Linux Startup Issues

I am running Debian Linux, and every time I have to reboot, it tries to
start the Gnome graphical interface. There's always an error, "I cannot
start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not
set up correctly. Would you like to view the server output to diagnose the
problem?". When I say yes, it appears that the problem is "no screens
found". I tried editing the XF86Config-4 file, but I have no idea what to
look for, or what to change. I also tried running the XFreeConfig program,
but while testing, it gets to a certain video mode, and freezes up.

I tried an "apt-get install XFree86", but it tells me that it can't find
XFree86.

Any idea what I need to do to get this fixed?

Thanks,

Jesse

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Re: Linux Startup Issues

> I tried an "apt-get install XFree86", but it tells me that it can't find
> XFree86.

I think you want xserver-xfree86:
apt-get install xserver-xfree86

You can try also:
apt-get install xfree86*

My 2 cents...


Jesse wrote:
> I am running Debian Linux, and every time I have to reboot, it tries to
> start the Gnome graphical interface. There's always an error, "I cannot
> start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is
> not set up correctly. Would you like to view the server output to
> diagnose the problem?". When I say yes, it appears that the problem is
> "no screens found". I tried editing the XF86Config-4 file, but I have no
> idea what to look for, or what to change. I also tried running the
> XFreeConfig program, but while testing, it gets to a certain video mode,
> and freezes up.
>
> I tried an "apt-get install XFree86", but it tells me that it can't find
> XFree86.
>
> Any idea what I need to do to get this fixed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jesse
>
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Re: Linux Startup Issues

could you attach the file /var/log/XFree86.0.log or Xorg.0.log ??
would be helpful .... dont really know, but I think Debian is using
the Xorg server rather than the Xfree86 server ....
try
apt-cache search xorg
apt-cache search xfree86

it will give you a list of the relevant packages ...

Joy


On 7/5/06, Jesse wrote:
> I am running Debian Linux, and every time I have to reboot, it tries to
> start the Gnome graphical interface. There's always an error, "I cannot
> start the X server (your graphical interface). It is likely that it is not
> set up correctly. Would you like to view the server output to diagnose the
> problem?". When I say yes, it appears that the problem is "no screens
> found". I tried editing the XF86Config-4 file, but I have no idea what to
> look for, or what to change. I also tried running the XFreeConfig program,
> but while testing, it gets to a certain video mode, and freezes up.
>
> I tried an "apt-get install XFree86", but it tells me that it can't find
> XFree86.
>
> Any idea what I need to do to get this fixed?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jesse
>
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