[gentoo-user] No X interface...

[gentoo-user] No X interface...

[Cláudio Henrique]

Hi there,

After a overheat, my computer does not work under X interface. I start
my system without error messages, but when I try to startx, the screen
goes black, and only reseting the computer the system is restored. Not
even a /var/log/Xorg.0.log output is generated. The same problem
occurs if I use a LiveCD, I've tried Kurumin and Linspire so far.

My system is a MSI KT 4 Ultra Mainboard, a Athlon XP 2400+, 1GB RAM, a
NVidia FX 5600 128MB, and a TV Board (BT878x).

Does anyone know what is this error?

Here goes some more info:
http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2987382.html#2987382

Thanks in advance,
Claudio.

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RE: [gentoo-user] No X interface...

[Michael Kintzios]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cláudio Henrique [mailto:rapaduraatomica@gmail.com] 
> Sent: 28 December 2005 11:10
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: [gentoo-user] No X interface...
> 
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> After a overheat, my computer does not work under X interface. I start
> my system without error messages, but when I try to startx, the screen
> goes black, and only reseting the computer the system is restored. Not
> even a /var/log/Xorg.0.log output is generated. The same problem
> occurs if I use a LiveCD, I've tried Kurumin and Linspire so far.

Could it be that the video card was fried?  Was it overclocked?

> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2987382.html#2987382

Unless I'm mistaken your video card is not being initialised.  If you
tried different LiveCD's and it now fails to come up, then hardware
failure of card or controller chip are suspect.

Finally, from a software perspective I assume that there are no lock
files created which are relevant to the video card and which might need
deleting?  Someone with more knowledge in this area may be able to offer
help.
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Mick


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Re: [gentoo-user] No X interface...

[Cláudio Henrique]

Yersterday I tried another video card, and everything went just fine.
It was really the card...
Regards!

On 12/28/05, Michael Kintzios <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Cláudio Henrique [mailto:rapaduraatomica@gmail.com]
> > Sent: 28 December 2005 11:10
> > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> > Subject: [gentoo-user] No X interface...
> >
> >
> > Hi there,
> >
> > After a overheat, my computer does not work under X interface. I start
> > my system without error messages, but when I try to startx, the screen
> > goes black, and only reseting the computer the system is restored. Not
> > even a /var/log/Xorg.0.log output is generated. The same problem
> > occurs if I use a LiveCD, I've tried Kurumin and Linspire so far.
>
> Could it be that the video card was fried?  Was it overclocked?
>
> > http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-2987382.html#2987382
>
> Unless I'm mistaken your video card is not being initialised.  If you
> tried different LiveCD's and it now fails to come up, then hardware
> failure of card or controller chip are suspect.
>
> Finally, from a software perspective I assume that there are no lock
> files created which are relevant to the video card and which might need
> deleting?  Someone with more knowledge in this area may be able to offer
> help.
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> Regards,
> Mick
>
>
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>
>

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