Re: xserver-xorg won't start
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:04 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
> Le lundi 10 août 2009 15:02:20, S. Fishpaste a écrit :
>> On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:46:58 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in
> gmane.linux.debian.user wrote:
>> > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 19:38:53, S. Fishpaste a écrit :
>> >> 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
>> >>
>> >> OK I managed to find the correct path for pcidata.so and now the
>> >> Xorg.0.log looks like this;
>> >> (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
>> >> (WW) The directory "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
>> >> does not exist.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I did a search for Cyrillic and it's not on my system. I've found one in
>> >> my sources list, so am installing that now, and will create the
>> >> TrueType directory listed as well. Progress !a
>> >
>> > These are only warning. Your X installation seems ok. Don't you have any
>> > display when you start x server ?
>>
>> Nope it locks up after attempting to load X. It won't allow me a console
>> prompt and I have to hit the power switch to escape.
>
> Ok so try installing packages x-ttcidfont-conf (for TrueType directory) and
> xfonts-cyrillic
Yup that was all done. Actually the problem was solved by appending 'no DDC'
(due to a bug in the video card that Toshiba used in this particular
laptop) to my xorg.conf. The puzzling thing is that no error is thrown
indicating such is a problem and I wouldn't have figured it out on my own
without the help of another fella whom had the same model.
I appreciate your time and everyone else's in helping me with this issue.
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