10.1 installation no graphics

[Guest adaml]

Hi,

 

I have installed 10.1 and cannot raise a graphics screen. I have tried all the correct settings for the graphical interface. I tried cntrl-alt-f7 etc to go to the graphics screen bo luck, please help.

 

Adam.

[VeeDubb]

to start, isntead of ctrl-alt-f7, try ctrl-alt-f2.

 

That should bring you to a login prompt. once there, log in, and enter the following commands IN ORDER

 

'su root' (may require a password)

'service dm stop' (this will stop X and the display manager.)

'exit' (that will get you out of root and back to your normal user.

'startx'

 

When you type startx, one of two things will happen.

1. the graphical server may start, then we can figure out why it's not starting on it's own.

2. More likely, you'll get a long error message that points you to a log file. if that's the case, post your results here and I or someone else will help more.

[VeeDubb]

Oh yeah, and welcome to the M.U.B!!!

[Guest adaml]

Oh yeah, and welcome to the M.U.B!!!

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Thanks for the reply,

 

I did as instructed and received the following:

 

Parse error on line 94 of section seven in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf

 

The default depth keyword requires a number to follow it

 

(ee) Problem parsing the config file

(ee) Error parsing the config file

 

Fatal server error

No screens found

 

Hope you can help.

 

Adam.

Edited December 2, 2004 by adaml

[Guest adaml]

Oh yeah, and welcome to the M.U.B!!!

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Also,

 

Please also check the log file at "/var/log/xorg.0.log"

fro additional information

 

x10: Fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer)

on x server "o.o"

 

After 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

Edited December 2, 2004 by adaml

[adamw]

"Parse error on line 94 of section seven in file /etc/x11/xorg.conf

 

The default depth keyword requires a number to follow it"

 

That suggests that the part of xorg.conf that sets the default screen depth - that's the number of colours used in the display - is empty. It shouldn't be, though, I wonder how it got that way. You could run XFdrake as root and see if that fixes it, or you could just go in and edit the line directly - a value of 16 should be safe to use.

[Guest adaml]

I tried the XFdrake fix adding 16 as the figure, tried test no joy. ANy ideas?

[adamw]

same error in the logs? or is it different now?

[Guest adaml]

I tried the XFdrake fix adding 16 as the figure, tried test no joy. ANy ideas?

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I gave XFdrake another go and set different figures, after a while I was presented with a screen image of vertical bars of many colours. A small box asking "is this the correct setting" clicking yes had no effect I was still left with a blank screen. Had not thought to try the log question will try again and send result.

 

Adam.