I recently upgraded to xorg-server-1.7.1 and it seems that it cannot load the xorg modules because of incorrect path; from Xorg.0.log: (...) II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket) (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file. (II) "record" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri" will be loaded by default. (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default. (II) LoadModule: "dbe" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibdbe.so dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibdbe.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibdbe.so (II) UnloadModule: "dbe" (EE) Failed to load module "dbe" (loader failed, 7) (II) LoadModule: "extmod" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibextmod.so dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibextmod.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibextmod.so (II) UnloadModule: "extmod" (EE) Failed to load module "extmod" (loader failed, 7) (II) LoadModule: "freetype" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module freetype (II) UnloadModule: "freetype" (EE) Failed to load module "freetype" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "glx" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibglx.so dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibglx.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibglx.so (II) UnloadModule: "glx" (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (loader failed, 7) (II) LoadModule: "v4l" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/v4l_drv.so (II) Module v4l: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.1, module version = 0.1.1 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 6.0 (II) LoadModule: "record" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibrecord.so dlopen: /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibrecord.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory (EE) Failed to load /usr/lib64/xorg/modules//extensionslibrecord.so (II) UnloadModule: "record" (EE) Failed to load module "record" (loader failed, 7) (II) LoadModule: "dri" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri (II) UnloadModule: "dri" (EE) Failed to load module "dri" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "dri2" (WW) Warning, couldn't open module dri2 (II) UnloadModule: "dri2" (EE) Failed to load module "dri2" (module does not exist, 0) (II) LoadModule: "nvidia" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: X.Org Video Driver (II) LoadModule: "mouse" (II) Loading /usr/lib64/xorg/modules/input/mouse_drv.so (II) Module mouse: vendor="X.Org Foundation" compiled for 1.7.1, module version = 1.5.0 Module class: X.Org XInput Driver ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 7.0 (II) LoadModule: "kbd" (...) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.startx 2. 3. emerge --info Portage 2.1.7.4 (default/linux/amd64/10.0/desktop, gcc-4.3.4, glibc-2.11-r0, 2.6.29-gentoo-r2-amd64 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: Linux-2.6.29-gentoo-r2-amd64-x86_64-AMD_Athlon-tm-_64_Processor_3500+-with-gentoo-2.0.1 Timestamp of tree: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:30:23 +0000 distcc 3.1 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu [disabled] ccache version 2.4 [disabled] app-shells/bash: 4.0_p35 dev-java/java-config: 2.1.9-r1 dev-lang/python: 2.6.4, 3.1.1-r1 dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r8 dev-util/ccache: 2.4-r8 dev-util/cmake: 2.6.4-r3 sys-apps/baselayout: 2.0.1 sys-apps/openrc: 0.5.2-r1 sys-apps/sandbox: 2.2 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.63-r1 sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.2, 1.11 sys-devel/binutils: 2.20 sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.1 sys-devel/libtool: 2.2.6a virtual/os-headers: 2.6.30-r1 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64 ~amd64" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/share/X11/xkb /usr/share/config" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/ca-certificates.conf /etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/gentoo-release /etc/revdep-rebuild /etc/sandbox.d /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d" CXXFLAGS="-march=athlon64 -O2 -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="assume-digests distlocks fixpackages news parallel-fetch protect-owned sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-logs unmerge-orphans" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://files.gentoo.gr/ ftp://files.gentoo.gr/ http://ftp.ntua.gr/pub/linux/gentoo/ http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/gentoo/" LANG="en_US.utf8" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" LINGUAS="en el" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_CONFIGROOT="/" PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="3dnow 3dnowext X a52 aac acl acpi alsa amd64 apm berkdb bitmap-fonts bluetooth branding bzip2 cairo cdparanoia cdr cli consolekit cracklib crypt dbus divx divx4linux dri dts dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss emerald encode evo fam firefox flac fortran fuse gdbm gif glib* glitz gpm gstreamer gtk2 hal iconv ieee1394 ipod ipv6 java javascript jpeg kde lame libnotify lirc lm_sensors mad mikmod mmx mmxext modules mp3 mp4 mpeg mplayer mudflap multilib ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin nvidia opengl openmp pam pcre pdf perl png posix ppds pppd qt3support qt4 quicktime readline reflection sdl session spell spl sse sse2 ssl startup-notification svg symlink sysfs tcpd threads thunar tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts unicode usb v4l2 vcd verbose x264 xcb xcomposite xine xml xorg xulrunner xv xvid xvmc zeroconf zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" CAMERAS="ptp2" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" LINGUAS="en el" LIRC_DEVICES="atiusb" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="nv nvidia vesa" Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY xorg.conf: Section "Module" Load "dbe" # Double buffer extension Load "extmod" # SubSection "extmod" # Option "omit xfree86-dga" # don't initialise the DGA extension # EndSubSection # This loads the font modules # Load "type1" # Load "speedo" Load "freetype" # Load "xtt" # This loads the GLX module Load "glx" # This loads the DRI module # Load "dri" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/corefonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefonts" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/sharefonts" #FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/terminus" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf-bitstream-vera" #FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/unifont" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/artwiz" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TTF/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/CID/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/local/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Speedo/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/TrueType/" # FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/freefont/" EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Simple Layout" Screen "Screen 1" InputDevice "Mouse1" #InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard" InputDevice "LIRC-Mouse" "CorePointer" "SendCoreEvents" Option "OffTime" "8" EndSection Section "ServerFlags" Option "AutoAddDevices" "off" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard1" Driver "kbd" Option "AutoRepeat" "500 30" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us,el" Option "XkbOptions" "grp:alt_shift_toggle" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "Auto" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "LIRC-Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Device" "/dev/lircm" Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2" Option "SendCoreEvents" Option "Buttons" "5" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Siemens P19-2" #Option "DPMS" "true" #HorizSync 30 - 82 #VertRefresh 56-76 EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Standard VGA" VendorName "Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" Driver "vesa" EndSection Section "Device" #http://forum.compiz-fusion.org/showthread.php?t=2363 Identifier "NVIDIA 6200" Driver "nvidia" #Driver "nv" #VideoRam 131072 Option "AllowGLXWithComposite" "true" Option "AddARGBGLXVisuals" "True" Option "RenderAccel" "true" # Option "BackingStore" "true" Option "DamageEvents" "True" Option "NvAGP" "3" #Option "Coolbits" "1" Option "UseEvents" "on" ## # Option "UseEdidFreqs" "true" # Option "UseEDID" "true" # Option "TripleBuffer" "false" # Option "RandRRotation" "true" # Option "PixmapCacheSize" "1000000" # Option "OnDemandVBlankInterrupts" "True" Option "DPMS" "TRUE" # Option "AllowIndirectPixmaps" "false" # Option "AllowSHMPixmaps" "0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen 1" Device "NVIDIA 6200" Monitor "Siemens P19-2" DefaultDepth 24 Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort 0 0 EndSubsection EndSection # Section "DRI" # Mode 0666 # EndSection Section "Extensions" Option "Composite" "true" Option "RENDER" "true" Option "DAMAGE" "Enable" EndSection
Seems that rebooting solved the problem
