[SOLVED] Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-06-13 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
I believe the problem comes from an incompatibility between FGLRX version 12-4-1 and xorg 1.12. I've had the same symptoms and solved it by downgrading xorg to 1.11.4-1. Make sure to downgrade the input packages too. Thanks for the feedback. Will try out and feedback the result. Hi Issa

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-06-13 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
On 06/11/2012 06:01 AM, Issam Mehssani wrote: I believe the problem comes from an incompatibility between FGLRX version 12-4-1 and xorg 1.12. I've had the same symptoms and solved it by downgrading xorg to 1.11.4-1. Make sure to downgrade the input packages too. Thanks for the feedback. Wil

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-06-10 Thread Issam Mehssani
Hi, I believe the problem comes from an incompatibility between FGLRX version 12-4-1 and xorg 1.12. I've had the same symptoms and solved it by downgrading xorg to 1.11.4-1. Make sure to downgrade the input packages too.

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-23 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
Hi, Is this bug (Bug#665000: SUMO2: blank screen after load "radeon" module) related to my issue? As I am using Sumo chip too AMD Llano A6-3670 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics stepping 00 root@szechuan:~#: dmesg | grep -i sumo [ 7.451590] [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (SUMO 0x1002:0x9

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-21 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 09:27:32AM +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > >grep -v \^# /etc/inittab [output same as mine] Can't see anything different there. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppr

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-20 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
grep -v \^# /etc/inittab id:2:initdefault: si::sysinit:/etc/init.d/rcS ~~:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin l0:0:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 0 l1:1:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 1 l2:2:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 2 l3:3:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 3 l4:4:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 4 l5:5:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 5 l6:6:wait:/etc/init.d/rc 6 z6:6:res

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 01:34:59AM +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:37:54AM +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > > I checked and noticed the default runlevel under inittab is 5. (I > > must have changed it for reason I can't remember now).I have > > changed it back to run

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-20 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 11:37:54AM +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > I checked and noticed the default runlevel under inittab is 5. (I > must have changed it for reason I can't remember now).I have > changed it back to run level 2 and will try the ati driver again to > see if the problem still p

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-18 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Thu, 17 May 2012 12:14:01 +0800, Hor wrote in message <4fb47b09.9080...@gmail.com>: > Is amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run driver the same with the > non free debianised fglrx driver ? > amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run uses fglrx version 8.961 ..I dunno, I only use the fre

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-16 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
Is amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run driver the same with the non free debianised fglrx driver ? amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run uses fglrx version 8.961 lspci result under amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run driver: Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VG

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-16 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
On 05/16/2012 01:23 AM, Indulekha wrote: Maybe something (like /etc/inittab) got edited, and tty7 was repurposed for a getty? It's important to leave tty7 alone or X won't run. Also if inittab did get edited, could be you're calling a getty that isn't installed... I checked and noticed the

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-16 Thread Hor Jiun Shyong
Hi, ..this isn't a kernel panic? What happens _immediately_before_ your blinking dash? Kernel is able to boot up. ..this is relevant only if it was written between your boot and your blinking dash. Yes it is so. ..your Xorg log is "gnome 3 under fallback mode"? Yes ..first

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-16 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor wrote in message <4fb25410.5050...@gmail.com>: > Hi All, > > Would be grateful if anyone could provide feedback on the below, > thanks. > > After installing proprietary driver > amd-driver-installer-12-4-x86.x86_64.run on Sid amd64, both console > and X

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-15 Thread Indulekha
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 12:01:58PM -0500, Indulekha wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:55:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: > > On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > > > > > Hi All, > > > > Hi... but there's no need to send this twice and please, no html posts :-) > > > > > Wou

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-15 Thread Indulekha
On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 04:55:15PM +, Camaleón wrote: > On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > > > Hi All, > > Hi... but there's no need to send this twice and please, no html posts :-) > > > Would be grateful if anyone could provide feedback on the below, thanks. > >

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot find a free VT

2012-05-15 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 15 May 2012 21:03:12 +0800, Hor Jiun Shyong wrote: > Hi All, Hi... but there's no need to send this twice and please, no html posts :-) > Would be grateful if anyone could provide feedback on the below, thanks. Okay, let's see if I can give you some hints. There are usually X gurus aro

Re: Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-06 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Scott Barlow (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully > to get X (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the > XF86Config-4 file through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command > but am having no luck. > [...]

Re: Fatal server error: no screens found - Xfree86 Problems

2004-10-05 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:01:06 +1000, Scott Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am a reasonable newbie to Debian and have been trying unsucceffully to get > X > (specifically kde) working on my box. I have modified the XF86Config-4 file > through the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 comman

Re: Fatal server error

2003-12-15 Thread Andreas Janssen
Hello Gruessle (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > I get this > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > Trying to start startx If you want to ask a question on the list, please write a new mail from scratch instead of answering to an existing message. If you want help, you must supply the nec

Re: Fatal server error

2003-12-15 Thread Tim Connors
"Gruessle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Sun, 14 Dec 2003 23:34:16 -0800: > > > I get this > > Fatal server error: > no screens found > > Trying to start startx > > Thank you That's OK. Um, thank me for what exactly? Oh, BTW - you might want to investigate the "New message" function of you

Re: fatal server error: no screens found (SOLVED)

