Subject: Re: Start X problem
From: Vanja Bucic (vanjab@UDel.Edu)
Date: Tue Jun 13 2000 - 15:32:32 MDT
on 06 13 2000 15:57, matthew vidic at matt@procopyonline.com wrote:
> Hi
>
> Here are the details:
>
> at a root prompt, the 'startx' command has some kind of effect. the screen
> fills with text that scrolls very fast. the text at the top of the screen
> disappears too fast to read. the screen fills with a long list of deleted
> monitor specs (like FBDev:Mode "640 x 480" needs xxxhz deleted). i didnt
> write those down.
>
> the bottom reads:
>
> 'fatal server error: no "display" subsection for default depth 8
> x connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown)'
>
> i have reinstalled everything. the error reoccurred. ugh.
The installation is just fine. What is probably wrong is your monitor
selection (in Xconfigurator). Try different monitors from the selection, or
try entering the monitor specs manually. Read about it in XFree86
documentation ('man Xconfigurator' for start). Setting up the monitor can be
a breeze or hell, depending upon a star you were born under :))
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