Re: X server fails to start
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:56:55AM +0100, Ben Kal wrote:
> On 7 Jun 2003 "Fred Bowker" <f.bowker@btopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> > I have just installed debian linux woody 3.0 r1 When it starts up it tries
> > to load the x server then fails
> > I used XFree86 -Configure and this gave me a new config file to test
> > however this gave me the same problems
>
> Your error log at one point says:
>
> (EE) Unable to open /dev/agpgart (No such device)
>
> (EE) means error, as is explained at the start of the log. I don't know what
> /dev/agpgart is for and if the fatal server error you get is due to the
> non-existence of that device, but I presume this must be fixed anyhow. To my
> knowledge, one cannot expect the X server to start after (EE) messages.
>
What chip are you using? I recall one box at work that had either an
i810 or i815 chip and required the creation of /dev/agpgart. You might
do a google search on /dev/agpgart, I bet you would find plenty.
--
Gary Dolan
Debian GNU/Linux , Kernel 2.5.10
FreeBSD 4.7 RELEASE
OpenBSD 3.2
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