Re: xfree86/x-server/x-window

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

Henrik (<henals@online.no>) wrote:

> Hello, I couldent find any other place to ask, and  no one is
> intrested in helping in IRC.
> I have installed Debian, and conifgured it a bit(I think)
> Now, i need to login with user name and password(Im still in a
> shell-code, much like DOS) Then X-server tries to run(so i can get a
> grapical linux) Then this error comes: Process set to nice value 0
> instead of -10 as requested.
> 
> and when i write startx in the console, i get this error:Fatal
> error:No screens found, X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or
> server shutdown)
> 
> and when i write x -configure, this error comes:
> Fatal error: Xfree86 has found valid configuration.
> Unfortunately the appropiate data has not been added to xf86PciInfo.h.
> Please forward 'scanpci -v' output to xfree86 support them.

First make sure that all necessary packages are installed:

apt-get install x-window-system-core

Then use debconf to configure X:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

If that doesn't work, take a look at the output of startx or the XFree
log file /var/log/Xfree86.0.log). Look for lines starting with (EE). If
you still have problems, post more information, this should be helpful:

the (EE) lines and the last lines from startx output or the X log file
the type of your graphic card
the version number of XFree you are using (if you use Debian Woody (3.0)
then this will be 4.1)
the  "Device" section of the XFree config file (/etc/X11/XF86Config-4)

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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