RE: No Screens Found error
Thanks mad, see later post on this thread for the solution from da spoon
that worked for me...
set: use kernel framebuffer device interface = no
This problem is all over Google by the way, and I didn't see this answer.
Best Wishes!
Mike Olds www.buddhadust.org
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug MacFarlane [mailto:madmac@covad.net]
Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:08 AM
To: Michael Olds; debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: No Screens Found error
I had this same problem. It's a problem with the configuration of your
Xserver,
typically XFree86. You can try to reconfigure it properly using:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (or xserver-XFree86, I can't remember).
and answering the questions differently. This didn't work for me . . .
At any rate, this process creates the default X11 config file,
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Or, you can let XFree86 try and configure itself, by issuing the command:
XFree86 -configure
This will create a file /root/XF86Config-4 that you can use instead of the
default above by issuing the XFree86 command directly at the command prompt
with the path to the /root/XF86Config-4 file as an option. The -configure
command above will tell you what the exact format of this command is (I
can't
be sure of my recollection).
At any rate, NIETHER of these worked for me.
dpkg-reconfigure couldn't get the monitor/display set right.
XFree86 -configure couldn't get my mouse settings right
But, by copying the mouse settings from /root/XF86Config-4 into
/etc/X11/Config-4,
and editing the ServerLayout section properly (may not be necessary), I got
X working properly.
Ofcourse, now my XF86Config-4 isn't "debconf" compliant, so I might screw
it up if I re-ran dpkg -reconfigure, but I could straighten it out, I think
. . . .
Good Luck!!!
madmac
On 17 Aug 2002, 16:49:21, Michael Olds wrote:
>
>
> Greetings, new to the list, and new to Debian/Linux:
>
> I am installing 3.0 (Woody) on Intel 845 P4 1.6G; 768MbRAM; ATI Expert
2000;
> 2 20G WD Hard Drives Mouse, Keyboard and Monitor on KVM
>
> I went through what looked to me like an orderly install but after login I
> tried to get to the graphical desktop using: startx and got the following
> error: (this is the second install with the same problem, second time to
> what I thought was a simple configuration):
>
> (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration
>
> Fatal server error
> no screens found
>
> X10: fatal IO error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
after
> 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
>
> Can someone tell me what is wrong here and what I can do to correct it? I
am
> very unfamiliar with using text mode and really need to get to the desktop
> before I can settle in to learning mode.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> MO
>
>
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Doug MacFarlane
madmac@covad.net
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