Xorg black screen on startup [SOLVED]

THANK YOU EVERYONE WHO HELPED ESPECIALLY M177ER
EDIT: NEW PROBLEM ON POST #9, a bunch of errors
I've run the X -config *path to xorg.conf* command and there is just a black screen with a black X for the mouse cursor, I can move around the mouse or ctrl+alt+f1 to get back to the shell and kill X but that's about it. Here's the errors I get from X
(EE) Failed to load module "type1" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "record" (module does not exist, 0)
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/TTF, removing from list!
Could not init font path element /usr/share/fonts/Type1, removing from list!
I get the same thing when I try startx except it shuts down the x server automatically.
I made the xorg.conf file with the built in program, here is the file.
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
# Auto-generated by Archie mkxcfg
Section "ServerLayout"
# Serial Mouse not detected
# USB Mouse not detected
Identifier "Xorg Configured"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "PS/2 Mouse" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "Files"
# Additional fonts: Locale, Gimp, TTF...
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/75dpi"
# FontPath "/usr/share/lib/X11/fonts/latin2/100dpi"
# True type and type1 fonts are also handled via xftlib, see /etc/X11/XftConfig!
ModulePath "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/PEX"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/latex-ttf-fonts"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/CID"
FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/defoma/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "ddc" # ddc probing of monitor
Load "dbe"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "glx"
Load "bitmap" # bitmap-fonts
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "record"
# Load "synaptics"
EndSection
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "AllowMouseOpenFail" "true"
Option "AutoAddDevices" "False"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc101"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
Option "XkbVariant" ""
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Serial Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Microsoft"
Option "Device" "/dev/ttyS0"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "PS/2 Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "Auto"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "Emulate3Timeout" "70"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "USB Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "SendCoreEvents" "true"
Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Buttons" "5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# Warning: This may fry old Monitors
# Very conservative. May flicker.
# VertRefresh 50.0 - 62.0 # Extreme conservative. Will flicker. TFT default.
# Default modes distilled from
# "VESA and Industry Standards and Guide for Computer Display Monitor
# Timing", version 1.0, revision 0.8, adopted September 17, 1998.
# $XFree86: xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/etc/vesamodes,v 1.4 1999/11/18 16:52:17 tsi Exp $
# 640x350 @ 85Hz (VESA) hsync: 37.9kHz
Identifier "Monitor0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
ModeLine "640x350" 31.5 640 672 736 832 350 382 385 445 +hsync -vsync
ModeLine "640x400" 31.5 640 672 736 832 400 401 404 445 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "720x400" 35.5 720 756 828 936 400 401 404 446 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 25.2 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 664 704 832 480 489 491 520 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 31.5 640 656 720 840 480 481 484 500 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 36.0 640 696 752 832 480 481 484 509 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 36.0 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 40.0 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 50.0 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 49.5 800 816 896 1056 600 601 604 625 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 56.3 800 832 896 1048 600 601 604 631 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 44.9 1024 1032 1208 1264 768 768 776 817 +hsync +vsync interlace
ModeLine "1024x768" 65.0 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 75.0 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 78.8 1024 1040 1136 1312 768 769 772 800 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 94.5 1024 1072 1168 1376 768 769 772 808 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864" 108.0 1152 1216 1344 1600 864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x960" 108.0 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x960" 148.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 960 961 964 1011 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 108.0 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 135.0 1280 1296 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 157.5 1280 1344 1504 1728 1024 1025 1028 1072 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 162.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 175.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 189.0 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 202.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 229.5 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1792x1344" 204.8 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1792x1344" 261.0 1792 1888 2104 2456 1344 1345 1348 1417 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1856x1392" 218.3 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1856x1392" 288.0 1856 1984 2208 2560 1392 1393 1396 1500 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1920x1440" 234.0 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1920x1440" 297.0 1920 2064 2288 2640 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1800x1440" 230.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1800x1440" 250.0 1800 1896 2088 2392 1440 1441 1444 1490 +hsync +vsync
ModeLine "640x480" 43.2 640 680 744 848 480 481 484 509 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "768x576" 35.0 768 792 872 976 576 577 580 597 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "768x576" 42.9 768 800 880 992 576 577 580 601 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "768x576" 45.5 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 602 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "768x576" 51.8 768 808 888 1008 576 577 580 605 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "768x576" 62.6 768 816 896 1024 576 577 580 611 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "800x600" 68.2 800 848 936 1072 600 601 604 636 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1024x768" 113.3 1024 1096 1208 1392 768 769 772 814 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864" 81.6 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864" 119.7 1152 1224 1352 1552 864 865 868 907 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1152x864" 143.5 1152 1232 1360 1568 864 865 868 915 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x960" 124.5 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1001 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x960" 129.9 1280 1368 1504 1728 960 961 964 1002 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x960" 179.0 1280 1376 1520 1760 960 961 964 1017 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1280x1024" 191.0 1280 1376 1520 1760 1024 1025 1028 1085 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 122.6 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1051 1054 1087 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 149.3 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1094 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 155.8 1400 1496 1648 1896 1050 1051 1054 1096 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 179.3 1400 1504 1656 1912 1050 1051 1054 1103 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1400x1050" 214.4 1400 1512 1664 1928 1050 1051 1054 1112 -hsync +vsync
ModeLine "1600x1200" 280.6 1600 1728 1904 2208 1200 1201 1204 1271 -hsync +vsync
Option "DPMS" "true"
# HorizSync 28.0 - 78.0 # Warning: This may fry very old Monitors
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "vesa"
VendorName "All"
BoardName "All"
Card "* Generic VESA compatible"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
Sorry for the large amount of code, but I haven't the faintest clue what to do now.
Last edited by Spelchek (2009-02-04 05:01:43)

I reinstalled xorg and I am now getting these errors. I think they have something to do with permissions but I'm a nub so what do I know?
xauth: creating new authority file /home/mark/.serverauth.6141
X.Org X Server 1.5.3
Release Date: 5 November 2008
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.27-ARCH i686
Current Operating System: Linux brotop 2.6.28-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jan 25 10:13:11 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date: 17 December 2008 08:20:05PM
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
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 Feb 3 06:02:24 2009
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Parse error on line 272 of section Screen in file /etc/X11/xorg.conf
"EndSection" is not a valid keyword in this section.
*** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/X: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x081be964 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7b55ee4]
/lib/libc.so.6[0xb7b56ec9]
/usr/bin/X(xf86freeInputList+0x3f)[0x80defef]
/usr/bin/X(xf86freeConfig+0x7f)[0x80e372f]
/usr/bin/X(xf86readConfigFile+0x82)[0x80e3802]
/usr/bin/X(xf86HandleConfigFile+0x9e)[0x80d5d0e]
/usr/bin/X(InitOutput+0x5c8)[0x80aa9c8]
/usr/bin/X(main+0x279)[0x8071a89]
/lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xe5)[0xb7b006c5]
/usr/bin/X[0x8071071]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-081d3000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 443396 /usr/bin/Xorg
081d3000-081da000 rw-p 0018a000 08:02 443396 /usr/bin/Xorg
081da000-081ff000 rw-p 081da000 00:00 0
08e1a000-08e3b000 rw-p 08e1a000 00:00 0 [heap]
b7a4f000-b7a51000 rw-p b7a4f000 00:00 0
b7a51000-b7a64000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 435922 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b7a64000-b7a65000 rw-p 00012000 08:02 435922 /usr/lib/libz.so.1.2.3.3
b7a65000-b7ae6000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436181 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.19
b7ae6000-b7aea000 rw-p 00080000 08:02 436181 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.19
b7aea000-b7c2a000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 501594 /lib/libc-2.9.so
b7c2a000-b7c2b000 ---p 00140000 08:02 501594 /lib/libc-2.9.so
b7c2b000-b7c2d000 r--p 00140000 08:02 501594 /lib/libc-2.9.so
b7c2d000-b7c2e000 rw-p 00142000 08:02 501594 /lib/libc-2.9.so
b7c2e000-b7c31000 rw-p b7c2e000 00:00 0
b7c31000-b7c3d000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436347 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7c3d000-b7c3e000 rw-p 0000c000 08:02 436347 /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1
b7c3e000-b7c45000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 499751 /lib/librt-2.9.so
b7c45000-b7c46000 r--p 00006000 08:02 499751 /lib/librt-2.9.so
b7c46000-b7c47000 rw-p 00007000 08:02 499751 /lib/librt-2.9.so
b7c47000-b7c48000 rw-p b7c47000 00:00 0
b7c48000-b7c6c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 499734 /lib/libm-2.9.so
b7c6c000-b7c6d000 r--p 00023000 08:02 499734 /lib/libm-2.9.so
b7c6d000-b7c6e000 rw-p 00024000 08:02 499734 /lib/libm-2.9.so
b7c6e000-b7dab000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 435927 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
b7dab000-b7dc1000 rw-p 0013c000 08:02 435927 /usr/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.8
b7dc1000-b7dc4000 rw-p b7dc1000 00:00 0
b7dc4000-b7dc8000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436192 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7dc8000-b7dc9000 rw-p 00003000 08:02 436192 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b7dc9000-b7dff000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436137 /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
b7dff000-b7e01000 rw-p 00036000 08:02 436137 /usr/lib/libdbus-1.so.3.4.0
b7e01000-b7e10000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436783 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b7e10000-b7e11000 rw-p 0000e000 08:02 436783 /usr/lib/libhal.so.1.0.0
b7e11000-b7e51000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436767 /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.12.0
b7e51000-b7e53000 rw-p 0003f000 08:02 436767 /usr/lib/libpixman-1.so.0.12.0
b7e53000-b7e54000 rw-p b7e53000 00:00 0
b7e54000-b7e59000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436180 /usr/lib/libfontenc.so.1.0.0
b7e59000-b7e5a000 rw-p 00004000 08:02 436180 /usr/lib/libfontenc.so.1.0.0
b7e5a000-b7e5c000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436199 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7e5c000-b7e5d000 rw-p 00001000 08:02 436199 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b7e5d000-b7eb6000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436186 /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1.4.1
b7eb6000-b7ebd000 rw-p 00058000 08:02 436186 /usr/lib/libXfont.so.1.4.1
b7ebd000-b7ec2000 rw-p b7ebd000 00:00 0
b7ec2000-b7ed6000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 501595 /lib/libpthread-2.9.so
b7ed6000-b7ed7000 r--p 00014000 08:02 501595 /lib/libpthread-2.9.so
b7ed7000-b7ed8000 rw-p 00015000 08:02 501595 /lib/libpthread-2.9.so
b7ed8000-b7eda000 rw-p b7ed8000 00:00 0
b7eda000-b7edc000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 501596 /lib/libdl-2.9.so
b7edc000-b7edd000 r--p 00001000 08:02 501596 /lib/libdl-2.9.so
b7edd000-b7ede000 rw-p 00002000 08:02 501596 /lib/libdl-2.9.so
b7ede000-b7ee3000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 436757 /usr/lib/libpciaccess.so.0.10.2
b7ee3000-b7ee4000 rw-p 00004000 08:02 436757 /usr/lib/libpciaccess.so.0.10.2
b7ee4000-b7ee5000 rw-p b7ee4000 00:00 0
b7eea000-b7eec000 rw-p b7eea000 00:00 0
b7eec000-b7eed000 r-xp b7eec000 00:00 0 [vdso]
b7eed000-b7f09000 r-xp 00000000 08:02 499728 /lib/ld-2.9.so
b7f09000-b7f0a000 r--p 0001b000 08:02 499728 /lib/ld-2.9.so
b7f0a000-b7f0b000 rw-p 0001c000 08:02 499728 /lib/ld-2.9.so
bf7f5000-bf80a000 rw-p bffeb000 00:00 0 [stack]
xinit: Server error.

