On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 14:59, Andrew Hunter wrote:
> Ok, did that.  It seems to have helped... or, at least, the error 
> message is different.  Now, when I type startx, there is a blank screen, 
> a second's pause and then text describing the video card, colors, etc, 
> with the final message:
> 
> Fatal server error:
> no screens found.

Did you configure X at all?  I think you can run "dpkg --reconfigure
xserver-xfree86"  Or install an X configurator.

Michael


> 
> It says that there should be a log at /var/log/XFree86.0.log, but I 
> cannot find such a log.  Any ideas?  It seems that it's closer to 
> working, but still no luck.  Thanks--
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Arthur Moore wrote:
> 
> > Congrats! you're gonna love debian. remember that the only user who 
> > has permission to 'startx' is root. So you may need a login manager 
> > like xdm, gdm, kdm, wdm. (I prefer gdm).
> >
> > Art
> >
> 
> 
> 
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