Configuring XServer for Desktop GUI

kaplan71 · 01-14-2005, 02:58 PM

Hi there --

I have a Compaq DeskPro EN P866 series workstation and I am having problems getting Gnome to run on the system. I have run the dpkg reconfiguration script several times but have always been confronted with the no screens found error message. Has anyone worked with a similar machine and had success getting the GUI to work? Thanks.

darkleaf · 01-14-2005, 03:02 PM

You probably have to do something with your video card's driver. Which videocard do you have and do you have the right driver installed. In your /etc/XF86Config-4 file you have to have this driver set (think you can pick it as well with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86)

kaplan71 · 01-14-2005, 03:23 PM

The video card in question is an NVIDIA TNT2. What driver should I use?

macondo · 01-14-2005, 06:28 PM

"nv" as in nvIDIA.

darkleaf · 01-15-2005, 05:00 AM

That one didn't work for me but you can download a binary driver from the nvidia linux site.