On Fri, Oct 24, 2003 at 08:25:42AM -0700, Ric Otte wrote: > My hard drive recently died, and after installing a new one, I tried to get > things working by first using Mondo to restore my system to the way it was a > year ago. That worked fine. I then took a recent list of packages, and did: > dpkg --set-selections<new.list.of.packages > apt-get update > apt-get dselect-upgrade > apt-get dist-upgrade > I received the following error: > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/xserver-xfree86_4.2.1-12.1 > _i386.deb (--unpack): > subprocess pre-installation script returned error exit status 1. > I tried various things, such as apt-get clean, but nothing helped. So I > installed xserver-xfree86/stable instead of testing, which I normally run. > This installed fine. But x is unable to start. I tried several different > config files, including the one right before the crash and one from my > office machine, but none of them seem to get X working. I will append the > output of /var/log/XFree86.0.log below, but the last lines are something > like: > (EE) No Devices detected > Fatal Server Error > No screens found > I've tried to run dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 a couple of times, but > that also didn't help. In case it is helpful, I will also append my > most recent XF86Config-4 file at the end. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am hoping to avoid > erasing the disk and starting completely over. Thanks, > Ric > > /var/log/XFree86.0.log : > (...)
> (II) MGA: driver for Matrox chipsets: mga2064w, mga1064sg, mga2164w, > mga2164w AGP, mgag100, mgag100 PCI, mgag200, mgag200 PCI, mgag400 > (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 > (EE) No devices detected. > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > (...) > Please report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > XF86Config-4 file: > (...) > > Section "Device" > Identifier "matrox g550" > Driver "mga" > BusID "PCI:01:00:0" > Option "UseFBDev" "true" > EndSection > (...) Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Correct Device? BusID: check with /proc/pci . Option "UseFBDev": ?? HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller # Hi! I'm a .signature virus. Copy me into # your ~/.signature to help me spread! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
