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From: "Jesse Castleberry" <JesseC@msdlg.com>
To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Linux Startup Issues
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:36:09 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MPBBJDEADLDGEMBFJCPEAEPLGMAA.JesseC@msdlg.com> (raw)

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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             reply	other threads:[~2006-07-05 20:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-07-05 20:36 Jesse Castleberry [this message]
2006-07-06 15:27 ` Linux Startup Issues Ray Olszewski
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-07-05 20:36 Jesse
2006-07-05 20:42 ` Daniele Salatti
2006-07-06  1:04 ` joy merwin monteiro

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