Cannot Configure Xorg 1.13.0 after compile and install

Janes, Kenneth janesk22 at students.rowan.edu
Mon Jul 1 12:22:00 PDT 2013


My apologies, I forgot to clarify that it is Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS Precise.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 3:05 PM, Janes, Kenneth
<janesk22 at students.rowan.edu>wrote:

> Hello,
>
> After installing Ubuntu 12.04 LTS using ubuntu-12.04.2-alternate-amd64.iso
> and compiling and installing Xorg, I am unable to configure.  My procedure
> for installation is detailed below:
>
> sudo apt-get install dh-autoreconf libudev-dev dpkg-dev libgcrypt11-dev
> libgl1-mesa-dev libpciaccess-dev libxkbfile-dev libxfont-dev
> libpixman-1-dev x11proto-bigreqs-dev x11proto-composite-dev
> x11proto-core-dev x11proto-damage-dev x11proto-dmx-dev x11proto-dri2-dev
> x11proto-fixes-dev x11proto-fonts-dev x11proto-gl-dev x11proto-input-dev
> x11proto-kb-dev x11proto-print-dev x11proto-randr-dev x11proto-record-dev
> x11proto-render-dev x11proto-resource-dev x11proto-scrnsaver-dev
> x11proto-video-dev x11proto-xcmisc-dev x11proto-xext-dev
> x11proto-xf86bigfont-dev x11proto-xf86dga-dev x11proto-xf86dri-dev
> x11proto-xf86vidmode-dev x11proto-xinerama-dev xserver-xorg-dev
> x11proto-xcmisc-dev xutils-dev
>
> sudo apt-get source xserver-xorg-dev-lts-quantal
>
> cp -r <that source directory> xserver
>
> *Drop to single user mode*
>
> cd xserver
> sudo ./configure
> sudo make
> sudo make install
> sudo reboot
>
> After rebooting, I am unable to configure.
>
> trying to X, xinit, or startx will cause the server to fail with:
>      Fatal server error:
>      No screens found
>
> trying to Xorg -configure will fail with:
>      Missing output drivers.  Configuration failed.
>      Server terminated with error (2).  Closing log file.
>
> I am installing this on VirtualBox 4.2.14.  The host operating system is
> Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS.  Any information which will lead to a remedy would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
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