On Sunday 09 August 2009 20:25:31 S. Fishpaste wrote: > On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 19:33:13 +0200, Thierry Chatelet in gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > > On Sunday 09 August 2009 18:11:23 S. Fishpaste wrote: > >> On Sun, 9 Aug 2009 16:33:27 +0200, Thomas Preud'homme in > > > > gmane.linux.debian.user wrote: > >> > Le dimanche 09 août 2009 15:34:48, S. Fishpaste a écrit : > >> >> I can't figure out what's wrong but from searching for a solution > >> >> it's seems to have happened to others > >> >> > >> >> On a P3 Toshiba Laptop fresh install of Lenny -- I can't get the > >> >> Xserver to start. It just says no screens found yadda, yadda. > >> >> > >> >> I don't have any xorg.conf file to dpkg-reconfigure either. > >> >> Suggestions ? > >> > > >> > Copy here lines starting with (WW) and (EE) in /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> > > >> > egrep "^(\(WW\)|\(EE\))" /var/log/Xorg.0.log > >> > >> Thomas, I have since used a generic xorg.conf that I found on a website > >> listing some configs for laptops. So I'm making a little progress; Now > >> what I'm getting are specific error messages. :-) > > > > Better make your own using "Xorg -configure" > > Thierry > > Thanks wasn't aware of that command. Since I've kinda hacked a new > xorg.conf file since I first posted and am down to one error <ie> missing > x.ttcid-conf.d directory I'll probably refrain from doing this now. Thanks > for the help, it will probably help someone in the future I'm sure.
You can make it and test it. It doesnt install automaticcally. If you like it, then you copy it on top of the old one. Start the laptop as single user, type the command I gave you, and follpw the instruction... No arm will be done to your old xorg.conf Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
