Re: Unable to get X to start on new flat screen monitor using DVI
On Mon 18 Jun 2012 at 23:21:03 +0000, James Allsopp wrote:
> I wrote this as an xorg.conf, but the problem still remains,
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Default Screen"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
This wasn't the best of advice to offer given the contents of Xorg.0.log.
> xrandr says there are no displays though.
X needs to be running to have an xrandr output. Again, not a useful
suggestion to give you.
> My Xorg.0.log is now as written at the bottom of this message.
[Snip]
> [drm] failed to load kernel module "nouveau"
> (EE) [drm] failed to open device
http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/TroubleShooting
and also look at what is happening with nouveau in the output of the
'dmesg' command.
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