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Re: GeForce 8400 GS: Xorg -configure fails



On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de> wrote:
> On 2010-05-09 08:00 +0200, Akira Kitada wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to set up X and I tried 'Xorg -configure' but it failed
>> with errors below.
>> I run Sid on a home-brew machine built on a GA-EP45-DS5 Motherboard and
>> my monitor is BenQ FP222W.
>>
>> I tried Ubuntu 10.04 Live CD to see how it works on the same box and
>> it just worked without any troubles.
>
> I think the problem is that the X server does not yet load the nouveau
> driver by default, this should be fixed soon.  Until that happens you
> need a minimal xorg.conf, see
> /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-video-nouveau/examples/xorg.conf.  Running
> Xorg -configure should not be necessary.

That worked great. Thanks!

>> Is thera anyone how has ever seen this?
>
> I had not tried Xorg -configure before, but when I do it now…
>
>> (EE) [drm] No DRICreatePCIBusID symbol
>> Number of created screens does not match number of detected devices.
>>   Configuration failed.
>
> …I get the same error.  The generated xorg.conf.new file seems to work,
> though.

That's strange. It didn't generate anything for me.

> Sven
>
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