It boots but X won't start.

[bmike1]

I am running mx 14 on an old sony vaio (2001ish). The computer will boot but when I get to the point where X starts I get nothing.... it was working yesterday. I have it set to boot as vga=791 or 792 and acpi=off

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To save people from having to read the thread:

... Basically I learned that there was an upgrade to the open source drivers and that this broke my nvidia driver which necessitated that I boot into run level 3 and run nvidia_install again. To boot into run level 3 add '3' into the boot options. To get to boot options press 'e' at the boot screen. The boot option are on the line that starts 'linux'

[rokytnji.1]

Will it boot in init 3 boot and using startx?

[kmathern]

I am running mx 14 on an old sony vaio (2001ish). The computer will boot but when I get to the point where X starts I get nothing.... it was working yesterday. I have it set to boot as vga=791 or 792 and acpi=off

Have you had any recent updates or new package installs that might be causing the problem?

Have you checked the /var/log/Xorg.0.log? (you might need to do that while in a LiveCD/LiveDVD/LiveUSB session)

[bmike1]

I'm trying to scp the log file to a working computer and when I try to push it from the computer in question from a tty <cntrl-alt-f1> I get a 'connection timed out' and when I try to pull it to the working computer it won't accept my password.

[bmike1]

I just looked at the log file and towards the end it says that it found screens but that there wasn't a usable configuration.

[lucky9]

I had some Wheezy xserver/xorg updates recently. That will throw things off if a proprietary video driver had been installed.

[bmike1]

well.... I did run the nvidia_install script. what should I do to fix this?

[kmathern]

It would help to see the /var/log/Xorg.0.log, and maybe also the log that the nvidia-install script creates (/var/log/mx-nvidia-install_<datecode>.log).

I'm not familiar with scp. Is it possible to run a live session (CD,DVD,USB,etc.), mount the partition that the MX14 install is on, and post the log files (or a link to wherever you might have uploaded them to)?

You could also try running the nvidia-install script again in initlevel 3. (then be sure to do a shutdown & reboot before trying it again)

[bmike1]

I just booted into mx14 live and it just occured to me.... could I transfer the xserver/xorg files from the live sesion to the installed version?

[bmike1]

You could also try running the nvidia-install script again in initlevel 3. (then be sure to do a shutdown & reboot before trying it again)

Sorry I didn't see this suggestion. I tried this but I have a question how do I get to initlevel 3? I tried it hitting <cntrl-alt-F1> but running nvidia_install didn't do anything.