AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

Geoff Hacker geoff.hacker at gmail.com
Thu Aug 19 04:14:00 UTC 2004


Hi all,

I switched from using XFree86 to Xorg when I switched from FC1 to FC2.
Now I cannot start X. The screen simply goes black and stays that way
until I Ctrl+F4 out of it back to the shell. Below is the redirected
output from the startx command:

hostname: Host name lookup failure

Release Date: 18 December 2003
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.7 Build Operating System:
Linux 2.4.21-14.ELsmp i686 [ELF] Current Operating System: Linux
localhost.localdomain 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686
Build Date: 07 May 2004 Build Host: tweety.build.redhat.com
 
	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.5-1.358 (bhcompile at bugs.build.redhat.com)
(gcc version 3.3.3 20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #1 Sat May 8
09:04:50 EDT 2004
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Aug 18 22:43:24 2004
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"


VIASetModeUseBIOSTable: Cannot find suitable mode!!
Mode setting in XF86Config(-4) is not supported!!

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0


Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support 
	 at http://wiki.X.Org
 for help. 
Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional
information.


   *** If unresolved symbols were reported above, they might not
   *** be the reason for the server aborting.

FatalError re-entered, aborting
Caught signal 11.  Server aborting

XIO:  fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0"
      after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining.

What other investigations can I perform? 

Thanks,

Geoff





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