RE: Getting to the GUI...
Nicole,
Thanks for the info. I have done exactly what you said. When I peruse it I
see the "(--)" line for each screen that has been described in my
XF86Config.
In my earlier post requesting help I got a few hints to link /etc/X11/X ->
/usr/bin/X11/XF86_Mach64. So I've done that as well.
My frustration is that I don't know how I'm supposed to subscribe the
monitor properly. I've pulled the XF86Config over from my Mandrake
partition. I've done several installs of Mandrake while hacking around and
never had a problem so I figured the XF86Config file from there should be
solid. But no luck with that gambit either.
What is really a head scratcher for me is that I would tend to believe that
the code for the X portion should be pretty much the same for each distro!
-rick
-----Original Message-----
From: Nicole Zimmerman [mailto:colby@wsu.edu]
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2001 11:44 PM
To: Rick Commo
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Getting to the GUI...
> (4) When install finishes log into root and do
> apt-get install xserver-mach64
> and say yes to making it the default xserver.
>
> It starts up XF86Setup and I configure what I think
> is the correct monitor choice - 8514 for starters.
>
> When I hit [Done] the Xserver barfs - "no screens
> configured" so therefore get the infamous (by this time)
> "can't connect error 111" message.
This isn't really enough information to "fix" this sort of problem from.
Try starting X with `startx > xlog.log` and then after your Xserver fails
to load, check in the xlog.log for more information. There has to be a
reason your screens aren't configured.
> What am I missing? I ask this because 3 other people within the last few
> days have also made mention of this same problem with the X server - the
> "can't connect, 111 error". Two were on this reflector and one was in a
> private mailing. I would hazard a guess that it is all tied up in one's
> monitor selection, perhaps coupled with the choice of monitor mode
if you look at the "Screen" section of your XF86Config you'd get a little
bit of a picture of a "screen". A "screen" combines the driver for your
card with the monitor and the depth/mode information. If any one of these
things goes wrong, a "screen" can't be created and you get the errno111.
-nicole
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