Sven Joachim <[email protected]> writes: > On 2017-02-27 20:30 +0000, Rodolfo Medina wrote: > >> Rodolfo Medina <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Any openbox users out there? >>> >>> I installed x-window-system-core and openbox but startx gives error: >>> `unable to connect to X server: Connection refused'. What am I missing? > > You need to install the firmware-amd-graphics package. Without it the > radeon kernel module does not work, which leads tho the following > problem: > >> [ 38.827] (II) [KMS] drm report modesetting isn't supported. >> [ 38.827] (EE) open /dev/dri/card0: No such file or directory > > Hence, the modesetting and radeon drivers don't work. > >> [ 38.828] (II) VESA(0): initializing int10 >> [ 38.829] (EE) VESA(0): Cannot read int vect > > And the vesa driver does not work either because it needs root rights > which the X server does no longer have. See > /usr/share/doc/xserver-xorg-core/NEWS.Debian.gz.
Installing firmware-amd-graphics seems to have solved it. Thanks, Rodolfo
