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

[James Holden]

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Haibo Chen wrote:
| Dear Nigel,
|
| I ran the redhat-config-xfree86 command. what I received was the
| following lines:
|
| *ddcprobe returned bogus values:
| ID: None
| Name: None
| HorizSync: None
| VertSync: None
|
| The the program tried with a fresh configuaration but ended up with the
| same problem. It also tried with card: ATI Rage 128 Mobility. But the
| further message says "Error, cannot start X server".
|
| Any help?
[snip]

Sound stupid, but are you sure it really is an ATI card? The ati XFree86
driver will autodetect whatever variation on the chipset is there.

Mail me the output of /var/log/XFree86*.log off list and I'll try to
diagnose.


Regards,

James



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