Xorg failing to start, loaded nvidia, etc

Question

Having issues trying to get X to start instead of a black screen when using "startx".
I've installed the nvidia driver and first tried it using no xorg config, but nothing.
Driver I'm using: nvidia
Graphics Card in laptop: GTX660M
Here's the log and other files.
http://bpaste.net/show/125206/
I haven't made a user yet by the way, and this file just showed up when trying to start X in the home directory for the root user
http://bpaste.net/show/125209/
Last edited by Zetsumei (2013-08-22 17:41:38)

Answer 1

There's no need to "start from zero" whatever that means. Just create a user and then debug X. You can use a temporary user if you like and create your own user later, deleting the temporary account etc. from the system. This is not at all necessary but if you want your own account to be pristine, by all means do it that way. X isn't expected to run normally for root. That's not to say people don't get it to work but apart from being a nightmare security-wise, it also runs against the grain of what the software wants to do. I appreciate the security issue isn't relevant in your case as you've no intention of running as root normally but the other issue is. Troubleshooting is harder the more you diverge from the default or standard approach. So troubleshoot X with an unprivileged account, even if you have to create a temporary user to do so.