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i got mandrake 9 installed on my computer, and all my dual booting works fine. However, it wont go into KDE or X, it just goes into text/command line interface mode.
i tried typing 'startx' and it comes back with a 'fatal server error: no screens found'
it also says
'(EE) Radeon(0): No valid mode for this DFP/LCD'
'(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
i am running an ati radeon 7000 64MB AGP multi-display graphics card with a viewsonic 19 inch CRT Flat Panel monitor.
well, i decided to try reinstalling mandrake, figured i had nothing to lose. when it gets to the configure x section, and i try to set my video card to ATI Radeon - or any other item for that matter - it comes back with the following:
An Error Occured
(EE) Problem parsing the config file
(EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile()
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