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    [ 19.388] Build Operating System: Linux 3.4.8-1-ARCH x86_64
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    [ 19.389] Build Date: 27 August 2012 08:04:39AM
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    [ 20.193] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 20.193] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
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    [ 20.196] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 20.196] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
    [ 20.196] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
    [ 20.196] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 20.196] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
    [ 20.196] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 20.196] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
    [ 20.196] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
    [ 20.196] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 20.196] (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
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    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/
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    [ 20.196] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
    [ 20.196] (II) Loader magic: 0x7c8b00
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    [ 20.196] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    [ 20.196] X.Org Video Driver: 12.1
    [ 20.196] X.Org XInput driver : 16.0
    [ 20.196] X.Org Server Extension : 6.0
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    [ 20.468] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
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    [ 20.686] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 20.686] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 20.686] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
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    [ 20.686] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
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    [ 20.716] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.13.0
    [ 20.716] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    [ 20.716] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
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    [ 20.742] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 20.743] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    [ 20.743] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 6.0
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    [ 22.869] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
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    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:18:2) found
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    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:19:2) found
    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:0) found
    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:2) found
    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:3) found
    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:20:4) found
    [ 23.464] (WW) fglrx: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0@0:22:0) found
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    [ 23.478] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvgahw.so
    [ 23.488] (II) Module vgahw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
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    [ 23.488] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
    [ 23.489] (**) fglrx(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
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    [ 23.489] (==) fglrx(0): Buffer Tiling is ON
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    [ 23.508] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/linux/libfglrxdrm.so
    [ 23.508] (II) Module fglrxdrm: vendor="FireGL - ATI Technologies Inc."
    [ 23.508] compiled for 1.4.99.906, module version = 8.97.2
    [ 23.525] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
    [ 23.526] ukiDynamicMajor: found major device number 251
    [ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID PCI:1:5:0
    [ 23.526] ukiOpenDevice: node name is /dev/ati/card0
    [ 23.526] ukiOpenDevice: open result is 12, (OK)
    [ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiOpenMinor returns 12
    [ 23.526] ukiOpenByBusid: ukiGetBusid reports PCI:1:5:0
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    [ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): MMIO registers at 0xd0400000
    [ 23.526] (--) fglrx(0): I/O port at 0x00009000
    [ 23.526] (==) fglrx(0): ROM-BIOS at 0x000c0000
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    [ 23.603] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libvbe.so
    [ 23.617] (II) Module vbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 23.617] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.1.0
    [ 23.617] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 12.1
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    [ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE Version 3.0
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    [ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM: ATI ATOMBIOS
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    [ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Vendor: (C) 1988-2005, ATI Technologies Inc.
    [ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product: RS880M
    [ 23.629] (II) fglrx(0): VESA VBE OEM Product Rev: 01.00
    [ 23.652] (II) fglrx(0): ATI Video BIOS revision 9 or later detected
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    [ 23.652] (II) fglrx(0): PCIE card detected
    [ 23.652] (--) fglrx(0): Using per-process page tables (PPPT) as GART.
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    [ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): Interrupt handler installed at IRQ 18.
    [ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 support is enabled!
    [ 23.691] (II) fglrx(0): RandR 1.2 rotation support is enabled!
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    [ 23.692] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
    [ 23.692] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
    [ 23.692] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
    [ 23.722] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 23.722] compiled for 1.12.4, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 23.722] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
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    Minor opcode of failed request: 19 (X_GLXQueryServerString)
    Serial number of failed request: 12
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    Last edited by Medlam (2012-09-18 13:48:42)

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  • Problems with kernel26 2.6.36.1-3, black screen on startup

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    Hi,
    this night i have updated through pacman the xorg-server and the intel driver but now the system is not able to start.
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    xf86-video-intel    2.13.0-4
    xorg-server 1.9.2-2
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    Last edited by *blasco* (2010-11-26 13:47:16)

    Thanx for the reply..i've updated other packages but unfortunatly i don't remember the names, there is a method to find out the last updated packages?
    I take a look at xorg log file but there is only one old error for the synaptic touchpad (always had).
    in the dmesg i don t see anything strange. When i start the system i see a completely black screen.
    for completeness i try to post the logs file:
    Xorg LOG
    [ 17.656]
    X.Org X Server 1.9.2
    Release Date: 2010-10-30
    [ 17.673] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
    [ 17.673] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.35-ARCH i686
    [ 17.673] Current Operating System: Linux arch 2.6.36-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 24 06:44:11 UTC 2010 i686
    [ 17.673] Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1f9a7a17-4cb5-4ae6-ba70-14018774420e ro vga=792
    [ 17.673] Build Date: 01 November 2010 10:23:07PM
    [ 17.673]
    [ 17.673] Current version of pixman: 0.20.0
    [ 17.674] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
    [ 17.674] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
    [ 17.674] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Nov 26 13:31:35 2010
    [ 17.706] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
    [ 17.706] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
    [ 17.729] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
    [ 17.729] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
    [ 17.729] (**) | |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
    [ 17.729] (**) | |-->Device "Card0"
    [ 17.729] (**) |-->Input Device "SynapticsTouchpad"
    [ 17.729] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
    [ 17.729] (**) Option "DontZap" "off"
    [ 17.729] (**) Option "AIGLX" "true"
    [ 17.729] (**) Option "AllowEmptyInput" "false"
    [ 17.729] (**) Option "AutoAddDevices" "false"
    [ 17.729] (**) Not automatically adding devices
    [ 17.729] (==) Automatically enabling devices
    [ 17.932] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF/" does not exist.
    [ 17.932] Entry deleted from font path.
    [ 17.932] (**) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi:unscaled,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1,
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/,
    /usr/share/fonts/100dpi/,
    /usr/share/fonts/75dpi/
    [ 17.932] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
    [ 17.932] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
    [ 17.932] (==) |-->Input Device "SynapticsTouchpad"
    [ 17.932] (==) The core pointer device wasn't specified explicitly in the layout.
    Using the first mouse device.
