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03-13-2005, 10:13 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
Posts: 7
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Xwindow problem
Hello,
I have installed Debian recently on my PC. It's the latest Woody version. I also have installed KDM, KDE, KDEbase and I have configured xfree86.
But when I use startx, it says "no screens found". What can I do to this?
I have an nvidia graphics card, and I have tried the vesa and nv driver both...
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03-13-2005, 10:20 AM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Denmark
Distribution: Ubuntu, Debian
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post some of your X logs (look in /var/log and --debian gurus?-- other places) for a start. Also, make sure that the [hv]sync rates are correctly set.
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03-13-2005, 10:26 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
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Well, if I want to post some of those logs, I have to write everything down, and type it again here
The main thing it says is: "no screens found"
Also the [hv]sync is set correctly I think, I just chose the defaults...
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03-13-2005, 10:35 AM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Denmark
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check with the technical specs for your monitor. The defaults won't always work--this isn't windows 
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03-18-2005, 09:36 AM
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Registered: Mar 2005
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Well, it has already worked before with the defaults, so that shouldn't be a problem... Anyone else?
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03-18-2005, 09:52 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
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Well, I changed something in the xf86config file, and the "no screens found" error has disappeared, but there's a new one: "Module load failure". What can be the problem here, and how can I solve this?
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03-18-2005, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Jul 2003
Location: Central America
Distribution: Slackwre64-current Devuan
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Read the Debian Configuration sticky at the top fof the page.
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03-18-2005, 03:25 PM
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Registered: Aug 2003
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Quote:
Originally posted by macondo
Read the Debian Configuration sticky at the top fof the page.
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i bet your tired of saying that
Middelemiel - the article macondo speaks of has some excellent info on getting your x-window system up and running, required reading one could say.
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03-19-2005, 10:50 AM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Mar 2005
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Okay, the problem seems to be fixed now on my normal pc.
I've tried to configure X-window on my laptop.
This one's pretty old, 233 mhz, 32 mb RAM, 2 mb video card... It's a Toshiba Satellite 4000 series
I did read the article mentioned above, and at the xserver configuring part there was nothing new for me.
I still get an error called "module load failure" now. I think that's because I couldn't find the horizsync of my monitor. I know that it can run with 800x600 and 85 hz (it seemed pretty much to me, but some information on the internet of the official toshiba site said that...)
So I have configured it all right, except maybe the horiz. sync. How can I find out what this should be?
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