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by **Sebi** » Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:15:40

Hello,

I've tried to install the stable version of Debian (Kernel 2.2) on my
laptop which is a compaq nx7000. I made the installation with CDs (the
first two ones proposed by Debian) and the installation was
successful, but I cannot start the X Window Server. I get the error
"no screens found". My graphic card is a ati radeon mobility 9200. Do
you have an idea why I get this error? And how to solve it? Thanke you
in advance,
Sebastien

by **Dances With Crow** » Mon, 11 Oct 2004 01:35:10

On 9 Oct 2004 09:15:40 -0700, Sebi77 staggered into the Black Sun and
said:

Quote:> I've tried to install the stable version of Debian (Kernel 2.2) on my
> laptop which is a compaq nx7000.

Why something so *y old? Debian Stable is so rotted-out it'd*a
buzzard.

Quote:> but I cannot start the X Window Server. I get the error "no screens
> found". My graphic card is a ati radeon mobility 9200.

Your X is so old that it doesn't have an X server that'll work with that
video card. Support for this card wasn't added until 4.2.0 or so.
Current XFree86 is 4.3.0, current Xorg is 4.4.0, either one will work,
but you'll have to upgrade your X. Use Debian Testing instead; you'll
really appreciate having software that was made sometime in the last
year, since KDE's improved by leaps and bounds since KDE 2, it's really
nice to be able to use most USB devices with kerel 2.4, and X 4.n
performs much better than X 3.3.6. HTH,

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