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I've got Kubuntu 6.06 installed on one partition and I'm doing an install of Debian Sarge on another. KDE and X of course work great under Kubuntu, and they were automatically set up for me during the install. In sarge I've installed the packages x-window-system-core and kde. However I cannot get X to start for the life of me using startx. I always get the error
Code:
(EE) No devices detected.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
From what I understand, this means that /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 doesn't contain the correct driver for my card. (an integrated intel i810 somethingorother) However whether I select the i810 or vga driver in the configurator (dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86), X will not start and I always get the same error message. I've tried renaming the xorg.conf file that Kubuntu created as XF86Config-4 and using that, but I always get the same thing. Perhaps someone can help? I was kind of reluctant to post this because I know this is rather common sort of thing but whatever I try I can't do it.
Thanks in advance, here are some files which may be useful:
/etc/X11/XF86Config-4
Code:
# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "i810"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 28-50
VertRefresh 43-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Generic Video Card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
From Kubuntu: /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Code:
# /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg
Section "Files"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# path to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "i2c"
Load "bitmap"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "kbd"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "stylus"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "stylus"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "eraser"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "eraser"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
Driver "wacom"
Identifier "cursor"
Option "Device" "/dev/wacom" # Change to
# /dev/input/event
# for USB
Option "Type" "cursor"
Option "ForceDevice" "ISDV4" # Tablet PC ONLY
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller"
Driver "i810"
BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "L1751S"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Express Chipset Family Graphics Controller"
Monitor "L1751S"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
InputDevice "stylus" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "cursor" "SendCoreEvents"
InputDevice "eraser" "SendCoreEvents"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
/var/log/XFree86.0.log is in the next post because this one is too long
What does lsmod say about your i810? You are generally better of to install etch than Sarge if your hardware is at all new. Since Kubuntu is based on etch, I think the odds of etch working better are good.
Edit: fixed command ... said lspci when I meant lsmod
I'll probably add the etch repositories to my sources.list later, but for now I'm using sarge to build a custom kernel for use with openMosix.
(This is on an openMosix kernel that I built this morning....perhaps I wasn't generous enough with including drivers? If I compiled certain things as modules in the kernel, will they show up in lsmod?)
Edit: startx doesn't work with the stock 2.6.8 kernel which came with debian either. Maybe it isn't my kernel's fault?
Last edited by ErrorBound; 07-22-2006 at 09:43 PM.
I don't know if e100 is a video module or not, but by your symptoms, I doubt it. If you're going to build your own kernel, you're beyond my ability to make reasonable suggestions.
I just tried changing the BusID but that didn't work either. Do we know if the kernel has to be compiled with DRI support for X to work? I've been leaving it out because it always causes it to fail the compile.
Quote:
Originally Posted by rickh
Since Kubuntu is based on etch, I think the odds of etch working better are good.
Pretty sure Kubuntu is based on sid. Maybe I'll give this a try anyway...
Well, I changed my sources.list to include the testing sources and did an apt-get dist-upgrade. Now I can do startx and KDE actually starts. Maybe the old sarge didn't like the new hardware, and I am still running my old 2.4.26 mosix kernel. Thanks to those who helped.
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