Re: Xfree86 4.2 Server Problem

[mw <Michael.Wordehoff@gmx.de>]

Hello Richard,

If I understood you right, there may be involved other's 
Distros 'update' features...?

I'm not very skilled in X-related things, and I know just a little about 
Debian Linux... anyway.

1)  What's in your X-log. On Woody, it might be stored in 
/var/log/XFree86.0.log
It's a good thing to check at first ;-)

2) Default path on my machine is /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.
Do you have a file there ?
Do you have a backup of your old ( working ) Config ?
Try to use it, then.
X-Setup tools backup generally, I hope. 


3)  I wonder about the sections in your Config....seem to be rather 
minimalistic configured...because of some good autodetection ?


To illustrate, I give you 2 xamples from my Config:

Section "Monitor" ends with two lines like 
HorizSync   30-95
VertRefresh  50-160

Section "Screen" looks like
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Generic Video Card"
	Monitor		"Generic Monitor"
	DefaultDepth	16

	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" 
	EndSubSection	
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "640x400"
	EndSubSection
EndSection







It's just wild guessed.
But, HTH anyway...

-- 
Michl.