Bug 14178

Summary: 5a2: startx failure. v4l module does not exist
Product: Mageia Reporter: Bit Twister <bittwister2>
Component: RPM PackagesAssignee: Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact:
Severity: major    
Priority: Normal    
Version: Cauldron   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: x86_64   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Source RPM: kernel-desktop-devel-3.17.0-0.rc7.1.mga5-1-1.mga5 CVE:
Status comment:
Attachments: Xorg.0.log
startx output

Description Bit Twister 2014-09-26 09:00:30 CEST
Description of problem:

startx will not start with fglrx video driver.

# grep '(EE)' Xorg.0.log.old
        (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    65.343] (EE) Failed to load module "v4l" (module does not exist, 0)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible: Always


Steps to Reproduce:
Set run level 3
1. install fglrx video driver
2. ignore unable to instal ati video driver
3. reboot
4. startx

Setting xdriver=vesa in /boot/grub/menu.lst will not work.

poor workaround solution is to set xorg vesa video driver in mcc.



Reproducible: 

Steps to Reproduce:
Bit Twister 2014-09-26 17:22:14 CEST

Source RPM: (none) => kernel-desktop-devel-3.17.0-0.rc6.1.mga5-1-1.mga5

Bit Twister 2014-09-29 07:49:49 CEST

Source RPM: kernel-desktop-devel-3.17.0-0.rc6.1.mga5-1-1.mga5 => kernel-desktop-devel-3.17.0-0.rc7.1.mga5-1-1.mga5

Comment 1 Bit Twister 2014-09-29 07:51:28 CEST
Created attachment 5451 [details]
Xorg.0.log
Comment 2 Bit Twister 2014-09-29 07:52:21 CEST
Created attachment 5452 [details]
startx output
Comment 3 Bit Twister 2014-10-03 00:47:04 CEST
deleted/added fglrx modules. dracut -f, rebooted and fglrx driver works.

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED