Re: "no screens found" error

On Wed, May 07, 2003 at 07:57:55AM +0100, Andrew C Aitchison wrote:
> On Tue, 6 May 2003, Salman Haq wrote:
> 
> >  I just installed Debian on a Dell 2350 desktop. Unfortunately, startx
> > doesn't run properly - it loads the drivers etc, and the spits out "no
> > screens found".
> > 
> >  I've run 'dpkg' to configure the xserver with the correct informations
> > about the graphics card, mouse, keyboard, monitor, etc. However, there is
> > just nothing I can do to figure out the cause of the problem.
> > 
> >  Graphics: Integrated Intel 845GL
> 
> The Intel 845 isn't supported before XFree86 4.3.
> Which version of XFree86 does Debian provide ?

He probaby just installed woody, the stable, released version, which has
4.1.0. Even sarge and sid only have 4.2.1, which would not be enough
here, but 4.3.0 packages for woody are available with adding one of the
apt sources from :

http://www.linuxcompatible.org/story17614.html

Friendly,

Sven Luther