Try startx w/o framebuffer. Go to /etc/X11/XF86config-4, search section device and change the option FBDev to false. This was enough to get it work for me.
HTH, Willem-Jan Meijer <-- Alle inkomende en uitgaande e-mail worden gescand op virussen --> <-- All incoming and outgoing e-mail is scanned for virusses --> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Andy Van Hoof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: zaterdag 8 februari 2003 16:24 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: X won't start Hi, i'm quite new to linux and i have an annoying problem... i just reinstalled debian (stable 3.0) and used tasksel to select some packages, one of them the kde graphical environment. after the installation i got some automated setup stuff, telling me to select my gfx card etc (it's a matrox productiva g100 agp), then i tried running startx and it crashed on me saying: no usable screens found any ideas? thanks for the help, andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]