[gentoo-user] Modular Xorg 7 won't start with nVidia GeForce4 440 Go

[Daevid Vincent]

I went to do an 'emerge -Davu world' yesterday, and it forced me to upgrade
to modular xorg7. I followed the directions here, But now X doesn't start.
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/desktop/x/x11/modular-x-howto.xml
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I'm using this video card on a Dell i8200 notebook 
(kernel 2.6.15-gentoo-r1)
#lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: 
nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] (rev a3)
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locutus X11 # startx
xauth:  creating new authority file /root/.serverauth.30003

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686
Current Operating System: Linux locutus.daevid.com 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #1
PREEMPT Tue Feb 21 18:44:25 PST 2006 i686
Build Date: 28 March 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Mar 29 13:49:35 2006
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x87) [0x80d5168]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: X(main+0x2e4) [0x806ff2e]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xda) [0xb7cf609a]
4: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x85) [0x806f4e1]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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I tried this:

locutus X11 # Xorg -configure
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/locutus.daevid.com:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686
Current Operating System: Linux locutus.daevid.com 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #1
PREEMPT Tue Feb 21 18:44:25 PST 2006 i686
Build Date: 28 March 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 28 23:23:57 2006
List of video drivers:
        nvidia
        fbdev
        vesa
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"


Xorg is not able to detect your mouse.
Edit the file and correct the Device.

Your xorg.conf file is /root/xorg.conf.new

To test the server, run 'X -config /root/xorg.conf.new'
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So then when I run that:

locutus X11 # X -config /root/xorg.conf.new
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/locutus.daevid.com:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 7.0.0
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.0
Build Operating System:Linux 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 i686
Current Operating System: Linux locutus.daevid.com 2.6.15-gentoo-r1 #1
PREEMPT Tue Feb 21 18:44:25 PST 2006 i686
Build Date: 28 March 2006
        Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
        to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
        (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 28 23:24:14 2006
(++) Using config file: "/root/xorg.conf.new"

   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

Backtrace:
0: X(xf86SigHandler+0x87) [0x80d5168]
1: [0xffffe420]
2: X(main+0x2e4) [0x806ff2e]
3: /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xda) [0xb7cb509a]
4: X(FontFileCompleteXLFD+0x85) [0x806f4e1]

Fatal server error:
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

Aborted
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I tried to re-emerge the drivers:
media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.6629-r5 [1.0.8178-r3] 0 kB 
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.6629-r7 [1.0.8178-r1] 0 kB 

And when those didn't work, I tried the newer drivers:
media-video/nvidia-kernel-1.0.8178-r3  0 kB 
media-video/nvidia-glx-1.0.8178-r1  USE="-dlloader" 0 kB 

On a semi-related issue, I thought I heard some rumblings
that the new drivers won't support my older 
NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] card? 
Is that true? Is nVidia abandoning me?

Should I just revert back to the older Xorg? Is this not ready for
prime-time use? I realize it's ~x86 masked, but I run many packages that
are. In fact my KDE/GNOME/and Xorg previously were as well. If so, what do I
need to put in my /etc/portage/package.* files to prevent it from trying to
upgrade me to 7 ?

d

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