FATAL: Module g2d_23

[rhjones19]

I have finally got my pi working through my tv in my room, connected wirelessly to my home network, running raspian.

Have managed to hook the Pi upto my laptop,using putty, so i can use it more comfotably.

I can log in, I can go to rasp-config, but when i try to run raspian all i get is the above message.

Before people moan, yes, i have tried searching the forums for ideas, but still nothing, when i tried /var/log/Xorg.0.log (as suggested in one), all i get is "no such file or directory"

Roz

[gkreidl]

You are already running Raspian, if you're connected through putty. I suppose you are trying to start the Desktop from putty but that won't work.

[rhjones19]

I can pick up the pi through putty and log in and get to the raspi-config, but that's it

[Joe Schmoe]

There are a few things going on here:

1. As noted, Raspbian is the OS, and you are already running it. So, I assume you meant running the X GUI, via the command "startx".
2. You can only run the X GUI on a "virtual console" - that is, on the actual Pi, connected via K, V, and M. You cannot run it via an SSH (or serial) connection to the machine. I consider it a bug in the scripts that invoke the GUI that they don't check to make sure they are running on a VC (i.e., the "tty" command returns something like /dev/ttyXX) before proceeding.
3. That message ("FATAL: Module g2d_23") is actually "normal" - that is, it is always generated when the X GUI is launched. It's another one of those "It's Linux; you'll get used to it" sort of things. But the point is, you only see it (i.e., it is only displayed long enough for most people to notice it) when the X GUI is about to fail to launch - which usually means that the user is trying to invoke it from an SSH connection.
   
   Further, it is bad enough when miscellaneous superfluous warnings are generated; people get used to ignore them. But it is really weird to have a "FATAL" message turn out to be irrelevant...

[DougieLawson]

Further, it is bad enough when miscellaneous superfluous warnings are generated; people get used to ignore them. But it is really weird to have a "FATAL" message turn out to be irrelevant...[/list]

That's not weird, that's bad programming.

[gkreidl]

I can pick up the pi through putty and log in and get to the raspi-config, but that's it

No, you can run any command line program. But putty can't display a desktop.

[Joe Schmoe]

I can pick up the pi through putty and log in and get to the raspi-config, but that's it

Yes, as you say, you can run any command line program. But as you now know, putty can't display a desktop.

FTFY. Sounds like you guys are in total agreement.

You might even be going to the prom together.