Debian Etch dislikes Xorg :( "No screens found"

[Pixelsize]

Note: I should have posted this initially in this forum, it's duplicated somewhere, but i've left a message for admins to delete it. Don't remind me xD

Well, formatted my Debian Sarge and installed Debian Etch (Testing) since I'm up to do that XGL server work and I need it. Meanwhile, I can't even make the Xorg server work to at least download stuff, read instructions and edit files :P. What's it's prob? well, I try gdm, tries once, twice, and at third time it tells me it had a problem: No screens found - Oh how nice.

I got a nVidia card, I've tried with dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg, of course, trying with the nv, vesa, vga modules and even others... but I see that I can't change screen refresh rates, max resolutions, depth, etc... as in the config of xfree86 (note: I need Xorg working, not xfree :P)

So to sume up:
Debian Etch (fresh, just installed) with Xorg
nVidia GeForce FX5200
Samsung SyncMaster 550v (H 30-55, V 50-120)

Anyone can give me a hand?

[engineuity]

how about a post of what you have in your xorg.conf it might be easier to see what you may be missing...i have the same card

[Pixelsize]

Am... how do I do that?? I don't have visual xD, so ok, ye, I'm still very noob in some ways: how do I edit a file only with the console? xD. Guess if I could edit the xorg.conf problem would be solved... maybe... Hm I'm not in my computer right now to drag it from Windows and post my config, but would ya tell me meanwhile what could I use to read/edit it at linux's console? thx

[Pixelsize]

Ok, first, this is my xorg.conf:

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	"i2c"
	Load	"bitmap"
	Load	"ddc"
	Load	"dri"
	Load	"extmod"
	Load	"freetype"
	Load	"glx"
	Load	"int10"
	Load	"type1"
	Load	"vbe"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Generic Keyboard"
	Driver		"kbd"
	Option		"CoreKeyboard"
	Option		"XkbRules"	"xorg"
	Option		"XkbModel"	"pc105"
	Option		"XkbLayout"	"es"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier	"Configured Mouse"
	Driver		"mouse"
	Option		"CorePointer"
	Option		"Device"		"/dev/input/mice"
	Option		"Protocol"		"ExplorerPS/2"
	Option		"Emulate3Buttons"	"true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier	"Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP"
	Driver		"sis"
	BusID		"PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier	"S/M 550v"
	Option		"DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Device		"Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) 661FX/M661FX/M661MX/741/M741/760/M760 PCI/AGP"
	Monitor		"S/M 550v"
	DefaultDepth	24
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		1
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		4
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		8
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		15
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		16
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth		24
		Modes		"1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480"
	EndSubSection
EndSection

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

Section "DRI"
	Mode	0666
EndSection

So far I can see the freakin reconfigure is not writing any changes xD driver is sis, not nv as I told it... look at the mouse... it's even emulating 3 buttons and I say: no, don't do that! xD. And, the strawberry of the dessert, this is what I get once I "save" the changes at the reconfigure:

xserver-xorg postinst warning: not updating /etc/X11/X; file has been customized

... do I have to make this file forget it was ever edited manually? (even if it wasn't really :P)... and if so, how do I do that? xD thx for the time. Cya!

[engineuity]

There are a few text editors you can use: pico, nano, or vi (they should come preinstalled). Google them to figure out which will be easiest for you to use...

You are going to need to have root priveleges to edit the Xorg.conf file.

Xorg.conf will be in /etc/X11/ Open by pico /etc/X11/Xorg.conf (or whichever editor you decide to use).

For the Section "Device", where you have the sis driver:
Change the Identifier to something that will make sense to you... "nVidia FX 5200" maybe.
Change the Driver to "nv".
In the Section "Screen":
Change the Device to your Identifier name above, whatever you decide to make it.
Save the file and exit pico/nano/vi/whatever editor you are using.

(as root):
At this point you can either reboot, by typing reboot, or you can just restart X, by typing /etc/init.d/gdm restart.

Hopefully that fixes, but if not..pay attention to the details it gives you when it tries to start X. Just scroll through to the bottom and it should give a couple reasons why it failed...could even be the mouse.

good luck

[Pixelsize]

Ye the solution was obvious, i just needed to know how to edit xD. Ye I used VI since a friend told me, everything's ok and Xgl is running thanks anyways :P