Re: unable to startx in debian 3.0 woody release

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

Hello

Venkatesh Pitta (<venkateshpitta@gmail.com>) wrote:

> I installed debian 3.0.  Installation went ok, considering this is my
> first time with debian.  When I enter startx, I get error messages
> saying screen(s) found: but none had usable configuration.  As far as
> I can see, the /etc/X11/XF86config-4 looks ok.  I tried xfree86config
> with different combinations too. But failed to startx successfully.

I would use dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 instead.

> My hardware: mv540 monitor, riva tnt2 graphics card(8 mb mem i think,
> not sure). For anything more, the computer i have is a compaq presario
> 7000 series model.
> 
> part of error message reads..
> Total Memory: 256 64Kb banks (16M)
> (EE) VESA(0): No matching modes

This sound like you use the VESA driver. Switch to the nv driver
instead, and say "No" when asked if you want to use kernel framebuffer
devcice.

best regards
 Andreas Janssen

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