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Hi everyone, I have installed Debian 4.0 on my HP Visualize C3600 which has a HP-PA RISC 8600 processor. The installation completed thoroughly without any errors. When I started the ...
  1. 08-09-2007 #1
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    X Server Error: /dev/fb0: No such file or directory

    Hi everyone,
    I have installed Debian 4.0 on my HP Visualize C3600 which has a HP-PA RISC 8600 processor. The installation completed thoroughly without any errors. When I started the system for the first time the X Server gave me an error and was unable to start.

    (EE) open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
    (EE) No devices detected.

    Fatal server error:
    no screens found

    Can someone please help?
    Thanks!
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    Check your Monitor's Manual for supported HorizSync, VertiRefresh rates and Resolutions. Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and log in. Execute this
    Code:
    su
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
    Accept default options and enter correct HorizSync/VertiRefresh rates when prompted. Select supported Resolutions from the list. Reboot machine.
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    thanks, i'll try this when i get home!
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    didn't work, now when I try to "startx" it gives this:

    (EE) No devices detected.

    Fatal server error:
    no screens found
    XIO: fatal IO error 232 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
    after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
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    Post the contents of /etc/X11/xorg.conf file here.
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    This is my xorg.conf file:



    Section "Files"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi"
    FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
    # path to defoma fonts
    FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
    EndSection

    Section "Module"
    Load "bitmap"
    Load "ddc"
    Load "dri"
    Load "extmod"
    Load "freetype"
    Load "glx"
    Load "int10"
    Load "vbe"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
    Driver "kbd"
    Option "CoreKeyboard"
    Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
    Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
    Option "XkbLayout" "us"
    EndSection

    Section "InputDevice"
    Identifier "Configured Mouse"
    Driver "mouse"
    Option "CorePointer"
    Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
    Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
    EndSection

    Section "Device"
    Identifier "Generic Video Card"
    Driver "tdfx"
    EndSection

    Section "Monitor"
    Identifier "Generic Monitor"
    Option "DPMS"
    HorizSync 30-121
    VertRefresh 48-160
    EndSection

    Section "Screen"
    Identifier "Default Screen"
    Device "Generic Video Card"
    Monitor "Generic Monitor"
    DefaultDepth 16
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 1
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 4
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 8
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 15
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 16
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    SubSection "Display"
    Depth 24
    Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
    EndSubSection
    EndSection

    Section "ServerLayout"
    Identifier "Default Layout"
    Screen "Default Screen"
    InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
    InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
    EndSection

    Section "DRI"
    Mode 0666
    EndSection
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    Execute this
    Code:
    su
nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Replace tdfx with vesa in Video Card Section.
    Code:
    Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Generic Video Card"
	Driver		"vesa"
EndSection
    Save file and reboot.
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    i changed it to vesa and rebooted the machine, but still the X server is giving the same error as before
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    Do you have 3dfx Voodoo video card?
    Execute this
    Code:
    su 
lspci
    Post output here?
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    sorry for the late reply,

    I don't have a 3dfx voodoo graphics card and this is the output of lspci:

    Code:
    00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21142/43 (rev 41)
00:0d.0 Multimedia audio controller: Analog Devices AD1889 sound chip
00:0e.0 IDE interface: National Semiconductor Corporation 87415/87560 IDE (rev 03)
00:0e.1 Bridge: National Semiconductor Corporation 87560 Legacy I/O (rev 01)
00:0e.2 USB Controller: National Semiconductor Corporation USB Controller (rev 02)
00:0f.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 04)
00:0f.1 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53C896/897 (rev 04)
03:02.0 Display controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Visualize FX (rev 02)
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