Re: X fails after upgrade

[Wayne <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> Wayne wrote:
> > Tony van der Hoff wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Running testing on my laptop, which I haven't upgraded for a while.
> > > Today I set a massive upgrade in motion, which eventually completed.
> > >
> > > Rebooting, I now find that X won't start; the Xorg.0.log contains error
> > > messages to the effect that "freetype" and "ati" modules are missing.
> > > Then "No drivers available", Fatal server error: no screens found.
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest where to go from here, please?
> >
> > Have you tried installing some ttf fonts and looking for a suitable 
> > ati package for whichever ati video card you have?
> >
> > The xserver-xorg-video-ati package comes to mind.
>
> You da man, wayne!
>
> That's the answer; thanks very much.

Glad I could help.