From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Daniele Salatti Subject: Re: Linux Startup Issues Date: Wed, 05 Jul 2006 22:42:43 +0200 Message-ID: References: <000801c6a072$bb16b020$6900a8c0@ANCHORMAN> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <000801c6a072$bb16b020$6900a8c0@ANCHORMAN> Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org > 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 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs