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Re: xserver problem -no screens found



* Simon Tierney (simon@conditional-fee.co.uk) wrote:
> I have installed Debian 3 Woody onto a Digital Server 7305, which is a story
> I'll save for another time.
> 
> Does anyone know, please, why the Xserver crashes with the fatal error "no
> screens found" when I correctly specified the type of card (S3 Trio) and
> monitor resolutions (taken from the technical specs for the monitor).

'No screens found' is the last error - unfortunatly it is the one which
doesn't give much information.  Look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log and
find the first error - this is likely to give a lot more of a hint about
what went wrong.

Dave
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