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Old 04-11-2003, 11:09 AM   #1
dengbej
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XFree86 Problem!!! Please help


I have Debian woody and my video card is very old ( S3 Inc. Trio 64V2/DX or /GX). When i run 'startx' an error accoured ending with 'AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0'.This is only the end of the error msg. How can i solve this problem.Thanks ans sorry for my bad english
 
Old 04-11-2003, 05:52 PM   #2
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Check that your using the correct driver for your card and XFree86 version.
 
Old 04-12-2003, 03:05 AM   #3
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Try running the command dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 from root. This will take you through the various steps to setup X and your video card should be listed there. Have a detailed look at the errors reported if this does not work.
 
  


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