"Fatal server error: no screens found"
 

Trying to start the X Window system using the command "startx" generates the following error (on Debian AMD64, fresh install):

I've tried running the command "X -configure" which gives the following information:

The mouse is a USB mouse plugged into the PS2 port using one of those USB>PS2 adapters.

When I run the command X -config /root/xorg.conf.new the screen goes blank and the monitor stops receiving input. The only way of getting out of this is by doing a hard reset.

Here is the mouse config information from my /etc/X11/xorg.conf file:

Anyone got any idea what's going on here?

Cheers! :)

xorgconfig
 

try running /usr/X11/bin/xorgconfig or xorgsetup.

"noscreen found" doesn't give enough information ,
you must tell about lines that start with EE for error .

"No such file or directory" on both counts I'm afraid.

Sorry, didn't see the line above, which said "(EE) No devices detected."

There are a few (WW)-prefixed lines as well. Will it help if I post these?

1. If you have a mouse plugged into a PS/2 port, make sure you load the input driver and the PS2 driver:
modprobe input
modprobe psmouse
If you had to load the driver by hand, ensure you have "input" and "psmouse" listed in your /etc/modules file

2. If you have an ATI or NVidia graphics card, reconfigure X with the "vesa" driver until you've successfully installed the proprietary graphics driver:
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

I went through the process you mentioned. It cut back to the command line after customising the monitor settings, so I assumed reconfiguration was complete.

However, now when I type "startx" at the command line the screen goes blank and the LED goes orange indicating no signal :confused:

Rebooting takes me back to this blank screen, presumably because XWindow is configured to run at startup. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace won't go back to the command line either. Any idea what's gone wrong now?

Edit: Couldn't get around this so reinstalled and am now back to square 1.