Xorg unable to start

"revsuine" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]> Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:59:11 +0100
Newsgroups	gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.support
Message-ID	<[email protected]>
LFS 12.3
On a Thinkpad X201 with integrated Intel graphics.

I've followed the instructions to set up Xorg and installed twm, xterm, xclock,
and xinit. I then tried to run `startx`, but Xorg fails to start. There are
several errors in the log which I've appended to the end of this email.

I have, as far as I can tell, installed the Intel drivers with the intel-media-
driver package. I also tried the intel-vaapi-driver, with no difference. My
kernel is compiled with the relevant options for Intel graphics outlined by the
BLFS book. I'll attach my kernel config file as well.

Xorg log:

[    12.048] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.16
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    12.053] Current Operating System: Linux lfs 6.13.4 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
Sun Aug 10 12:36:32 BST 2025 x86_64
[    12.053] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.13.4-lfs-12.3
root=/dev/sda3 ro
[    12.055]  
[    12.057] Current version of pixman: 0.44.2
[    12.060] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    12.060] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    12.067] (==) Log file: "/home/lfs/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun
Aug 10 13:51:51 2025
[    12.071] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    12.072] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    12.072] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    12.072] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    12.072] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    12.072] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
	Using a default monitor configuration.
[    12.072] (**) Allowing byte-swapped clients
[    12.072] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    12.072] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    12.072] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    12.072] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    12.073] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    12.074] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc".
[    12.074] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    12.074] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc").
[    12.075] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi".
[    12.075] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    12.075] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi").
[    12.075] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in
"/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi".
[    12.075] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    12.075] 	(Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi").
[    12.075] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1
[    12.075] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    12.075] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input
devices.
	If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable
AutoAddDevices.
[    12.076] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    12.076] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    12.076] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[    12.076] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[    12.076] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    12.077] (++) using VT number 1

[    12.104] (EE) systemd-logind: failed to get session: PID 645 does not belong
to any known session
[    12.106] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    12.106] (II) Platform probe for
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[    12.112] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:0046:17aa:215a rev 2, Mem @
0xf2000000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x00001800/8, BIOS @
0x????????/131072
[    12.112] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or
directory)
[    12.112] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    12.114] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    12.359] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.359] 	compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.0.0
[    12.360] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    12.360] (==) Matched intel as autoconfigured driver 0
[    12.360] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 1
[    12.360] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 2
[    12.360] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 3
[    12.360] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[    12.360] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    12.360] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module intel
[    12.360] (EE) Failed to load module "intel" (module does not exist, 0)
[    12.360] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[    12.360] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[    12.362] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    12.362] 	compiled for 1.21.1.16, module version = 1.21.1
[    12.362] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    12.362] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[    12.362] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[    12.362] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module fbdev
[    12.362] (EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
[    12.362] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[    12.362] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module vesa
[    12.362] (EE) Failed to load module "vesa" (module does not exist, 0)
[    12.362] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[    12.363] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: Permission denied
[    12.363] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for modesetting
[    12.363] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: Permission denied
[    12.363] (WW) VGA arbiter: cannot open kernel arbiter, no multi-card support
[    12.363] (EE) Screen 0 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    12.363] (II) UnloadModule: "modesetting"
[    12.363] (EE) Device(s) detected, but none match those in the config file.
[    12.363] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    12.363] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    12.363] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.x.org
 for help. 
[    12.363] (EE) Please also check the log file at
"/home/lfs/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    12.363] (EE) 
[    12.406] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.


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