    [ 17.932] (II) Loader magic: 0x81f1f80
    [ 17.932] (II) Module ABI versions:
    [ 17.932] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
    [ 17.933] X.Org Video Driver: 8.0
    [ 17.933] X.Org XInput driver : 11.0
    [ 17.933] X.Org Server Extension : 4.0
    [ 17.934] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:3582:1025:003d rev 2, Mem @ 0xb0000000/134217728, 0xf0000000/524288, I/O @ 0x0000e000/8
    [ 17.934] (--) PCI: (0:0:2:1) 8086:3582:1025:003d rev 2, Mem @ 0x50000000/134217728, 0x58000000/524288
    [ 17.935] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
    [ 17.935] (II) "extmod" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    [ 17.935] (II) "dbe" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    [ 17.935] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    [ 17.935] (II) "record" will be loaded by default.
    [ 17.935] (II) "dri" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
    [ 17.935] (II) "dri2" will be loaded by default.
    [ 17.935] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
    [ 17.971] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
    [ 17.984] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 17.984] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 17.984] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 17.985] (**) AIGLX enabled
    [ 17.985] (II) Loading extension GLX
    [ 17.985] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
    [ 17.986] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libextmod.so
    [ 17.987] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 17.987] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 17.987] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    [ 17.987] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 17.987] (II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension DPMS
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension XVideo
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading extension X-Resource
    [ 17.988] (II) LoadModule: "dri"
    [ 17.988] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri.so
    [ 18.048] (II) Module dri: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.048] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 18.048] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 18.048] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
    [ 18.048] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
    [ 18.048] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdbe.so
    [ 18.049] (II) Module dbe: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.049] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 18.049] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    [ 18.049] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 18.049] (II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
    [ 18.049] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
    [ 18.049] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
    [ 18.081] (II) Module synaptics: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.081] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.3.0
    [ 18.081] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    [ 18.081] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 11.0
    [ 18.081] (II) LoadModule: "record"
    [ 18.081] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/librecord.so
    [ 18.082] (II) Module record: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.082] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.13.0
    [ 18.082] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
    [ 18.082] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 18.082] (II) Loading extension RECORD
    [ 18.082] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
    [ 18.082] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libdri2.so
    [ 18.083] (II) Module dri2: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.083] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.2.0
    [ 18.083] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 4.0
    [ 18.083] (II) Loading extension DRI2
    [ 18.083] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
    [ 18.084] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
    [ 18.101] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.101] compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 2.12.0
    [ 18.102] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
    [ 18.102] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 8.0
    [ 18.102] (II) LoadModule: "synaptics"
    [ 18.102] (II) Reloading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/synaptics_drv.so
    [ 18.102] (II) LoadModule: "kbd"
    [ 18.102] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/kbd_drv.so
    [ 18.108] (II) Module kbd: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.109] compiled for 1.9.0, module version = 1.4.0
    [ 18.109] Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
    [ 18.109] ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 11.0
    [ 18.109] (II) intel: Driver for Intel Integrated Graphics Chipsets: i810,
    i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 852GM/855GM, 865G, 915G,
    E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM, Pineview G,
    965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33, GM45,
    4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43, Clarkdale, Arrandale
    [ 18.110] (++) using VT number 7
    [ 18.117] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
    [ 18.117] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
    [ 18.118] drmOpenByBusid: Searching for BusID pci:0000:00:02.0
    [ 18.118] drmOpenDevice: node name is /dev/dri/card0
    [ 18.118] drmOpenDevice: open result is 9, (OK)
    [ 18.118] drmOpenByBusid: drmOpenMinor returns 9
    [ 18.118] drmOpenByBusid: drmGetBusid reports pci:0000:00:02.0
    [ 18.118] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
    [ 18.118] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
    [ 18.118] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
    [ 18.118] (**) intel(0): Option "Tiling" "false"
    [ 18.118] (II) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) 855GM
    [ 18.118] (--) intel(0): Chipset: "852GM/855GM"
    [ 18.118] (==) intel(0): video overlay key set to 0x101fe
    [ 18.283] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using monitor section Monitor0
    [ 18.283] (II) intel(0): found backlight control interface /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0
    [ 18.306] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
    [ 18.333] (II) intel(0): Output DVI1 has no monitor section
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): EDID for output LVDS1
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer: LGP Model: 657 Serial#: 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Year: 1990 Week: 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): EDID Version: 1.3
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Digital Display Input
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 30 vert.: 22
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Gamma: 2.20
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): redX: 0.587 redY: 0.343 greenX: 0.320 greenY: 0.529
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): blueX: 0.158 blueY: 0.140 whiteX: 0.312 whiteY: 0.328
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Supported detailed timing:
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): clock: 65.0 MHz Image Size: 304 x 228 mm
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): h_active: 1024 h_sync: 1048 h_sync_end 1696 h_blank_end 1344 h_border: 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): v_active: 768 v_sync: 771 v_sync_end 777 v_blanking: 806 v_border: 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 0
    [ 18.439] (II) intel(0): EDID (in hex):
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 00ffffffffffff0030f0570600000000
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 00000103801e16780a72b09657528728
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 23505400000001010101010101010101
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 01010101010164190040410026301888
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 362030e4100000180000000000000000
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 0000000000000000000000000000004c
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 475068696c6970734c43440a00000000
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): 004c503135305830382d413300000006
    [ 18.440] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LGP", prod id 1623
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using mode "1024x768" (vrefresh out of range)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "320x240" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (vrefresh out of range)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "400x300" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "512x384" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x480" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "640x512" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.451] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "800x600" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "896x672" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "928x696" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "960x720" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Not using default mode "700x525" (doublescan mode not supported)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Printing probed modes for output LVDS1
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz)
    [ 18.452] (II) intel(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz)
    [ 18.489] (II) intel(0): EDID for output VGA1
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): EDID for output DVI1
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 connected
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 disconnected
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Output DVI1 disconnected
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 800x600
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Using default gamma of (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) unless otherwise stated.
