Re: X won't start

From: Mark Healey (deblist_at_healeyonline.com)
Date: 11/29/03

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    To: "debian-user@lists.debian.org" <debian-user@lists.debian.org>, "hendrik@pooq.com" <hendrik@pooq.com>
    Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:17:04 -0800 (PST)
    
    

    On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:22:03 -0500, hendrik@pooq.com wrote:

    >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote:
    >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse
    >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting.
    >>
    >> When I boot I get a couple of attempts for gdm to start. After that
    >> fails there is an error message stating
    >>
    >> Fatal server error:
    >> no screens found.
    >>
    >> I tried xf86config and had to abandon it when my video card wasn't
    >> listed. It wasn't listed as an option during the installation
    >> process. I'm assuming that that is the problem. Is it likely?
    >>
    >> I did
    >>
    >> apt-cache search radeon
    >>
    >> and found nothing.
    >>
    >> Am I even going in the right direction?
    >>
    >> I'm attaching the error log and config file
    >>
    >
    >The radeon driver is in the Mandrake (I think 9.0), which autoconfigured
    >X for my Radeon 8500DV usably (but I suspect still no accelleration).
    >(HOwever, it set so many security barriers in the way of networking that
    >I gave up and switched to Debian). The radeon driver, I believe, just
    >on the threshold for sid. I'm using woody, though, with woody's
    >vesa driver in woody. Of course I won't get any acceleration.
    >It does come up with xdm properly, then crashes when I log in.
    >The mouse pointer moves nicely, but it doesn't register clicks.
    >
    >I tried the drivers from ATI, but they did not work. Even the shell script
    >that was supposed to tell me which version of the ATI driver to use
    >crashed, with an error that suggested it wasn't a valid shell script.

    Where is this ATI driver? All I could find were some RPMs.

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            with static IP Address
    ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Video card.
            Sampo Alphascan 17mx monitor

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