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#1 2010-10-23 08:40:22

leercrak
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Registered: 2010-10-16
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no screendriver found for startx

im using a very/extremely old laptop its a sony vaio PCG-F490 and and when i type startx i get unable to connect to x server no such process server error errno3 errno 110 failed to load modle and what not i wish i could post the exact output of it but i cant ;_; i also get a no screens found and i cant for the life of me find the GD config file for xorg it SAYS its /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d but its flippen blank so bleh and ive hunted through the directory and nothing.

some of my info is

lspci | grep VGA
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: neomagic corporation NM2380 [MagicMedia 256XL +] (rev 10)

so i should replace its mistaen driver with 2380 right. and for the monitor problem i should set it to something like 0,0 right

EDIT: i foundz teh directory 4 teh xorg.conf.new it was in ~ -.-

Last edited by leercrak (2010-10-23 08:45:39)

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#2 2010-10-23 08:59:32

leercrak
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

but i still cant seem to get anything to work

ok so my full output would be when i type startx is:

(==) Log file "/var/log/Xorg.o.log",
(==) using config directory: " /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
(EE) Failed to load module "neomagic" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) Failed to load module "fbdev" (module does not exist, 0)
(EE) VESA(0): No valid modes
(EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.


Fatal server error:
no screens found

check log file blah blah blah

giving up.
xinit: connection timed out (errno 110): unable to connect to X server
xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error.

Last edited by leercrak (2010-10-23 09:06:14)

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#3 2010-10-23 09:22:33

tomk
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

Install xf86-video-neomagic and then try again with no xorg.conf.

The wiki has a good xorg page, you should read it.

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#4 2010-10-23 18:05:49

leercrak
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

so i tried to install and um i got like 50: error: failed retirveing file 'xf86-video-neomagic-1.2.5-2-1686.pkg.tar.xz' from [mirrorsite] : Transient resolver error

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#5 2010-10-23 19:02:25

leercrak
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

ok hours later ive got a gnome desktop but my mouse is invisible and ive googled around and i must have missed something and cant seem to find it

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#6 2010-10-23 20:49:21

cesura
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From: Tallinn, Estonia
Registered: 2010-01-23
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

leercrak wrote:

ok hours later ive got a gnome desktop but my mouse is invisible and ive googled around and i must have missed something and cant seem to find it

Can you at least use the mouse, click on something, etc? That's my first question. wink

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#7 2010-10-23 21:20:34

jasonwryan
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Re: no screendriver found for startx

Closing. Follow the cursor issue here: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=107145

leercrack - please don't crosspost: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/For … ss-Posting


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