Hello,
I am not totally new to the linux world, but I am having surprising problems with Mint, which I am just now trying to install. Not mentioning some install issues I have worked through, I am stuck at
"Failed to start the X server .... It is likely that it is not set up correctly....X server output to diagnose the problem?"
Important output shows
(==) log file "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
(==) Using config file "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
vesa: ignoring device with a bound kernel driver
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
Fatal server error:
no screens found
I cannot run x configure, it crashes tooo...
I have at/radeon card and know i ought to have fglrx, which I am now installing but any other ideas?
The test disk worked great and I am amazed at the amount of work I have to do...
Need help with X server
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aschueler
Need help with X server
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abnvolk
Re: Need help with X server
Are you using Mint 13?
Anyway, try this, it worked for me: forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=103142&f=46.
Anyway, try this, it worked for me: forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=103142&f=46.
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aschueler
Re: Need help with X server
It is Mint 13, 64 bit....the link didn't seem to apply to 64 bit.
Still stuck after getting fglrx.
Still surprised of the trouble given the good reviews .... Hopefully I can actually take a look at it.
Still stuck after getting fglrx.
Still surprised of the trouble given the good reviews .... Hopefully I can actually take a look at it.
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oobetimer
Re: Need help with X server
A normal case with Mint. You need to copy /etc/X11/xorg.conf file via liveCD (Puppy, Mageia, etc).
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 83#p667583
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 83#p667583
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aschueler
Re: Need help with X server
I finally just gave up. Something very strange was wrong...can't even run Xorg configure. I installed Misty 13 with KDE, 32 bit over it instead and seems to be working so far, but no sound. I am updating everything now (over 500 files!), and hope to get my video card and sound card working soon.
Thanks for trying.
Oh the other stuff that went wrong: had to remove my wireless card (wasn't using it anyway), and for some reason Grub2 went nuts because I have 3 HDD's, one for windows, one for linux and the third for storage. It renamed everything sda, sdb and sdc in no rational way and then it couldn't find the boot parition...had to run the boot repair program which worked. Sigh.
Thanks for trying.
Oh the other stuff that went wrong: had to remove my wireless card (wasn't using it anyway), and for some reason Grub2 went nuts because I have 3 HDD's, one for windows, one for linux and the third for storage. It renamed everything sda, sdb and sdc in no rational way and then it couldn't find the boot parition...had to run the boot repair program which worked. Sigh.