Re: XFree86 "no screens found"

[David Baron <d_baron@012.net.il>]

This is apparently a generic error. I got it when I had an undended device 
section, too many "inputdevice"s, etc. Look at the file and see if there are 
any obvious booboos. Syntax is clear enough.

On Wednesday 18 February 2004 20:03, 
debian-user-digest-request@lists.debian.org wrote:
> Xfree86: "no screens found" with default configuration
> From: John Christian <johnc909@comcast.net>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>
> 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.