thank you very much. it was the driver, it was "ati" instead of "vga"
emmanuele 2005/5/19, Richard Mittendorfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Also sprach Emmanuele Salvati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 19 May > 2005 10:49:34 -0400): > > hello everyone, > > > > i'm trying to install sarge on a Toshiba Satellite A65 S1067, i can't > > get X running. > > when i startx, it gives me this error: > > > > (EE) VGA(0): Depth 16 not supported by this driver > > > > Fatal server error: > > AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0 > > > > i guess it has something to do with xf86config, but i don't know what > > (i'm not very expert) can somebody help me, please? > > you may have choosen the wrong driver for your model. it's in your > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > <snip> > Section "Device" > Identifier "NEOMAGIC" > Driver "neomagic" > EndSection > </snip> > > the value you use as Driver "xxx" depends on the graphic chip in your > laptop. in my case it's from neomagic. "# lspci", the manual or a look > at [1][2] might help to identify it. > > the depth settings are there too. if you chip doesn't support (unlikely) > 16bpp try 15 or 24 as Default in XF86Config-4. > > you can change it by running "# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" or > manual edit if you already have changed this file by hand. > > man XF86Config-4 should give you a list of supported chipsets (at the > bottom). for even more information on specific chips see > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xfree86/ > > [1] http://www.linux-laptop.net > [2] http://tuxmobile.org > > > > -- > > emmanuele > > > sl ritch. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- un abbraccio, emmanuele
