Subject: RE: No Screens Found
From: James Gribbin (jgribbin@alaska.net)
Date: Wed Sep 11 2002 - 00:03:48 AKDT
That 'server install doesn't have X' was one of the first mistakes I
made. Bought RH 6.1 off the shelf at CompUSA, had never seen a Linux
box, didn't know about AKLUG yet, was just sick and tired of MS's BS and
their wanting a couple of hundred bucks every time I turned around and
knew there had to be a better way. Fought that thing for a couple of
weeks before I could actually get it to boot, log into X, and surf the
web.
Jim
-Duh, what's an RPM?
On Tue, 2002-09-10 at 22:11, Mark-Nathaniel Weisman wrote:
>
> 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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> --=20
> Jim Gribbin
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