At 09:06 PM 10/21/1998 -0700, Jesse Evans wrote: > > Folks, > > I've recently installed debian on my PC and can't get the X server working. > I've run the XF86Setup app and it completed sucessfully, telling me I had > established a properly working server, but when I quit, saving the config to > XF86Config, and run startx, I get the following: > > > (a long list of messages which scroll up the screen, followed by...) > > *** none of the configured devices were detected *** > Fatal server error: no screens found > - X11 TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > giving up. > > xinit: connection refused (errno 111) unable to connect to xserver > xinit: no such process (errno 3): server error > > I'm running on a 133Mhz Intel PC with a Trident 9440 graphics chip. What > is going on?
I've had this problem also. I've learned that I have better success if I answer "No" when asked if I want to use my existing XF86Config file as the basis for continuing. Also, check your /etc/X11/Xserver file to see which server you're running (XF86_SVGA or XF86_VGA16, etc). I don't believe the XF86Setup program modifies this file, although it seems to me that it should. Also, you might want to try running xf86config instead of XF86Setup. It's the non-graphical setup and does things a bit differently. It may work, or at least give you a clue as to what's going wrong. Also, post the full list of errors instead of just the last one about TransSocket..... It's been my experience that by looking at those messages I'll see something like "800x600 mode requires a horiz rate of 64), and then I can go bump up the horiz rate in XF86Config to that setting (careful that you don't smoke your monitor by pushing beyond it's capabilities) and get a working res. ================================================ Kent West, Technology Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abilene Christian Univ., Abilene, TX 915-674-2557 FAX: 915.674.6724 Amateur Radio: KC5ENO Debian Linux: Ride the wave with the penguins!