[Wylug-help] Help: I cannot start x server (graphical interface)

[John Hodrien]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Paul Grenyer wrote:

> > When I reboot the machine, I received an error message saying “I
> > cannot start x server (graphical interface). It is likely that it is
> > not set up correctly. Would you like to view the X server output to
> > diagnose the problem?“. I selected Yes for this but at the end, this
> > message came back again.
>
> I often get this problem when I upgrade the kernel. It is generally
> down to the correct driver for my graphics card not being installed. I
> suspect your problem would be fixed by finding the right linux driver
> for your ATI card and installing that.
>
> I believe that ATI linux support is not that good, so it may be
> difficult. Can anyone else comment on that?

Generally things aren't that bad with ATI, especially on laptops.  We've got a
few here that are just chirpy, and in recent XFree, you've got full control
over the external head too.

I'd assume that it *wasn't* a driver problem, just a config problem.

jh

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