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I installed Debian without a hitch, but I have a problem starting Xfree86. Debian wont load a GUI, so I type in "startx" which tries to load and says, "Fatal server error: no screens found."
Above that it also says "ATI: PCI/AGP Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected No devices detected"
I have an ATI Radeon 7500 and I chose the ATI chipset drivers during the setup. I also tried using the standard vga drivers, which also did not work.
I've only had a few months prior expierence in Mandrake before this, so please go easy on me. Thanks for any help.
I ran the xf86config manually, still had the same error messages when I finished. When it asked me to pick a number corresponding to the chipset I had, there was no choice for radeon.
I attempted to edit XF86Config, but I couldn't find the file to edit.
The only thing listed in my root directory is "cd.save"
I then went looking into the /etc/ directory, no X11 was listed there either.
Well I feel like an idiot. The X11 is in the etc directory, and I edited the file like you said, but X11 still will not run.
I now get "(EE) No devices detected. Fatal server error: no screens found"
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