2002-03-12 Thread timothy bauscher
Nermind, problem solved. Thank you for your help, (==timothy==) = I copied the file to the /etc/X11/ directory, renamed it, and made gdm my default display manager by running: dpkg-reconfigure gdm Now, X starts via gdm. I had xdm as the default dm but it kep

Re: fatal server error: no screens found (closer)

2002-03-11 Thread timothy bauscher
I copied the file to the /etc/X11/ directory, renamed it, and made gdm my default display manager by running: dpkg-reconfigure gdm Now, X starts via gdm. I had xdm as the default dm but it kept booting kde. Small problem: X is running at 640x480, I can't CNTRL+ALT+[+], and the /etc/X11/XF86Confi

Re: fatal server error: no screens found

2002-03-11 Thread Patrick Kirk
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:23:31PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: >x-window-system and gnome-session are installed. xdm is the default display >manager. I am using the nv driver for my RIVA TNT2, and have just completed a >fresh install of unstable. > >When xdm (or gdm) are launched, they display

Re: fatal server error: no screens found

2002-03-11 Thread Alan James
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 01:23:31PM -0500, timothy bauscher wrote: > > I have run xf86config and xf86cfg with different resolutions and color > depths, but I still end up with the same error. > > Any help would be appreciated, I have run out of ideas. > Make sure you have xserver-xfree86 insta

Re: Fatal server error: Number Nine I128 and XF86 4.1.0

2002-01-09 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Sebastian Canagaratna wrote: > Hi: > > I am having a fatal server error with XFree86 4.1.0 with my > Number Nine Imagine I128 Card. > > Section "Device" > ### Available Driver options are:- > ### Values: : integer, : float, : "True"/"False", > #

Re: fatal server error

2001-05-13 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, May 13, 2001 at 05:34:32PM -0500, James Jackson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I recently purchased a copy of Debian linux and installed it on my computer. > After installing I tryed "startX and ended up with this error: > System: '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xk

Re: Fatal Server Error: No Valid Modes Found

2001-02-10 Thread Joe Paxton
Originally sent to debian-powerpc, trouble getting X up on iMac. Startx log and XF86Config attached. Any ideas? Thanks, Joe -- Original Message -- From: Michel Dänzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2001 11:13:19 +0100 >Joe Paxton wrote: >> >> Whe

re: Re: fatal server error!

1999-01-30 Thread rod peters
-Original Message- From: Bob Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: rod peters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian Date: Saturday, January 30, 1999 2:10 PM Subject: Re: fatal server error! >X was split up into more packages, which don't get installed during an >upgrade (th

Re: fatal server error!

1999-01-30 Thread Bob Nielsen
X was split up into more packages, which don't get installed during an upgrade (this is going to be fixed before the official release of slink.) >From changelog.Debian.gz: * the Great Reorganization -- changes too numerous to list here, but almost every maintainer and build script was rewritt

Re: Fatal Server error

1998-02-17 Thread Remco van de Meent
On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, K.Y.Lo wrote: : Hi : : I have a problem with X-windows setup. : : Fatal Server error: : Cannot open mouse (I/O error) : : Help me! : : I have MS mouse (serial port). Should I use insmod to set mouse on? Did you configure X correctly? And does the device for you

Re: Fatal server error

1998-02-13 Thread Oliver Elphick
"K.Y.Lo" wrote: >Hi > >I have installed Debian 1.3.1.r6 with X-windows package. > >install xbase,xlib6,xfntbase, xserver-svga into harddisc. done >and set up xf86config. it went bummer. > >Fatal server error: >No valid modes found. > >what does that mean? it is something miss

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root

1997-09-05 Thread W Paul Mills
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Karsten Bolding writes: > > > > Hi > > > > Just installed a new machine and updated my old one, so same versions on > > both. > > > > When I try to start x (startx) as a normal user on the new machine I get: > [snip] > > Fatal server error: > > xf

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root

1997-09-05 Thread Philippe Troin
On Fri, 05 Sep 1997 08:36:27 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Karsten Bolding writes: > > > > When I try to start x (startx) as a normal user on the new machine I get: > [snip] > > Fatal server error: > > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root > > Easily fixed. Go into /usr/X11R6/bin and ...

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root

1997-09-05 Thread tko
Karsten Bolding writes: > > Hi > > Just installed a new machine and updated my old one, so same versions on both. > > When I try to start x (startx) as a normal user on the new machine I get: [snip] > Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root > > > When reporting a pro

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root

1997-09-03 Thread Dale Scheetz
Check out /etc/X11/Xserver. The second line in this file will be either: RootOnly, Console, or Anybody. This line defines who can start the server. RootOnly is pretty self evident, Console allows anyone logged into the console to start the server, while Anybody allows any attempt (even from outside

Re: Fatal server error: xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root

1997-09-03 Thread Brandon Mitchell
> Fatal server error: > xf86OpenConsole: Server must be run as root [EMAIL PROTECTED](p2):bhmit1$ find /usr/X11R6 -perm +4000 /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm /usr/X11R6/bin/X /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt-xpm /usr/X11R6/bin/rxvt-debian I'd check /usr/X11R6/bin/X first, but I'd be extremely surprised if the maintainer

Re: fatal server error..

1997-05-01 Thread Rick Jones
It sounds to me like you're using a window manager that has a sound module but sound isn't in your kernel. Go through the *rc file for the window manager and comment out the sound module portion. Then try again to see if that is the only problem. Look for something like this. # Start the Audio