startx problem - no screens found yet I configured X already

[George Harrison]

Hello, I read the Very Verbose Debian guide, I really enjoyed this guide and I did everything it wanted me to do. I configured x perfectly and everything yet when I startx it tells me that no screens could be found.... Well I wouldn't find this piece of news dissapointing except I configured x already. I also put on synaptic through apt-get, everything went fine but Debian refuses to launch a display for it, rendering it useless to me. I really don't care too much about synaptic at this very point in time though, I would rather have x start for me. Thanks for any helpful advice on what to do.



Ack - almost forgot.. I am running Debian Woody (current), I also have a pretty decent system that will be more than enough to run Debian; I bring this up because I noticed when X refused to start because of the lack of screens up above it, it says that it could not auto detect hardware. Maybe it thinks it is too old or something, I don't know. I'll I can tell you is that my system is very nice for me, but my dad has a much nicer computer.


Let's see here..... I run a 32 bit processor, 512mb of ram, I have an ATI Radeon 9500 Pro, etc. It's nice for what I need it for, not top of the line but it should run Debian, and Debian should auto detect my hardware. My question is now: If Debian cannot auto detect my hardware to run startx how do I go about fixing this?? I have been in a distro shuffle for so long I just want something I can stick to, and with Debian's amazing packages I think I just found it. Now to just get that X working and I'd be in business.
To get to where I could configure x it was "apt-get install x-window-system" but now apt has already installed it I can't get back in, where did this write to, so where I can edit x again to mkae some changes if I need to?

I'd just like to get this to work, Debian interests me. Thanks.

[CoffeeMonster]

Umm you know what, I had exact same problem with display when I was fumbling around with debian woody, it's anicent, it's sporting a 2.2 kernel, and got horrible hardware detection, get debian sarge or sid. With Sarge you can do a ftp install which is easy and you get a perfect system which you can customize to your needs.

Sarge http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
Sid http://www.debian.org/releases/unstable

[George Harrison]

Thanks. I went with Sarge, everything is really cool. Debian Sid just scares me...

One thing though: Sarge now has a newbie login screen and I can't figure out how to get into the wm I want. The session menu only lists KDE, Gnome, and IceWM, yet I've installed Enlightenment and Ratpoison. I tried going into a failsafe terminal to launch the wm of my choice but it wouldn't let me and just shot me into the default (Gnome). I really kind of miss Debian Woody, but Sarge at least works.

And for some reason I cannot apt-get Mozilla Firefox. Firefox is better in my opinion, although Mozilla is ok too.

Have you ever used Sid? I've read that it has the newest programs but I don't want to use something like is highly unstable. Thanks for the help.

[CoffeeMonster]

No Ive never tried sid, but for apt-get soruces:

http://www.apt-get.org

then copy and paste the source of the package you want into /etc/apt/sources.list, here this will set you up:

#deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main

deb ftp://debian.blueyonder.co.uk/pub/debian/ testing main
deb-src ftp://debian.blueyonder.co.uk/pub/debian/ testing main
deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ testing main

deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
deb http://www.linex.org/sources/linex/debian sarge linex 
deb http://mail.linuxvar.it/~gianluca/athlon-xp testing main
deb http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/
deb-src http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woodygnome2.2/

It's my sources.list Use the ones at the bottom.

[George Harrison]

OK I'll check it out, thanks.

[ac506in]

Hi

I just installed woody 3.0 version of debain
I am not able to configure X
My video driver is VIA/S3G KM400
While running startx i m getting followoing log mesages


This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any
way. Bugs may be reported to XFree86@XFree86.Org and patches submitted
to fixes@XFree86.Org. Before reporting bugs in pre-release versions,
please check the latest version in the XFree86 CVS repository
(http://www.XFree86.Org/cvs)

XFree86 Version 4.1.0.1 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6510)
Release Date: 21 December 2001
If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is
newer than the above date, look for a newer version before
reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.9-ac6 i686 [ELF]
Module Loader present
(==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Mon Apr 11 16:30:18 2005
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4"
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) ServerLayout "Default Layout"
(**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0)
(**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor"
(**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard"
(**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
(**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
(**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
(**) XKB: model: "pc104"
(**) Option "XkbLayout" "us"
(**) XKB: layout: "us"
(==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled
(**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse"
(**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse"
(WW) The directory "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
Entry deleted from font path.
(**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
(==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
(==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules"
(--) using VT number 7

