man XF86Config
The format (or Syntax/grammar) is like spelling and grammer in English. The
computer, however spits the dummy if anything is wrong. The above man
page describes the rules for a correct format.
"parsing" is the act of extracting semantics from the grammer/syntax of the
config file. Since you got a parsing error, then the system is not happy with
the format of that file, and there is certainly an error in it somewhere.
Good luck!
On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 17:07, you wrote:
> could you be more specific: what man page and what format?
> i am a newbie you know.
>
> At Tue, 25 Sep 2001 20:00:42 +1000, J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >At first -sight, it looks like it could be a syntax error. Check the
> >format
> >of the config file very carefully against the instructions in the man
> >page.
> >
> >On Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:20, you wrote:
> >> l.s.,
> >>
> >> after i type startx at the command line i get the next error message:
> >>
> >> data incomplete in file /etc/xf86config
> >>
> >> device section ``primary card'' must have a driver line
> >>
> >> (ee) problem parsing the config file
> >> (ee) error from xf86 handle config file()
> >>
> >> fatal server error:
> >>
> >> no screens found
> >>
> >> x connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown).
> >>
> >> can anyone tell me what i've done wrong or what has gone wrong?
> >>
> >> thanks
> >
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