-----Original Message----- From: Donald Spoon To: debian user Sent: 9/20/03 10:39 AM Subject: Re: No Screens found
The above lines marked (WW) remind me of a similar error message I used to get when I was missing some key fonts packages. I would get a "No Screens Found" error and X wouldn't start. This used to be a packaging problem back in the pre-Woody days, but I haven't heard of it recently... until now. Maybe you are missing a font package or have not completely installed it... Newbie (on Debian). Out of the box, fresh, new partitions, tasksel. Actually, you might be right, I was assuming something similar, when I started X after the vanilla-install: Then the message was different: It couldn't write XF86Config; some .../X was missing. I found out that there was simply no XFree86, but *some* packets were there (xf86config ran without a hitch !). update / upgrade and even -f went without identifying a problem. Searching google I got the impression some packet was missing. Someone suggested tasksel, but X didn't show up any more as alternative to be selected (as compared to earlier). Then I apt-get that xfree86-common - or so - and then only it could write the XF86Config. That was actually when I thought of a packaging problem, since there were no error messages; tasksel is straightforward. What would now be the suggestion to a newbie ? I'd be tempted to a fresh install, but that sounds so Micro$oft-like. And if I still get it ? Or a problem on the mirror ? (sunsite, Switzerland) ? Maybe you could give some tips on what to check in case of a new install ? I have the following fonts packages installed here: xfonts-base xfonts-100dpi xfonts-75dpi xfonts-scalable I'll try, but maybe I wasn't clear. The other card (half-spoiled RIVA TNT2) at least produced the grey hatched background and the mouse-cross, then I had to kill it (Ctrl-Alt-Backslash). Thanks, Uwe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]