----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 19:40 Subject: Re: X Windom System will not start
> Hoyt Bailey wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Kent West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 15:41 > >Subject: Re: X Windom System will not start > > > > > > > > > >>Hoyt Bailey wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>File: XFree86.0.log > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >><huge snip> > >> > >> > >> > >>>(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. > >>> > >>> > >>>Fatal server error: > >>> > >>>no screens found > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>You need to experiment with your resolution, color depth, and/or video > >>driver. Use "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to do so. > >> > >>-- > >>Kent > >> > >> > > > >Would I be safe assuming : Since the system has regulary been used with > >Windows XP @ 1280x1024 with a color depth of 32 (true color). That it will > >pass the resolution & color depth test and that this leaves the video > >driver? > >Hoyt > > > > I'm not entirely sure what you're saying, but no, just because a certain > res/depth combo works in XP doesn't mean it'll work in X, because the > video drivers are different. Typically the manufacturers of video > hardware write the driver for Windows, but force the Linux developers to > reverse-engineer/guess the hardware specs, resulting in different > performance characteristics. > > Nowadays, typically the worse thing that happens to a Linux setup with > faulty X settings is the machine will lock up, forcing a power-reset > (used to be you could smoke the monitor, and with older monitors you > still can). So don't be too afraid to experiment. If the machine does > lock up, try Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to kill X, or Ctrl-Alt-F2 to get to the > second virtual terminal, or ssh in from another box. If none of those > methods allow you to regain control of your machine, hit the power > button and hope for not too much file system damage (converting to ext3 > from ext2 helps quite a bit here - it's a rather trivial conversion). > > "lspci" might give you a clue as to which video chipset you have (or > look in WindowsXP), and then you might have to guess/Google for which > driver to use for that chipset. > > -- > Kent > Sounds like a plan. I'll try and I believe that ext3 is already installed. Hoyt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
