[plug] X on Debian stable

[Peter F Bradshaw]

Hi Steve;

The "No devices detected" message does not necessarily refer to devices
detected by lspci. In order to start a server X needs a video card it
knows how to drive and "Monitor" that has "HorizSync" and "VertRefresh"
that corresponds to a "Screen". If the server exhausts the possibilities
defined by these parameters then it cannot find a device.

You need to post more infomation. Please post your XF86Config-4 and the
result of X -probeonly. To get the last type the following in a virtual
terminal:

X -probeonly > x.errors

and post x.errors. This file will show X knocking out Screens and for
what reason it is.

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, smclevie wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wonder if anyone could help me...
>
> I am running a stable Debian (2.4.24).  All is well but I can't get a GUI.
>
> My lspci says,
>
> 00:02:0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2572 (rev 02)
>
> My /var/log/XFree86.0.log says it is using "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" and it
> lists a great number of things to end with,
>
> (II) Primary Device is: PCI 00:02:0
> (EE) No devices detected
>
> My monitor is a crappy old 15 incher and has no APM abilities.
>
> I have enabled what I thought were all the relevant i810 (or other Intel)
> features in the kernel.... I may have missed something I don't know.
>
> Can anyone see the problem?
>
> X just flashes the screen blank and then asks to "setup again?"
>
> I will admit to having apt-getted a great number of graphics related bits
> and pieces so if any need to be dpkg --purged please also let me know...
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Steve
>
>

Cheers

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