Re: xserver-xorg won't start
On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:33:13 +0200, Thierry Chatelet in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> On Sunday 09 August 2009 18:11:23 S. Fishpaste wrote:
>> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:33:27 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in
> gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
>> > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 15:34:48, S. Fishpaste a écrit :
>> >> I can't figure out what's wrong but from searching for a solution it's
>> >> seems to have happened to others
>> >>
>> >> On a P3 Toshiba Laptop fresh install of Lenny -- I can't get the
>> >> Xserver to start. It just says no screens found yadda, yadda.
>> >>
>> >> I don't have any xorg.conf file to dpkg-reconfigure either. Suggestions
>> >> ?
>> >
>> > Copy here lines starting with (WW) and (EE) in /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>> >
>> > egrep "^(\(WW\)|\(EE\))" /var/log/Xorg.0.log
>>
>> Thomas, I have since used a generic xorg.conf that I found on a website
>> listing some configs for laptops. So I'm making a little progress; Now what
>> I'm getting are specific error messages. :-)
>>
>
> Better make your own using "Xorg -configure"
> Thierry
>
Thanks wasn't aware of that command. Since I've kinda hacked a new xorg.conf
file since I first posted and am down to one error <ie> missing
x.ttcid-conf.d directory I'll probably refrain from doing this now. Thanks
for the help, it will probably help someone in the future I'm sure.
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