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Pageflipping enabled in kernel, but disabled in X
    [ 18.516] (II) intel(0): Don't panic: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/588421
    [ 18.517] (**) intel(0): Display dimensions: (300, 220) mm
    [ 18.517] (**) intel(0): DPI set to (67, 69)
    [ 18.517] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
    [ 18.517] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
    [ 18.517] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
    [ 18.525] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
    [ 18.526] compiled for 1.9.2, module version = 1.0.0
    [ 18.526] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
    [ 18.526] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
    [ 18.526] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
    [ 18.526] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] DRI driver: i915
    [ 18.526] (**) intel(0): Tiling disabled
    [ 18.526] (**) intel(0): SwapBuffers wait enabled
    [ 18.526] (==) intel(0): VideoRam: 131072 KB
    [ 18.526] (II) intel(0): Allocated new frame buffer 832x600 stride 3328, untiled
    [ 18.550] (II) UXA(0): Driver registered support for the following operations:
    [ 18.550] (II) solid
    [ 18.550] (II) copy
    [ 18.550] (II) composite (RENDER acceleration)
    [ 18.550] (II) put_image
    [ 18.550] (II) get_image
    [ 18.550] (==) intel(0): Backing store disabled
    [ 18.550] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
    [ 18.555] (II) intel(0): Initializing HW Cursor
    [ 19.089] (II) intel(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
    [ 19.091] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
    [ 19.091] (==) intel(0): Intel XvMC decoder disabled
    [ 19.091] (II) intel(0): Set up overlay video
    [ 19.091] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 Enabled
    [ 19.091] (--) RandR disabled
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension Generic Event Extension
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension SHAPE
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension MIT-SHM
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension XInputExtension
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension XTEST
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension BIG-REQUESTS
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension SYNC
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension XKEYBOARD
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension XC-MISC
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension SECURITY
    [ 19.091] (II) Initializing built-in extension XINERAMA
    [ 19.092] (II) Initializing built-in extension XFIXES
    [ 19.092] (II) Initializing built-in extension RENDER
    [ 19.092] (II) Initializing built-in extension RANDR
    [ 19.092] (II) Initializing built-in extension COMPOSITE
    [ 19.092] (II) Initializing built-in extension DAMAGE
    [ 19.311] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
    [ 19.311] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_INTEL_swap_event
    [ 19.311] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_swap_control and GLX_MESA_swap_control
    [ 19.311] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_SGI_make_current_read
    [ 19.312] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
    [ 19.312] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized /usr/lib/xorg/modules/dri/i915_dri.so
    [ 19.312] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
    [ 19.313] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 211 x 158
    [ 20.086] (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.3.0
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad auto-dev sets device to /dev/input/event8
    [ 20.086] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: x-axis range 0 - 1023
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: y-axis range 0 - 767
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: pressure range 0 - 127
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: buttons: left right middle
    [ 20.086] (**) Option "SHMConfig" "true"
    [ 20.086] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: invalid finger width range. defaulting to 0 - 16
    [ 20.086] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
    [ 20.087] (**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
    [ 20.087] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: touchpad found
    [ 20.087] (**) Option "SendCoreEvents"
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: always reports core events
    [ 20.087] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynapticsTouchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD)
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: (accel) MinSpeed is now constant deceleration 2.5
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: MaxSpeed is now 1.75
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: AccelFactor is now 0.156
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: (accel) keeping acceleration scheme 1
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: (accel) acceleration profile 1
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
    [ 20.087] (**) SynapticsTouchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
    [ 20.088] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: touchpad found
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "CoreKeyboard"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: always reports core events
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "Protocol" "standard"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: Protocol: standard
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: XkbRules: "xorg"
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: XkbModel: "pc105"
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "XkbLayout" "it"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: XkbLayout: "it"
    [ 20.088] (**) Option "CustomKeycodes" "off"
    [ 20.088] (**) Keyboard0: CustomKeycodes disabled
    [ 20.088] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Keyboard0" (type: KEYBOARD)
    [ 20.160] (II) Synaptics touchpad driver version 1.3.0
    [ 20.161] (EE) SynapticsTouchpad no synaptics event device found
    [ 20.161] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/mouse0"
    [ 20.161] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: invalid x-axis range. defaulting to 1615 - 5685
    [ 20.161] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: invalid y-axis range. defaulting to 1729 - 4171
    [ 20.161] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: invalid pressure range. defaulting to 0 - 256
    [ 20.161] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: invalid finger width range. defaulting to 0 - 16
    [ 20.161] (**) Option "SHMConfig" "true"
    [ 20.161] (**) Option "VertEdgeScroll" "true"
    [ 20.161] (**) Option "HorizEdgeScroll" "true"
    [ 20.181] (EE) Query no Synaptics: 6003C8
    [ 20.181] (--) SynapticsTouchpad: no supported touchpad found
    [ 20.181] (EE) SynapticsTouchpad Unable to query/initialize Synaptics hardware.
    [ 20.181] (EE) PreInit failed for input device "SynapticsTouchpad"
    [ 20.181] (II) UnloadModule: "synaptics"
    [ 20.194] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event5)
    [ 20.194] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.195] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event6)
    [ 20.195] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.284] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event3)
    [ 20.284] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.285] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event2)
    [ 20.285] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.285] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event4)
    [ 20.285] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.302] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
    [ 20.302] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.303] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse (/dev/input/event7)
    [ 20.303] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.303] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PS/2 Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
    [ 20.303] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.304] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint (/dev/input/event8)
    [ 20.304] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.304] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AlpsPS/2 ALPS GlidePoint (/dev/input/mouse1)
    [ 20.304] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 20.305] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event1)
    [ 20.305] (II) AutoAddDevices is off - not adding device.
    [ 154.322] (II) AIGLX: Suspending AIGLX clients for VT switch
    [ 160.572] (II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
    [ 160.572] (II) AIGLX: Resuming AIGLX clients after VT switch
    [ 161.225] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "LGP", prod id 1623
    DMESG
    Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
    Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
    Linux version 2.6.36-ARCH (tobias@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.5.1 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Nov 24 06:44:11 UTC 2010
    BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
    BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
    BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
    BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
    BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000004eff0000 (usable)
    BIOS-e820: 000000004eff0000 - 000000004effffc0 (ACPI data)
    BIOS-e820: 000000004effffc0 - 000000004f000000 (ACPI NVS)
    BIOS-e820: 00000000ffb80000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
    BIOS-e820: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
    Notice: NX (Execute Disable) protection missing in CPU or disabled in BIOS!
