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Re: startx fails



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Brad Rogers a écrit :
> Hello All,
> 
> Using laptop currently......
> 
> I've just built a new Debian based system which, as can be guessed from
> the subject line fails to go into graphical mode.
> 
> xorg.conf is empty, and monitor complains of out of range signals (fair
> enough).  Running dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg fails to ask any video
> related questions, adding -phigh produces complaints about
> --print-installation-architecture being an obsolete option and to use
> --print-architecture instead.  Neither of which are dpkg-reconfigure
> options, AFAICT.
> 
> Running dexconf simply produces sections like this;
> 
> Section "Device"
> 	Identifier "Configured Video Device"
> EndSection
> 
> So, I'm stuck.  Video chipset is NVidia GeForce 8300 and monitor is LG
> W2042S with specs;
> 
> Horiz  28 - 83 kHz
> Vert   56 -75 Hz
> Screen res 1680 x 150 is optimum.
> 
> 
> I tried Googling for settings to go in the relevant sections of
> xorg.conf, but quickly discovered I knew nowhere near enough to be able
> to debug errors.
> 
> Any help getting X up and running will be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Brad.
> 
> 
if your xorg.conf is empty try
Xorg -configure

this generate a xorg.conf.new in /root

:)


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