Re: No screens found
On Thu, 27 May 1999, Jens Vogel wrote:
> Hi all!
>
>
> Recently I've installed Debian Linux on my system (i.e. UNIX is a new
> world for me) to get rid of the virus called "Windows" :-)
> Everything was fine and easy and I've learned a lot about the prompt. But
> I haven't been able to configure the X-Server yet (sorry if this is
> pretty old for you).
> When starting X with 'startx' I get the following error message:
>
> *** None of the configured devices were detected ***
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found
> _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> giving up.
> xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to the X server
> xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error
>
> The same error occurs when using 'X' or 'xinit' instead but not as
> detailed as with 'startx'. I've tried both 'XF86Setup' and 'xf86config'
> to configure the server and everything works fine. 'XF86Setup' is able to
> start the X server for a test run where resolution and refresh rate are
> as I've defined them. My graphics card is 'Matrox Mystique I' so I use
> the SVGA server (installed correctly). My monitor has the following
> specifications:
>
> 17"
> 30 - 86 kHz horizontal sync.
> 50 - 150 Hz vertical sync.
> 170 MHz band width
> max. 1600 x 1200 pixels
>
> I've also checked the file 'XF86Config' and it's OK. Font path is defined
> and found, keyboard and mouse don't make any problems. In addition I
> haven't found any documentation about the error codes ('111' and '3').
> All my friends who know Linux (more or less) have never heared about this
> error messange so I hope someone can help me.
>
>
> Greets,
> Jens -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe
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>
I'm not a guru, so this may be irrelevant. When I was starting out, I had
all sorts of trouble with X, but then I discovered the /etc/X11/Xserver
file. The first line of this file specifies which server to use, so make
sure it refers to XF86_SVGA (as per your reference to SVGA above). Once I
got that line straight, I actually started making progress. (I would have
thought that XF86Setup/xf86config would have set that line, but unless I'm
mistaken I've never experienced that to be so.)
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