Could you attach your XF86Config file? Regards Harry

-----Original Message----- From: John LeMay [SMTP:jlemay@njmc.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 3:55 AM To: suse-linux-e Subject: [SLE] nvidia drivers hosed up system - "no screens found" error

I installed the SuSE 8.1 rpm's from nvidia for their latest (4349) drivers and I'm pretty much hosed. Upon restarting X it would try and try to find a config it liked, but to no avail and eventually the machine would hang. I tried rerunning SaX2 and it would get as far as the SaX2 config screen - but no dialog asking me to accept/change - and it would exit. No problem I figured, I'd just reinstall 4191 which has been running fine here for a while. Well, I uninstalled the two new RPM's and installed the two old ones and X and SaX2 had the same behaviour.

So I got desperate. I uninstalled the nvidia drivers again and used apt to retrieve and install XFree86 4.3. I ran SaX2 and it asked me to install the nvidia glx/kernel drivers again, which I did (using the 4349 versions), and reran SaX2. SaX2 would actually exit with an error now (new version of SaX2 I believe came down with XFree86 4.3). I uninstalled the 4349 drivers and reinstalled the 4191 drivers and tried again - same result.

The "key" error seems to be in the SaX.log file that SaX2 tells me to check out:

gambit:~ # tail /var/log/SaX.log

Fatal server error: no screens found

When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log". Please report problems to http:/www.suse.de/feedback.

I know I've seen this error before, but I have no idea how to track down the root cause. Could anyone provide any pointers on how I can get my system back up and running? I'm going through UT2003 withdrawal!

thanks!

-- John LeMay KC2KTH Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC | http://www.njmc.com | Phone 732-557-4848 Specializing in Microsoft and Unix based solutions

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