[ale] Weird XFree error

David S. Jackson dsj at dsj.net
Sun Sep 13 16:31:11 EDT 1998


Hi,

I get the following error when trying to 'startx' on my new Debian 2.0
installation:


You must provide a "Screen" section in XF86Config for at least one of
the following graphics drivers: accel

Fatal server error:
No configured graphics devices


Yet, here is the applicable section of XF86Config:

---snip---

Section "Screen"
    Driver      "svga"
    Device      "ct65545"
    Monitor     "lcd"
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       8
        # Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
#        Virtual     1152 900
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       16
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
    Subsection "Display"
        Depth       32
        Modes       "640x480"
        ViewPort    0 0
    EndSubsection
EndSection

---snip---

XF86Setup seemed to work fine, and no errors or warnings were issued.
I thought the XF86Config would have worked fine, but I get this error.
Any ideas?

Oh, the machine in question is a ThinkPad 701CS with a dual scan
monitor and 1024K of video ram.


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