GUI anjute to make it work.