Grrr...XF86 problems...

[macdude425]

I accidentally screwed up my install of Debian PPC the other day, so today I decided to reinstall. Up until now, it's been smooth...

My problem is that I cannot start XFree86. I try to startx and I get the error :

Fatal server error
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

Neither running xf86config nor dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 has been able to remedy this problem.

Any ideas? TIA.

 

[The General]

xorg maybe?

i've never seen that error before when trying to start x.
have you checked ~/X11/xf86config.h ?

 

[macdude425]

XOrg isn't available thru the apt-get library for PPC. I've tried...

I'll take a peek at the config file and report back.

EDIT: I tried to run xf86config again, and now i get Fatal screen error: no screens found...gah...

 

[GameGURU]

Sounds to me like your monitor or graphics card is acting up. Did you select generic devices during the installation?

 

[The General]

i think it will be available if you add this line to your /ect/apt/sources.list

deb http://www.debian-desktop.org/pub/linux/debian/xorg-6.8.2/ sarge main

then apt-get update

 

[macdude425]

No, I selected my specific card during install. But what you suggested is an idea...

EDIT: No luck.

 

[GameGURU]

I had to do that with Mandrake, and then install all of the drivers after.

 

[The General]

im all out of ideas.

good luck.

 

[macdude425]

Thanks...I may try reinstalling XF86 to see if it does anything...

EDIT: STILL no luck. Ideas are still welcome.

 

[GameGURU]

What did you do last installation?