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Re: X won't start



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.


Perhaps I missed it, but I never saw what your fix was. Don't leave us 
hanging . . . .

(By posting the solution you might also be helping somoe future aarchive 
searcher.)

> 
> 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?

For now, just to get something working for you, you might try the VESA 
driver.
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> Please leave this.  It is a filter term.
> ferulebezel
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