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Old 04-25-2006, 04:45 PM   #1
LinuxNewKnight
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Angry Mandriva and Graphic Card

I've just installed Mandriva 10.1 and have a problem..... I installed it on my AMD first because it's fater. then transfered the hrddsi to my Pentium 3, 256mb ram.

it boots up. but no xwindows.

when i type startx i get :

Fatal server error:
no screens found

anyway of fixing this ?
 
Old 04-25-2006, 11:24 PM   #2
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When I got this error, I typed xconf at the prompt and it automatically configured my video settings. Then it should say, use startx again.

(This from a Linux virgin who's just had loads of probs.) But I'm getting there!
 
  


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