On Monday 14 August 2006 21:24, Eric O wrote: > After installing debian etch, the first boot doesn't start up X11. It comes > up with an error saying there are no screens. I have an ATi X1600 Pro which > does work in Ubuntu and other distros. I would like to use debian over > ubuntu, but as of right now I have no choice. I was playing around with > debian before I installed it on VMware and I had not a problem. I know that > ubuntu uses the vesa driver and not the ati driver that debian puts in > xorg.conf, could that make any difference?
The vesa driver works with almost all the graphic cards. So you can just copy the Ubuntu's xorg.conf and place it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf of Etch system. Note that vesa driver might not give you the best X performance. BTW, what version of xorg are you using on Ubuntu? raju -- http://kamaraju.googlepages.com/cornell-bazaar http://groups.google.com/group/cornell-bazaar/about -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
