----- Original Message ----- From: "Simon Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 8:20 PM Subject: Re: xserver problem -no screens found
> Hello again, > > I have examined the output (several pages of it) provided by Debian after > the Xserver fails to load. > > There are lines identifying the S3Trio card and the PCI bridge and a lot of > repeated lines:- > "not loading .debug_line" > > module "pex5" does not exist, so it says. > > lots more "not loading .debug_line" > > (II) loading s3virge > (II) S3VIRGE: driver (version 1.6.13) etc > > then:- > > (assigning device section with no bus ID to primary device > (EE) no devices detected > > Fatal server error no screens found. > > I have used Debian and I do not know how to send the full text of the error > log without a GUI -in fact I don't even know if the network is working > correctly yet. > > Does any of this output explain the problem? > > Simon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Simon Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 10:32 PM > Subject: Re: xserver problem -no screens found > > > > * Simon Tierney ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I have installed Debian 3 Woody onto a Digital Server 7305, which is a > story > > > I'll save for another time. > > > > > > Does anyone know, please, why the Xserver crashes with the fatal error > "no > > > screens found" when I correctly specified the type of card (S3 Trio) and > > > monitor resolutions (taken from the technical specs for the monitor). > > > > 'No screens found' is the last error - unfortunatly it is the one which > > doesn't give much information. Look at /var/log/XFree86.0.log and > > find the first error - this is likely to give a lot more of a hint about > > what went wrong. > > > > Dave > > ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- > > / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha,68K| Happy \ > > \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | MIPS,x86,ARM,SPARC,PPC & HPPA | In Hex / > > \ _________________________|_____ http://www.treblig.org |_______/ >
