X problems in debian 3.0r1

[John Talbott]

Hi All,

I've just installed debian and am having problems with the startx, it
flashes as if trying to go in from the console then I get the following
output, here's the tail of the XFree86.0 log.
"Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(EE) No drivers available.

Fatal server error:
no screens found"

However I set the screen and graphics card (Nvidia Geforce 2 MX) up using
xf86cfg. A friend said that xf86cfg doesn't insert the BusID "PCI:1:1:0"
line into XF86CONFIG and he was right so I added it, but that too hasn't
helped. Here's an extract from my XF86CONFIG.

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor1"
HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0
VertRefresh 40.0 - 150.0
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Card0"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:1:0"
ChipSet "GeForce"
Card "NVIDIA GeForce"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Card0"
Monitor "Monitor1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


Any ideas what's going on?

John Talbott

[email]talbott@talk21.com[/email]

[Andreas Janssen]

Hello

John Talbott (<talbott@talk21.com>) wrote:

> I've just installed debian and am having problems with the startx, it
> flashes as if trying to go in from the console then I get the
> following output, here's the tail of the XFree86.0 log.
> "Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
> ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
> (EE) No drivers available.
>
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found"
>
> However I set the screen and graphics card (Nvidia Geforce 2 MX) up
> using
> xf86cfg. A friend said that xf86cfg doesn't insert the BusID
> "PCI:1:1:0" line into XF86CONFIG and he was right so I added it, but
> that too hasn't helped. Here's an extract from my XF86CONFIG.

Another way to configure XFree is using:

dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

If you want to use it, say "no" when it asks if you want to use the
Kernel framebuffer.

> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor1"
> HorizSync 31.5 - 57.0
> VertRefresh 40.0 - 150.0
> EndSection
>
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "nv"
> BusID "PCI:1:1:0"
> ChipSet "GeForce"
> Card "NVIDIA GeForce"
> EndSection
>
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor1"
> DefaultDepth 24
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 8
> Modes "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "800x600" "640x480"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection

Do you have all necessary packages installed (try apt-get install
x-window-system-core)?

What about the input devices? Are your keyboard and mouse configured
properly?

best regards
Andreas Janssen

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[Joerg Morbitzer]

>
> Another way to configure XFree is using:
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>

Or try "XFree86 -configure" and then "XFree86 -xf86config /root
XF86Config.new" (hit CTRL-ALT-BACKPSACE to shut down X again). If this
works copy /root/XF86Config.new to /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and try again
startx ...

Kind regards, Joerg.