Debain Help (startx related).

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 01:10 PM

I finished installing Debian and when I go to boot it, it brings me straight to the terminal. So I logged in and ran startx but it brings me back to the terminal again. It gave me a message saying that:

Code:

(EE) No devices detected

Fatal server error:
No screens found

Why is this? I told it to install the ATI drivers for my RADEON 9600 but i noticed that in the list of devices that it was checking for, only the RAGE cards were there. What can I do to fix this? I have also tried running xf86config but I had no luck with that either. Please help me...

aliiscool · 06-17-2004, 01:12 PM

can you show us the actual config file for X....

and try using the default VESA driver, see if that works

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 01:14 PM

Okay I got it, go here to see it: http://chaos24.net/darkarcon2015/xf86config.txt

aliiscool · 06-17-2004, 01:22 PM

do u have a bootable linux disk...i use knoppix when i'm in jam like you are right now....I'm not really sure if you can see a Linux Formatted HD on Windows...but if you can get a command line interface in linux you can just cp the file over to ur windows hard disk, or copy it onto a floppy then post it here. but if you can get the command line interface, i suggest that you simple just use xf86config, to redo the X Config and use the VESA Driver. or you can open the x config file and edit it by hand which i think is easier, and just goto the display driver portion and replace whatever driver you have [driver] with [vesa].

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 01:33 PM

http://chaos24.net/darkarcon2015/xf86config.txt Here is my config, how can I change it so that it will work?

blanks · 06-17-2004, 01:42 PM

Hi
I had the same problem with my 8500 All-In-Wonder...
Use lynx or something to get the driver from ATI:
http://www.ati.com/support/driver/
It's the same driver as my 8500....
And here are the instuctions from ati:
http://www.ati.com/support/infobase/linuxhowto-ati.html
You'll need alien to change that rpm to a .deb (I had to mess with the -force options to get the deb to install), and you'll need the source for your kernel. I used a custom kernel in which I include the agpgart driver, but I'm not sure if you need this.
Hope this helps

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 01:56 PM

Okay, I got the driver and used alien to convert it (NOTE: I am using KNOPPIX 3.4 to access my Debain files) to a *.deb. But now when I try to run it, it says

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fglrx_4.1.0-4.9_i386.deb: read manifest failed: Success

What do I do?

blanks · 06-17-2004, 02:16 PM

Quote:

I am using KNOPPIX 3.4 to access my Debain files

You should probably use the command line in Debian to config this...That works, right?

As far as the error, make sure you have the kernel sources for the running Debian kernel installed in /usr/src. If you don't have these, use apt-get or dselect to get them. Also, when using dpkg to install the .deb, mess with the --force options. Did you read the ATI howto? It has what to do about certain error messages.

aliiscool · 06-17-2004, 02:19 PM

Section "Device"
Identifier "My Video Card"
Driver "vga"
# unsupported card
#VideoRam 131072
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
EndSection

find that section....change it from "vga" to "radeon", if that doesn't work, change it to the "vesa" driver

use lsmod to see if ur agp is initialized, or maybe u've built it into the kernel?

in either case, I see no advantages to using the ATI Driver, but if u are going to use the ATI driver don't try and convert or anything, just install it via the rpm, just don't do a dep check..

for more info on how to config the radeon driver for X, use [man radeon]...its got alot of information.

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 02:22 PM

How am I supposed to edit these lines through the Terminal? When I was using KNOPPIX i could only read the partitions files, not write to them. Also, do either of you guys have AIM, it might be easier to talk that way.

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 03:48 PM

No more help? How can I manually change that file?

darthtux · 06-17-2004, 03:53 PM

- Don't use knoppix just boot to the terminal and login
- vi /etc/X11/XF86Config
- i to insert text
- ESC :wq to save and exit
- try startx

darkarcon2015 · 06-17-2004, 03:58 PM

What do you mean "i to insert text" and "wq to save"?

darthtux · 06-17-2004, 04:15 PM

When you
vi /etc/X11/XF86Config
it opens the file in the vi text editor. vi has a command mode and edit mode. It opens in command mode and you have to press i to edit text. When your done editing you have to get back to command mode by pressing the ESC key and then :wq to write and quit.

If you have nano installed you can
nano etc/X11/XF86Config
it has key sequences at the bottom of the screen. ^ representing the control key

aliiscool · 06-17-2004, 04:46 PM

sorry i was asleep, day-time naps do wonders!....anyhoo just follow the advise these fellows gave you.

but if ur like me and don't like vi...

use emacs, or edit the file using a bootable linux distro, or once again copy it over to windows and edit it and copy it back.

hope it solves ur problems