Bug#182976: xserver-xfree86: more information in debconf about possible problems with framebuffer
> On Sat, Mar 1, 2003 at 15:08:40 +0100, Michel Dänzer wrote:
>
>> On Sam, 2003-03-01 at 13:10, Marco Herrn wrote:
>> > The error message from the X server is not
>> > very verbose:
>> >
>> > EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
>> >
>> > Fatal server error:
>> > no screens found
>> >
>> > Nobody can know that this can be the result of using framebuffer.
>>
>> Indeed, because it's a very generic error message which can be caused by
>> a lot of things. If Option "UseFBDev" is a problem, the usual symptom is
>> the driver aborting right after loading the fbdevhw module.
>>
> I don't think we can do much to improve that error message, so I'll just
> close this bug. If someone disagrees, please reopen and reassign to
> xserver-xorg-core.
I would prefer not closing this bug, but instead tagging it as 'wontfix'
then. Therefore I reopened and tagged the bug.
Regards
Marco
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