Re: X server crash.
On Wed, 5 May 1999, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote:
> Thanks for all that responds to my questions. I believe the reason why X
> server crashes on my system is a minor configuration problem. Here's the
> error message. I'd appreciate it if anyone can direct me to fix this
> problem. Thanks in advance!
>
...
>
> Fatal server error:
> No valid modes found.
>
Just like it says: you have no valid modes. Fortunately for you it's not
crashing, just exiting with an informative error message. :-) It could be
because you put in the wrong values for your card/monitor
(hsync/vsync/etc.) or it could be that you need to add some new modes.
Most likely the former. I'm not sure how laptops work here so maybe the
debian-laptop people will know.
Unfortunately I can't tell you what values to use; it just depends on the
card, etc.
You're using the 'generic' chipset driver, which means X isn't grokking
your hardware, which means even if you get this going it's gonna be pretty
slow and low quality. If you can find an appropriate card-specific driver,
it may well be able to figure out the hardware better and find a usable
mode.
If you haven't tried using xf86config, give it a whirl; go through slowly
and answer all the questions accurately and it should work. (I missed the
start of the thread, so disregard if you already tried that...)
Havoc
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