Connection to Xorg lost

[Gurvan]

Hi,


Hardware : Nvidia GT 1030

I had an old 13.0 install I wanted to try to configure as a desktop for some tests (got busy and didn't boot it for 2 years though). So I tried to run startx, got error messages about connection lost to Xorg, uninstalled kde5, installed mate, same error (Xorg and nvidia driver were already installed)

I upgraded to 13.1 and then 14.0 since I thought about starting a new install from scratch anyway and now the message seems longer, but still says connection lost. Also I seem to have no configuration for X now (the generic Xinit in /usr/local/etc/X11 fails too, twm unable to open display)

nvidia module doesn't seem to be loaded in kldstat output despite being in the conf.

Any ideas?

 

[SirDice]

kld_list="nvidia"

That should be nvidia-modeset.

Also add a /usr/local/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/driver-nvidia.conf:

Section "Device"
  Identifier "Nvidia"
  Driver "nvidia"
EndSection

Then try startx again. If it's still not working, post your Xorg.0.log: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999

 

[Gurvan]

Yes, that is what I understood later by reading the chapter 5 on Xorg, but I had already posted. Thank you for the answer