    DMI 2.3 present.
    e820 update range: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000001000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
    e820 remove range: 00000000000a0000 - 0000000000100000 (usable)
    last_pfn = 0x4eff0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
    MTRR default type: uncachable
    MTRR fixed ranges enabled:
    00000-9FFFF write-back
    A0000-BFFFF uncachable
    C0000-CFFFF write-protect
    D0000-DFFFF uncachable
    E0000-FFFFF write-protect
    MTRR variable ranges enabled:
    0 base 000000000 mask FC0000000 write-back
    1 base 040000000 mask FF8000000 write-back
    2 base 048000000 mask FFC000000 write-back
    3 base 04C000000 mask FFE000000 write-back
    4 base 04E000000 mask FFF000000 write-back
    5 disabled
    6 disabled
    7 disabled
    PAT not supported by CPU.
    e820 update range: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000 (usable) ==> (reserved)
    Scanning 1 areas for low memory corruption
    modified physical RAM map:
    modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000001000 (reserved)
    modified: 0000000000001000 - 0000000000002000 (usable)
    modified: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
    modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
    modified: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
    modified: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
    modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000004eff0000 (usable)
    modified: 000000004eff0000 - 000000004effffc0 (ACPI data)
    modified: 000000004effffc0 - 000000004f000000 (ACPI NVS)
    modified: 00000000ffb80000 - 00000000ffc00000 (reserved)
    modified: 00000000fff80000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
    initial memory mapped : 0 - 01800000
    init_memory_mapping: 0000000000000000-00000000377fe000
    0000000000 - 0000400000 page 4k
    0000400000 - 0037400000 page 2M
    0037400000 - 00377fe000 page 4k
    kernel direct mapping tables up to 377fe000 @ 15000-1a000
    RAMDISK: 4e817000 - 4efe0000
    Allocated new RAMDISK: 00100000 - 008c8c57
    Move RAMDISK from 000000004e817000 - 000000004efdfc56 to 00100000 - 008c8c56
    ACPI: RSDP 000e6010 00014 (v00 OID_00)
    ACPI: RSDT 4effa5b0 00034 (v01 INSYDE RSDT_000 00000001 _CSI 00010101)
    ACPI: FACP 4efffb00 00074 (v01 COMPAL DCL51_00 00000100 _CSI 00010101)
    ACPI: DSDT 4effaa30 050C5 (v01 ACER TM290 00000006 MSFT 0100000E)
    ACPI: FACS 4effffc0 00040
    ACPI: BOOT 4efffb90 00028 (v01 INSYDE BOOT_000 00000001 _CSI 00010101)
    ACPI: DBGP 4efffbc0 00034 (v01 INSYDE DBGP_000 00000001 _CSI 00010101)
    ACPI: SSDT 4effa5f0 00258 (v01 INSYDE GV3Ref 00002000 INTL 20021002)
    375MB HIGHMEM available.
    887MB LOWMEM available.
    mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
    low ram: 0 - 377fe000
    Zone PFN ranges:
    DMA 0x00000001 -> 0x00001000
    Normal 0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
    HighMem 0x000377fe -> 0x0004eff0
    Movable zone start PFN for each node
    early_node_map[3] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000001 -> 0x00000002
    0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0004eff0
    On node 0 totalpages: 323456
    free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c142d5c0, node_mem_map c1598020
    DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
    DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
    DMA zone: 3952 pages, LIFO batch:0
    Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
    Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
    HighMem zone: 752 pages used for memmap
    HighMem zone: 95490 pages, LIFO batch:31
    Using APIC driver default
    ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x1008
    SMP: Allowing 1 CPUs, 0 hotplug CPUs
    Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- you can enable it with "lapic"
    APIC: disable apic facility
    APIC: switched to apic NOOP
    nr_irqs_gsi: 16
    PM: Registered nosave memory: 0000000000002000 - 0000000000010000
    PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
    PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000e0000
    PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000
    Allocating PCI resources starting at 4f000000 (gap: 4f000000:b0b80000)
    Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
    early_res array is doubled to 64 at [16000 - 167ff]
    setup_percpu: NR_CPUS:8 nr_cpumask_bits:8 nr_cpu_ids:1 nr_node_ids:1
    PERCPU: Embedded 13 pages/cpu @c2000000 s31488 r0 d21760 u4194304
    pcpu-alloc: s31488 r0 d21760 u4194304 alloc=1*4194304
    pcpu-alloc: [0] 0
    Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pages: 320928
    Kernel command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/1f9a7a17-4cb5-4ae6-ba70-14018774420e ro 3
    PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
    Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
    Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
    Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
    Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
    Initializing CPU#0
    allocated 6471340 bytes of page_cgroup
    please try 'cgroup_disable=memory' option if you don't want memory cgroups
    Subtract (41 early reservations)
    #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000] EX TRAMPOLINE
    #2 [0001000000 - 000158fe8c] TEXT DATA BSS
    #3 [000009fc00 - 0000100000] BIOS reserved
    #4 [0001590000 - 00015961a0] BRK
    #5 [0000010000 - 0000011000] TRAMPOLINE
    #6 [0000011000 - 0000015000] ACPI WAKEUP
    #7 [0000015000 - 0000016000] PGTABLE
    #8 [0000100000 - 00008c9000] NEW RAMDISK
    #9 [0001597000 - 0001598000] BOOTMEM
    #10 [0001598000 - 0001f78000] BOOTMEM
    #11 [000158fec0 - 000158fec4] BOOTMEM
    #12 [000158ff00 - 000158ffc0] BOOTMEM
    #13 [00015961c0 - 0001596214] BOOTMEM
    #14 [0001f78000 - 0001f7b000] BOOTMEM
    #15 [000158ffc0 - 000158ffe4] BOOTMEM
    #16 [0001f7b000 - 0001f7c800] BOOTMEM
    #17 [0001596240 - 0001596374] BOOTMEM
    #18 [0001596380 - 00015963c0] BOOTMEM
    #19 [00015963c0 - 0001596400] BOOTMEM
    #20 [0001596400 - 0001596440] BOOTMEM
    #21 [0001596440 - 0001596480] BOOTMEM
    #22 [0001596480 - 00015964c0] BOOTMEM
    #23 [00015964c0 - 0001596500] BOOTMEM
    #24 [0001596500 - 0001596540] BOOTMEM
    #25 [0001596540 - 0001596580] BOOTMEM
    #26 [0001596580 - 0001596590] BOOTMEM
    #27 [00015965c0 - 00015965d0] BOOTMEM
    #28 [0001596600 - 0001596641] BOOTMEM
    #29 [0001596680 - 00015966c1] BOOTMEM
    #30 [0002000000 - 000200d000] BOOTMEM
    #31 [0001596700 - 0001596704] BOOTMEM
    #32 [0001596740 - 0001596744] BOOTMEM
    #33 [0001596780 - 0001596784] BOOTMEM
    #34 [00015967c0 - 00015967c4] BOOTMEM
    #35 [0001596800 - 00015968b0] BOOTMEM
    #36 [00015968c0 - 0001596968] BOOTMEM
    #37 [0001f7c800 - 0001f80800] BOOTMEM
    #38 [000200d000 - 000208d000] BOOTMEM
    #39 [0001f80800 - 0001fc0800] BOOTMEM
    #40 [000208d000 - 00026b8eac] BOOTMEM
    Initializing HighMem for node 0 (000377fe:0004eff0)
    Memory: 1262808k/1294272k available (3102k kernel code, 31016k reserved, 1207k data, 428k init, 384968k highmem)
    virtual kernel memory layout:
    fixmap : 0xfff16000 - 0xfffff000 ( 932 kB)
