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gnomes
05-04-2003, 11:48 PM
I installed Debian 3 today and ran xf86config. I set up the graphics card properly and the monitor, yet when I go to start X I get the error:
"Screens found, but none unusuable"
Whats it mean/how me fix?
gleather
05-04-2003, 11:57 PM
This is a longshot considering the sparse info you provided, but:
Try editing /etc/X11/XF86Config
Section Screen
Subsection Display
Drop the Default Depth by 8
If that doesn't work, do
$tail -20 /var/log/XFree86.0.log
and post it.
gnomes
05-05-2003, 05:40 PM
bash: -20 command not found
And the full error was:
screens found, but none with usuable configuration
Followed by:
server error: no screens found
gleather
05-05-2003, 05:55 PM
the command to run to see the end of a file is `tail`. you probably thought that was part of the prompt.
gnomes
05-05-2003, 06:06 PM
Right.
Well, thats a lot of info, some of it gets cut off at the top of the screen. Anything specific I should look for/post?
gleather
05-05-2003, 06:26 PM
The first few lines before (EE)
gnomes
05-05-2003, 06:40 PM
unload module: "mga"
unload module: "fbdevhw"
unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/linux/libfbdevhw.a
unload module: "vgahw"
unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a
gleather
05-05-2003, 07:37 PM
Hmm, I don't know. Nothing looks similar to anything I've run across personally. You might do a google search for XFree86 + Your graphics card.