mccpi
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Joined: Sat Jun 16, 2018 5:16 am

X11 suddenly failing (fb0 not found)

Sun Jul 26, 2020 5:47 am

Hi,

after installing some unsuspicous software (audio/synth-stuff and tcl/tk-stuff) and rebooting I can no longer
connect to my Raspberry 4b via vncviewer (not using HDMI...too many cables...).
I can connect to the console via ssh.
A look into /var/log/X.org.log shows in the last part of it the following:

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[    11.894] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    11.896] (II) no primary bus or device found
[    11.896] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    11.897] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    11.902] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.902] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 1.0.0
[    11.902] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    11.902] (II) LoadModule: "fbturbo"
[    11.902] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbturbo_drv.so
[    11.903] (II) Module fbturbo: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.903] 	compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 0.5.1
[    11.903] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    11.903] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    11.903] (II) FBTURBO: driver for framebuffer: fbturbo
[    11.903] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbturbo
[    11.903] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    11.904] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    11.904] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    11.904] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.904] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[    11.905] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    11.905] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[    11.905] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbturbo
[    11.905] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[    11.905] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[    11.905] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[    11.905] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    11.905] 	compiled for 1.20.4, module version = 0.0.2
[    11.905] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    11.905] (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
[    11.905] (EE) No devices detected.
[    11.906] (EE) 
Fatal server error:
[    11.906] (EE) no screens found(EE) 
[    11.906] (EE) 
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
in /var/log/messages this appears:

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Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi kernel: [    8.898725] bcmgenet fd580000.ethernet eth0: Link is Down
Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi udisksd[349]: failed to load module crypto: libbd_crypto.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi udisksd[349]: failed to load module mdraid: libbd_mdraid.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi kernel: [    9.150511] Adding 102396k swap on /var/swap.  Priority:-2 extents:1 across:102396k SSFS
Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi udisksd[349]: Failed to load the 'mdraid' libblockdev plugin
Jul 26 07:32:33 raspberrypi udisksd[349]: Failed to load the 'crypto' libblockdev plugin
Jul 26 07:32:34 raspberrypi vncserver-x11[503,root]: ServerManager: Server started
Jul 26 07:32:34 raspberrypi lightdm[508]: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
Jul 26 07:32:34 raspberrypi vncserver-x11[503,root]: ConsoleDisplay: Cannot find a running X server on vt1
Jul 26 07:32:34 raspberrypi udisksd[349]: Acquired the name org.freedesktop.UDisks2 on the system message bus
Jul 26 07:32:34 raspberrypi vncserver-x11[503,root]: ConsoleDisplay: Found running X server (pid=535, binary=/usr/lib/xorg/Xorg)
Jul 26 07:32:35 raspberrypi lightdm[570]: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
Jul 26 07:32:35 raspberrypi lightdm[579]: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
Jul 26 07:32:36 raspberrypi lightdm[588]: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
Jul 26 07:32:36 raspberrypi lightdm[597]: Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.freedesktop.Accounts was not provided by any .service files
Jul 26 07:32:39 raspberrypi vncserver-x11[503,root]: ConsoleDisplay: Cannot find a running X server on vt7
Beside the reported issue:
What does this means: "Error getting user list from org.freedesktop.Accounts"...is there someone phoning home?
I definetly don't like such things!

What prevents X11 to start?

Cheers!
mccpi

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