Re: X server wont start again.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Andreas Janssen" <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>
To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 17:33
Subject: Re: X server wont start again.
> Hello
>
> Hoyt Bailey (<hoyt13@wiredok.com>) wrote:
>
> > I checked XFree86Config-4 and it had changed but I still dont know
> > how. The change was the driver and the video card.
> > Old New
> > nvidia nv Driver
> > GeForce4 MX440 Generic Video Card
> >
> > I changed it back to the old config it still wont start and the only
> > thing I
> > can find is: "the nice level is set to 0 not -10 as recommeded".
> > Where do you set the nice level?
>
> Maybe that's not the problem. Check your "Screen" Section. The name of
> the graphic card to use is also mentioned there and probably still set
> to "Generic Video Card", while you changed it to "GeForce4 MX440" in
> the "Device" section. Both names must be identical. By the way, it
> would be a safer way to run
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> and select the "nvidia" driver. This way, debconf will know of your
> settings and not change them back again the next time X us upgraded or
> debconf reconfigures the XFree config. You need the nvidia driver
> anyway because your GF4 is not supported by the version of XFree you
> run. Or you tell debconf not to manage the XFree config at all.
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
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> Andreas Janssen
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>
Ok I will do that. Thanks.
Regards;
Hoyt
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