    pkmap : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000 (4096 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000 ( 120 MB)
    lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000 ( 887 MB)
    .init : 0xc1436000 - 0xc14a1000 ( 428 kB)
    .data : 0xc1307a56 - 0xc14357e0 (1207 kB)
    .text : 0xc1000000 - 0xc1307a56 (3102 kB)
    Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
    SLUB: Genslabs=13, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
    Hierarchical RCU implementation.
    RCU-based detection of stalled CPUs is disabled.
    Verbose stalled-CPUs detection is disabled.
    NR_IRQS:512
    Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
    console [tty0] enabled
    Fast TSC calibration using PIT
    Detected 1398.902 MHz processor.
    Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 2798.37 BogoMIPS (lpj=4663006)
    pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
    Security Framework initialized
    TOMOYO Linux initialized
    AppArmor: AppArmor disabled by boot time parameter
    Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
    Initializing cgroup subsys ns
    Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
    Initializing cgroup subsys memory
    Initializing cgroup subsys devices
    Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
    Initializing cgroup subsys net_cls
    Initializing cgroup subsys blkio
    mce: CPU supports 5 MCE banks
    Performance Events:
    no APIC, boot with the "lapic" boot parameter to force-enable it.
    no hardware sampling interrupt available.
    p6 PMU driver.
    ... version: 0
    ... bit width: 32
    ... generic registers: 2
    ... value mask: 00000000ffffffff
    ... max period: 000000007fffffff
    ... fixed-purpose events: 0
    ... event mask: 0000000000000003
    SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
    Freeing SMP alternatives: 16k freed
    ACPI: Core revision 20100702
    ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c20)
    weird, boot CPU (#0) not listed by the BIOS.
    SMP motherboard not detected.
    Local APIC not detected. Using dummy APIC emulation.
    SMP disabled
    NMI watchdog failed to create perf event on cpu0: ffffffa1
    Brought up 1 CPUs
    Total of 1 processors activated (2798.37 BogoMIPS).
    devtmpfs: initialized
    NET: Registered protocol family 16
    ACPI: bus type pci registered
    PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xe9824, last bus=1
    PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
    bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
    ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
    ACPI: Interpreter enabled
    ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
    ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
    [Firmware Bug]: ACPI: No _BQC method, cannot determine initial brightness
    ACPI: EC: GPE = 0x1c, I/O: command/status = 0x66, data = 0x62
    ACPI: ACPI Dock Station Driver: 1 docks/bays found
    PCI: Ignoring host bridge windows from ACPI; if necessary, use "pci=use_crs" and report a bug
    ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (domain 0000 [bus 00-ff])
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0000-0x0cf7] (ignored)
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [io 0x0d00-0xffff] (ignored)
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000a0000-0x000bffff] (ignored)
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000d8000-0x000dbfff] (ignored)
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x000dc000-0x000dffff] (ignored)
    pci_root PNP0A03:00: host bridge window [mem 0x50000000-0xfebfffff] (ignored)
    pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0xb0000000-0xb7ffffff pref]
    pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 14: [mem 0xf0000000-0xf007ffff]
    pci 0000:00:02.0: reg 18: [io 0xe000-0xe007]
    pci 0000:00:02.0: supports D1
    pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x07ffffff pref]
    pci 0000:00:02.1: reg 14: [mem 0x00000000-0x0007ffff]
    pci 0000:00:02.1: supports D1
    pci 0000:00:1d.0: reg 20: [io 0x1200-0x121f]
    pci 0000:00:1d.1: reg 20: [io 0x1600-0x161f]
    pci 0000:00:1d.2: reg 20: [io 0x1700-0x171f]
    pci 0000:00:1d.7: reg 10: [mem 0xf0080000-0xf00803ff]
    pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:00:1d.7: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io 0x1000-0x107f] claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
    pci 0000:00:1f.0: quirk: [io 0x1300-0x133f] claimed by ICH4 GPIO
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 10: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 14: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 18: [io 0x0000-0x0007]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 1c: [io 0x0000-0x0003]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 20: [io 0x1100-0x110f]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: reg 24: [mem 0x00000000-0x000003ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.3: reg 20: [io 0x1400-0x141f]
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 10: [io 0xe100-0xe1ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 14: [io 0xe200-0xe23f]
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 18: [mem 0xf0080400-0xf00805ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: reg 1c: [mem 0xf0080600-0xf00806ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:00:1f.5: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:00:1f.6: reg 10: [io 0xe300-0xe3ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.6: reg 14: [io 0xe400-0xe47f]
    pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:00:1f.6: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe0001800-0xe0001fff]
    pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14: [io 0xc100-0xc17f]
    pci 0000:01:00.0: supports D2
    pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# supported from D2 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:01:00.0: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:01:01.0: reg 10: [io 0xc000-0xc0ff]
    pci 0000:01:01.0: reg 14: [mem 0xe0001000-0xe00010ff]
    pci 0000:01:01.0: supports D1 D2
    pci 0000:01:01.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:01:01.0: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:01:02.0: reg 10: [mem 0xe0000000-0xe0000fff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: reg 10: [mem 0x00000000-0x00000fff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: supports D1 D2
    pci 0000:01:04.0: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
    pci 0000:01:04.0: PME# disabled
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01] (subtractive decode)
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0xc000-0xdfff]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0xa0000000-0xafffffff pref]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0x0000-0xffff] (subtractive decode)
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff] (subtractive decode)
    pci_bus 0000:02: [bus 02-05] partially hidden behind transparent bridge 0000:01 [bus 01-01]
    pci_bus 0000:00: on NUMA node 0
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.HUB_._PRT]
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 10) *11
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 10) *5
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 10) *0, disabled.
