Re: X start-up failure!!

[Ralph Katz <ralph.katz@rcn.com>]

On 05/08/04 05:10, Kaveh Gh wrote:
>  Dear Guys,
>
>  My problem with X is that: Whenever I choose
> frame-buffer feature in setup phase, although the
> xf86config settings are ok, X won't come alive and a
> "Fatal error" related to "AddScreen" comes on the
> output console! Whenever I DO NOT choose the frame
> buffer, X comes up and sounds of X-start up are
> generated, but with no video output and the screen
> becomes black screen! I'm sure that all applets are
> running under X. For example by pressing Alt-F1 and
> moving through the main menu(in my imagine ;) ) and
> pressing enter key, the read/write LED of HDD becomes
> red! So, I think the problem is related to my video
> Adapter. 
>
>  My video card is NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 AGP 16MB. In all
> other distributions, its detected as nv RIVA TNT2 and
> mostly I choose its driver in xf86config as "nv" . I
> had no problem with my video card in other distros. 
> So, what's the problem?!
>
>
>
>
> =====
>
> Kaveh Gh.
>
> Email : Kaveh_gh@mehr.sharif.edu
>
>             gangland_1464@yahoo.com


Like Welly, I too, am not an expert.  Debian GNU/Linux works fine on my 
32Mb card with that driver:
from /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"nVidia Riva TNT2"
	Driver		"nv"
	BusID		"PCI:01:00:0"
	VideoRam	32768
EndSection

Have you looked in /var/log/XFree86.0.log for errors?