On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:55:42AM +0000, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (15/12/03 00:19), Gruessle wrote: > > To: Lucas Albers <albersl@cs.montana.edu> > > Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > From: Gruessle <debian@orces.com> > > Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 00:19:00 -0800 > > Subject: RE: Redhat to Debian conversion > > > > > > I am not sure if we are on the same page. > > The apt is installed and working - but I can't get any further then that. > > > > here is one of my problems: > > > > Fatal server error: > > no screens found > > > > This happents when I try to start startx > You look at the log which is /var/log/XFree86.0.log or send that file > to the list so that we can see where your problem arises. > > If you want to read the log yourself do: > > less /var/log/XFree86.0.log (you may need to install "less" using dselect > or apt-get install less) - for more info look at man "package name" > > You are looking for lines that have (EE) on the left. Once you've > identified the problem you can then do: > > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to change the offending setting. > Hi, You can also do: X -configure this will put a 'test' XF86config.new in you directrory that you can 'test' or copy into /etc/X11/XF86config-4 do a: man X HTH -Kev
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