Subject: RE: No Screens Found
From: Mark-Nathaniel Weisman (mark@outlander.us)
Date: Tue Sep 10 2002 - 22:11:39 AKDT
I just set up my Gateway Solo 9550 with Nvidia video card with RH 7.3
and it set it up flawlessly. Works like a champ? I did the standard
detect and configure inside the Red Hat install, right near the end. I
forgot to install the Gnome desktop, and had to go back in and do that,
but it set up KDE fine. What gives? Oh now that I'm reading your
message, I see the word "server", whereas with the workstation install
everything works?
His humble servant,
Mark-Nathaniel Weisman
President
Outland Domain Group Consulting
Anchorage,AK USA
http://www.outlander.us
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gribbin [mailto:jewelrysupplier@gci.net]=20
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 1:31 PM
To: AKLUG
Cc: bamf75@gci.net
Subject: Re: No Screens Found
I didn't notice what what you wrote the first time around. Normally on a
Red Hat 'server' install, X is not installed or set-up. You are going to
have to install the apropriate X packages for your system.
These aare the ones that show up on my RH 7.3 box:
[jgribbin@jimsajsws jgribbin]$ rpm -qa | grep XF
XFree86-tools-4.2.0-8
XFree86-twm-4.2.0-8
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8
XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8
XFree86-font-utils-4.2.0-8
XFree86-4.2.0-8
XFree86-xfs-4.2.0-8
XFree86-base-fonts-4.2.0-8
XFree86-xdm-4.2.0-8
XFree86-libs-4.2.0-8
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8
XFree86-devel-4.2.0-8
XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.2.0-8
[jgribbin@jimsajsws jgribbin]$=20
I am using nVidia's X server, so that isn't showing in my list. Yes, I
know I'm contaminated.
Then you should be able to run Xconfigurator as root and set everything
up.
On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 12:07, David J. Weller-Fahy wrote:
>=20
> * James Raynor <bamf75@gci.net> [2002-09-10 09:30]:
> > Upon starting a fresh install of RH7.3 server I get:
> > Fatal server error:
> > no screens found
> >
> > Needless to say, I have no clue and was hoping that you folks would
> > help me get one. Thanks
>=20
> You may want to check your /etc/X11/XF86Config (or similar) file. It
> may be located in a different place on your system, because I'm
running
> Gentoo, but the name should be similar. You should have a few
different
> sections in there that define what video card you're using, and what
> monitor. Then, the 'Screen' section tells the X-Server to run
X-Windows
> with this card, that monitor, and at these resolutions and
color-depths.
>=20
> So, if you're missing the Screen section in that file, or you're
missing
> one of the sections that the Screen section depends on, X won't start.
>=20
> Check out this url for more info on setting up X, and I'll close with
> some examples from my XF86Config file (so that you can see what might
> not be there). Oh, and the URL requires free registration.
>=20
> https://www6.software.ibm.com/developerworks/education/l-xwin/
>=20
> My file looks like this (for the 'Screens' section):
>=20
> #v+
> Section "Screen"
> Identifier "Screen0"
> Device "Card0"
> Monitor "Monitor0"
> DefaultDepth 16
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 16
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubSection
> SubSection "Display"
> Depth 24
> Modes "1280x1024"
> EndSubSection
> EndSection
> #v-
>=20
> Card0 is:
>=20
> #v+
> Section "Device"
> Identifier "Card0"
> Driver "nvidia"
> VendorName "NVidia"
> BoardName "GeForce2 GTS/Pro"
> BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
> EndSection
> #v-
>=20
> Monitor0 is:
> #v+
> Section "Monitor"
> Identifier "Monitor0"
> VendorName "NOK"
> ModelName "Nokia 445Xpro"
> Option "DPMS"
> EndSection
> #v-
>=20
> Hope that helped!
>=20
> dave
>=20
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