Re: Xf86 4.1.0.1 configuration problem
On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:43:48 -0500
Conor McCutcheon <conor@mccutch.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:25:45PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:23:32PM -0500, cmm37@mccutch.com wrote:
> > > I am trying to get X configured and started on my woody box, but I
> > > cannot seem to make it happen. I have run and rerun dpkg-reconfigure on
> > > X a number of times, and hand audited the config file for obvious errors
> > > (to the best of my ability with a limited knowledge of the arcane art of
> > > X configuration). When I run startx, I perpetually get
> > > Fatal Server Error:
> > > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
> > > Looking through the log, I find nothing that would indicate a failure
> > > elsewhere, and no more information regarding this one. If anyone has
> > > any ideas, I would like to hear them. I attemped to find a similar
> > > error reported on google and the debian lists to no avail. Thanks in
> > > advance.
> > > -Conor
> >
> > As root try:
> > XFree86 -configure
> > --
> > Jerome
> Thank you, that has made my xserver at least find a functioning display.
> I still am having some inexplicable difficulties though. I have a very
> poor monitor, only capable of 640x480 at 8bpp (better than a herc mono
> though), and I cannot compel X to use that and only that resolution
> without it doing something shitty to my screen. I have in my "Screen"
> section of the configuration:
> SubSection "Display"
> Modes "640x480"
> Depth 8
> EndSubSection
> I would think that this is exactly what I would want, but the X server
> reports that it finds no display for depth/fbbpp 4/4. When I set the
> depth to 4, it works, but I do not understand why it insists on having
> 4bpp. I can force it to go to 8 by using the DefaultDepth option, but
> then it sets the resolution to 320x200, and uses half of my screen
> instead of the full thing. I am stuck...
Have you tried:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86
XFree86 version 4.x uses a new modules-based one-size-fits-all xserver.
It's possible you're using a card-specific xserver from the 3.x series,
which may or may not work with the 4.x series.
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