did you run xf86config? ----------------------------------------------------- Amanda Shuler | I don't want to start any [EMAIL PROTECTED] | blasphemous rumours, but... -----------------------------------------------------
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Bret Craw wrote: > I am new to Linux and was installing Debian 2.0 last night. It seemed to go > well. Dselect gave me some problems, but with the help on this list, I was > able to get that working. Once I log in as root and get the prompt, I type > "startx" and it blanks the screen, then comes back with > > Fatal server error: No valid modes found > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect:errno=111 > giving up > xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X > server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. > > I have an S3 Virge w/ 4MB. Not sure what version. I tried running > /usr/sbin/xbase-configure force and configuring it for a generic S3. I > choose the Super VGA interlaced. It seems to work fine, but then when I am > done and go back to the prompt, and startx again, same problem. Any > suggestions would be great. If I need to alter anything by hand, please > tell me how to do that. I really don't know what I am doing. > > Bret Craw > Maintenance Renewal > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null >
