XFree86 problem in Gentoo 1.4 Installation
 

I am attempting to install Gentoo 1.4 on my machine.

XFree86 is not working correctly. When I "# startx" it gives me errors such as "Data incomplete in file /etc/X11/XFree86" and "Problem parsing the config file"

Then:
Fatal server error:
no screens found

[xfree86@xfree86.org e-mail address blip]

XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Then it takes me back to the prompt, which is: cdimage / #

Anyone know what could be wrong?

Thanks, Ryan

You have to set up your XF86Config file manually on Gentoo.

Did you use xf86cfg?

If the program doesn't set up X correctly
post your /etc/XF86Config and I'll take a
look.

Hi Eve,

you can have X probe your hardware and spit out it's own XFree file. This worked for me. Prior to that, I had the same problem as you (no screens found).

at the command prompt, type XFree86 -Configure.

After that, if you look at the XF86Config file, you'll see what it came up with.

In my case, I had to add a DefaultDepth line in my Screen section for 16.

give that a try.