Re: X won't start
On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:22:03 -0500, hendrik@pooq.com wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote:
>> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse
>> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting.
>>
>> When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that
>> fails there is an error message stating
>>
>> Fatal server error:
>> no screens found.
>>
>> I tried xf86config and had to abandon it when my video card wasn't
>> listed. It wasn't listed as an option during the installation
>> process. I'm assuming that that is the problem. Is it likely?
>>
>> I did
>>
>> apt-cache search radeon
>>
>> and found nothing.
>>
>> Am I even going in the right direction?
>>
>> I'm attaching the error log and config file
>>
>
>The radeon driver is in the Mandrake (I think 9.0), which autoconfigured
>X for my Radeon 8500DV usably (but I suspect still no accelleration).
>(HOwever, it set so many security barriers in the way of networking that
>I gave up and switched to Debian). The radeon driver, I believe, just
>on the threshold for sid. I'm using woody, though, with woody's
>vesa driver in woody. Of course I won't get any acceleration.
>It does come up with xdm properly, then crashes when I log in.
>The mouse pointer moves nicely, but it doesn't register clicks.
>
>I tried the drivers from ATI, but they did not work. Even the shell script
>that was supposed to tell me which version of the ATI driver to use
>crashed, with an error that suggested it wasn't a valid shell script.
Where is this ATI driver? All I could find were some RPMs.
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ASUS A87V8X mobo w AMD Athalon
Broadcom 4401 onboard nic
with static IP Address
ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Video card.
Sampo Alphascan 17mx monitor
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