no screens found error

[smit306]

i just installed slax 12 on my averatec laptop and congifured X. however when i startx i get an error: "no screens found". ive tried nearly every combination of resolutions and i seem to have gotten nowhere. any help is welcome, thanx.

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

Take a look at the Xorg FAQ for possible causes of "no screens found":

X.Org Wiki - FAQErrorMessages

[fazz]

ha ha ha ! sorry not laughing at you smit. i just joined this forum seeking an answer to the same question since other forums have been equally mute. looks like we're on our own.

i have an old dell laptop with an intel graphics chipset.
typing startx or X at the command line gets the

(EE) VESA(0): No matching modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration

i got some brief joy when i did:
X -configure
you have done this ?
for me suddenly X tries to launch but then hangs until i turn the machine off and start again (not even able to switch between terminals)
a hint may lie in the following lines which -configure writes to standard out after it has finished writing the new config file which almost works:

(EE) Failed to load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/apm_drv.so
(EE) Failed to load module "apm" (Loader failed, 7)

any ideas ?

fazz

[aliov]

post your xorg.conf file and tell me wish intel vga you have .

make sure that you have the apm_drv.so in that directory.

Regards.

[fazz]

hi and thanks but i have solved the problem. there were two examples of the intel drivers in usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/ one of which was corrupted. much relief and a working KDE. it just took a while. thanks again