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Old 03-26-2010, 04:36 PM   #1
DaRk_soul
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Exclamation #couldn't start the xserver..DEBIAN user


im sure that my graphic card is good but after i installed the compiz manager ....the system failed to start the xserver

this is the xserver output :


x.org x server 1.7.5
release date : 2010-02-16
x protocol version 11, revision 0
build operation system : linux 2.6.32.8-dsa-amd64 x86_64 debian
current operation system : linux 2.6.32-3-amd64
kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro quiet
xorg-server 2:1.7.5-1
current version of pixman : 0.16.4

markers : (--) probed, (**) from config file , (==) default setting
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning , (EE) error , (NI) not implemented, (??)unknown
(==) log file : "/var/log/xorg.0.log" ,
(==) using config gilr : "/etc/x11/xorg.conf"
parse error on line 32 of section device in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf
the option keyword requires 1 or 2 quoted strings to follow it
parse error on line 32 of section device in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf
"#true#" is not a valid heyword in this section
(EE) problem parsing the config file
(EE) error parsing the config file

fatal server error :
no screens found



yes one of the compiz's steps required me to add lines to the config file to device and screen sections ..im a begginer ... anyway i hope you will help me
 
Old 03-26-2010, 07:07 PM   #2
DaRk_soul
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..i deleted the file and reconfigure it using this article and the system started ok

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_xorg.conf

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