(WW) Cannot open APM
(II) Module ABI versions:
XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1
XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4
XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2
XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1
XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1
(II) PCI: Config type is 1
(II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x8000003c, mode1Res1 = 0x80000000
(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,3205 card 1849,3205 rev 00 class 06,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 1106,b198 card 0000,0000 rev 00 class 06,04,00 hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:09:0: chip 11d4,1805 card 11d4,1805 rev 00 class 07,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:0a:0: chip 1131,7130 card ffff,ffff rev 01 class 04,80,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:10:0: chip 1106,3038 card 1849,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:1: chip 1106,3038 card 1849,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:2: chip 1106,3038 card 1849,3038 rev 80 class 0c,03,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:10:3: chip 1106,3104 card 1849,3104 rev 82 class 0c,03,20 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:0: chip 1106,3177 card 1849,3177 rev 00 class 06,01,00 hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:11:1: chip 1106,0571 card 1849,0571 rev 06 class 01,01,8a hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:11:5: chip 1106,3059 card 1849,1617 rev 50 class 04,01,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:12:0: chip 1106,3065 card 1849,3065 rev 74 class 02,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1106,7205 card 1849,7205 rev 01 class 03,00,00 hdr 00
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) LoadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) UnloadModule: "scanpci"
(II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x0c (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xdde00000 - 0xdfefffff (0x2100000) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1 0 0xd5d00000 - 0xddcfffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:17:0), (0,-1,0), BCTRL: 0x08 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus -1 I/O range:
(II) Bus -1 non-prefetchable memory range:
(II) Bus -1 prefetchable memory range:
(--) PCI:*(1:0:0) VIA unknown chipset (0x7205) rev 1, Mem @ 0xd8000000/26, 0xde000000/24, BIOS @ 0xdfef0000/16
(II) Addressable bus resource ranges are
[0] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0xffffffff (0x0) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0000ffff (0x10000) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xdffffa00 - 0xdffffaff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xdffffb00 - 0xdffffbff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xdffffc00 - 0xdfffffff (0x400) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xdddfff00 - 0xdddfffff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) Active PCI resource ranges after removing overlaps:
[0] -1 0 0xdffffa00 - 0xdffffaff (0x100) MX[B]
[1] -1 0 0xdffffb00 - 0xdffffbff (0x100) MX[B]
[2] -1 0 0xdffffc00 - 0xdfffffff (0x400) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0xdddfff00 - 0xdddfffff (0x100) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[6] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[7] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[8] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[9] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[10] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[11] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[12] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[13] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) OS-reported resource ranges after removing overlaps with PCI:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[6] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
(II) All system resource ranges:
[0] -1 0 0xffe00000 - 0xffffffff (0x200000) MX[B](B)
[1] -1 0 0x00100000 - 0x3fffffff (0x3ff00000) MX[B]E(B)
[2] -1 0 0x000f0000 - 0x000fffff (0x10000) MX[B]
[3] -1 0 0x000c0000 - 0x000effff (0x30000) MX[B]
[4] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x0009ffff (0xa0000) MX[B]
[5] -1 0 0xdffffa00 - 0xdffffaff (0x100) MX[B]
[6] -1 0 0xdffffb00 - 0xdffffbff (0x100) MX[B]
[7] -1 0 0xdffffc00 - 0xdfffffff (0x400) MX[B]
[8] -1 0 0xdddfff00 - 0xdddfffff (0x100) MX[B]
[9] -1 0 0xe0000000 - 0xe7ffffff (0x8000000) MX[B]
[10] -1 0 0xdfef0000 - 0xdfefffff (0x10000) MX[B](B)
[11] -1 0 0xde000000 - 0xdeffffff (0x1000000) MX[B](B)
[12] -1 0 0xd8000000 - 0xdbffffff (0x4000000) MX[B](B)
[13] -1 0 0x0000ffff - 0x0000ffff (0x1) IX[B]
[14] -1 0 0x00000000 - 0x000000ff (0x100) IX[B]
[15] -1 0 0x0000dc00 - 0x0000dcff (0x100) IX[B]
[16] -1 0 0x0000e000 - 0x0000e0ff (0x100) IX[B]
[17] -1 0 0x0000fc00 - 0x0000fc0f (0x10) IX[B]
[18] -1 0 0x0000ec00 - 0x0000ec1f (0x20) IX[B]
[19] -1 0 0x0000e800 - 0x0000e81f (0x20) IX[B]
[20] -1 0 0x0000e400 - 0x0000e41f (0x20) IX[B]
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Module GLcore: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "dbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdbe.a
(II) Module dbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
(II) LoadModule: "ddc"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libddc.a
(II) Module ddc: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "dri"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libdri.a
(II) Module dri: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "drm"
(II) LoadModule: "drm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libdrm.a
(II) Module drm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DRI
(II) LoadModule: "extmod"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libextmod.a
(II) Module extmod: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension SHAPE
(II) Loading extension MIT-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD
(II) Loading extension BIG-REQUESTS
(II) Loading extension SYNC
(II) Loading extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
(II) Loading extension XC-MISC
(II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
(II) Loading extension XFree86-Misc
(II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
(II) Loading extension DPMS
(II) Loading extension FontCache
(II) Loading extension TOG-CUP
(II) Loading extension Extended-Visual-Information
(II) Loading extension XVideo
(II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
(II) LoadModule: "freetype"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libfreetype.a
(II) Module freetype: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.1.9
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font FreeType
(II) LoadModule: "glx"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.a
(II) Module glx: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading sub module "GLcore"
(II) LoadModule: "GLcore"
(II) Reloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGLcore.a
(II) Loading extension GLX
(II) LoadModule: "int10"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libint10.a
(II) Module int10: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "pex5"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libpex5.a
(II) Module pex5: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension X3D-PEX
(II) LoadModule: "record"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/librecord.a
(II) Module record: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.13.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension RECORD
(II) LoadModule: "speedo"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libspeedo.a
(II) Module speedo: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Speedo
(II) LoadModule: "type1"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libtype1.a
(II) Module type1: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer
ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2
(II) Loading font Type1
(II) Loading font CID
(II) LoadModule: "vbe"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvbe.a
(II) Module vbe: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "xie"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libxie.a
(II) Module xie: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Server Extension
ABI class: XFree86 Server Extension, version 0.1
(II) Loading extension XIE
(II) LoadModule: "apm"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.o
(II) Module apm: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 Video Driver
ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4
(II) LoadModule: "mouse"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/input/mouse_drv.o
(II) Module mouse: vendor="The XFree86 Project"
compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: XFree86 XInput Driver
ABI class: XFree86 XInput driver, version 0.2
(II) APM: driver for the Alliance chipsets: AP6422, AT24, AT3D
(II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0
(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

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I also made fisrt installation cd of sarage.
But it was giving some error.

Plesae let me know if anyone has any idea about this.
I am really stuck here