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 10) *0, disabled.
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 10) *11
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 10) *11
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 10) *11
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs *10)
    HEST: Table is not found!
    vgaarb: device added: PCI:0000:00:02.0,decodes=io+mem,owns=io+mem,locks=none
    vgaarb: loaded
    PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
    PCI: pci_cache_line_size set to 64 bytes
    reserve RAM buffer: 0000000000002000 - 000000000000ffff
    reserve RAM buffer: 000000000009fc00 - 000000000009ffff
    reserve RAM buffer: 000000004eff0000 - 000000004fffffff
    NetLabel: Initializing
    NetLabel: domain hash size = 128
    NetLabel: protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
    NetLabel: unlabeled traffic allowed by default
    Switching to clocksource tsc
    pnp: PnP ACPI init
    ACPI: bus type pnp registered
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 13
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 8
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 1
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 12
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 4
    ERROR: Unable to locate IOAPIC for GSI 7
    pnp: PnP ACPI: found 10 devices
    ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
    system 00:01: [io 0x1000-0x107f] has been reserved
    system 00:01: [io 0x1300-0x133f] has been reserved
    system 00:01: [io 0x0200-0x020f] has been reserved
    system 00:01: [io 0x04d0-0x04d1] has been reserved
    system 00:01: [io 0xfe00] has been reserved
    pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0x50000000-0x57ffffff pref]
    pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 0: set to [mem 0x50000000-0x57ffffff pref] (PCI address [0x50000000-0x57ffffff]
    pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 1: assigned [mem 0x58000000-0x5807ffff]
    pci 0000:00:02.1: BAR 1: set to [mem 0x58000000-0x5807ffff] (PCI address [0x58000000-0x5807ffff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: BAR 5: assigned [mem 0x58080000-0x580803ff]
    pci 0000:00:1f.1: BAR 5: set to [mem 0x58080000-0x580803ff] (PCI address [0x58080000-0x580803ff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 15: assigned [mem 0xa0000000-0xa3ffffff pref]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 16: assigned [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 0: assigned [mem 0xe0002000-0xe0002fff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 0: set to [mem 0xe0002000-0xe0002fff] (PCI address [0xe0002000-0xe0002fff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 13: assigned [io 0xc400-0xc4ff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: BAR 14: assigned [io 0xc800-0xc8ff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: CardBus bridge to [bus 02-05]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: bridge window [io 0xc400-0xc4ff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: bridge window [io 0xc800-0xc8ff]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xa0000000-0xa3ffffff pref]
    pci 0000:01:04.0: bridge window [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: PCI bridge to [bus 01-01]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [io 0xc000-0xdfff]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: bridge window [mem 0xa0000000-0xafffffff pref]
    pci 0000:00:1e.0: setting latency timer to 64
    ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 10
    PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
    pci 0000:01:04.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
    pci_bus 0000:00: resource 0 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
    pci_bus 0000:00: resource 1 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
    pci_bus 0000:01: resource 0 [io 0xc000-0xdfff]
    pci_bus 0000:01: resource 1 [mem 0xe0000000-0xefffffff]
    pci_bus 0000:01: resource 2 [mem 0xa0000000-0xafffffff pref]
    pci_bus 0000:01: resource 4 [io 0x0000-0xffff]
    pci_bus 0000:01: resource 5 [mem 0x00000000-0xffffffff]
    pci_bus 0000:02: resource 0 [io 0xc400-0xc4ff]
    pci_bus 0000:02: resource 1 [io 0xc800-0xc8ff]
    pci_bus 0000:02: resource 2 [mem 0xa0000000-0xa3ffffff pref]
    pci_bus 0000:02: resource 3 [mem 0xe4000000-0xe7ffffff]
    NET: Registered protocol family 2
    IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
    TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
    TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
    TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
    TCP reno registered
    UDP hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
    UDP-Lite hash table entries: 512 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
    NET: Registered protocol family 1
    pci 0000:00:02.0: Boot video device
    PCI: CLS mismatch (16 != 32), using 64 bytes
    Unpacking initramfs...
    Freeing initrd memory: 7972k freed
    Simple Boot Flag at 0x37 set to 0x1
    apm: BIOS not found.
    Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
    audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
    type=2000 audit(1290775386.519:1): initialized
    highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
    HugeTLB registered 4 MB page size, pre-allocated 0 pages
    VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
    Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
    msgmni has been set to 1730
    Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)
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