Re: Xfree86: "no screens found" with default configuration

[Andreas Janssen <andreas.janssen@bigfoot.com>]

Hello

John Christian (<johnc909@comcast.net>) wrote:

> I've installed the xfree86 packages plus gnome, and so far haven't
> touched /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 generated by debconf, but it's giving me
> the following error on startx:
> 
> fatal error: no screens found.
> 
> And I certainly have a 'Section "Screen"' in my config file.  I'm not
> sure what else it could mean.

First make sure that all necessary packages are installed:

apt-get install x-window-system-core

Then use debconf to configure X:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

If that doesn't work, take a look at the output of startx or the XFree
log file /var/log/Xfree86.0.log). Look for lines starting with (EE). If
you still have problems, post more information, this should be helpful:

- the (EE) and (WW) lines and the last 10-15 lines from startx output or
the X log file (/var/log/XFree86.0.log)

- the type of your graphic card

- the version number of XFree you are using (if you use Debian Woody
(3.0) then this will be 4.1)

- the  "Device" and "Screen" section of the XFree config file (/etc/X11
XF86Config-4)

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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