On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 23:43:48 -0500 Conor McCutcheon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 10:25:45PM -0500, Jerome Acks Jr wrote: > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 08:23:32PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I am trying to get X configured and started on my woody box, but I > > > cannot seem to make it happen. I have run and rerun dpkg-reconfigure on > > > X a number of times, and hand audited the config file for obvious errors > > > (to the best of my ability with a limited knowledge of the arcane art of > > > X configuration). When I run startx, I perpetually get > > > Fatal Server Error: > > > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > > Looking through the log, I find nothing that would indicate a failure > > > elsewhere, and no more information regarding this one. If anyone has > > > any ideas, I would like to hear them. I attemped to find a similar > > > error reported on google and the debian lists to no avail. Thanks in > > > advance. > > > -Conor > > > > As root try: > > XFree86 -configure > > -- > > Jerome > Thank you, that has made my xserver at least find a functioning display. > I still am having some inexplicable difficulties though. I have a very > poor monitor, only capable of 640x480 at 8bpp (better than a herc mono > though), and I cannot compel X to use that and only that resolution > without it doing something shitty to my screen. I have in my "Screen" > section of the configuration: > SubSection "Display" > Modes "640x480" > Depth 8 > EndSubSection > I would think that this is exactly what I would want, but the X server > reports that it finds no display for depth/fbbpp 4/4. When I set the > depth to 4, it works, but I do not understand why it insists on having > 4bpp. I can force it to go to 8 by using the DefaultDepth option, but > then it sets the resolution to 320x200, and uses half of my screen > instead of the full thing. I am stuck... Have you tried: apt-get install xserver-xfree86 XFree86 version 4.x uses a new modules-based one-size-fits-all xserver. It's possible you're using a card-specific xserver from the 3.x series, which may or may not work with the 4.x series.
