I've just run apt-get update, and after a 60mb download, I've ended up with a whole bunch of failed dependencies. When I next restarted my machine, X would not start. Sax2 crashes, so I can't even used that. So I started Sax , configured a self-detected svga video card, and managed to start x. Unfortunately, if I start yast2>hardware>video, I get a message telling me my card requires XF86 3. The card is an NVidia GF2 TI, which worked perfectly before with the Nvidia drivers. I've tried to reinstall all the XF packages, to no avail. I don't really like the prospect of reinstalling the whole of 8.1, considering how much I have already changed..... Can anyone help? FXF The XFree86.log complains of not finding a screen... here's the log file XFree86 Version 4.2.1 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 3 September 2002 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.7-10custom i686 [ELF] Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.0.log", Time: Mon Jan 27 15:37:50 2003 (++) Using config file: "/tmp/sax2-3688/XF86Config" Parse error on line 42 of section Files in file /tmp/sax2-3688/XF86Config "InputDevices" is not a valid keyword in this section. (EE) Problem parsing the config file (EE) Error from xf86HandleConfigFile() 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 xfree86@xfree86.org. -- ______________________ Courtesy of SuSE Linux nibz.org
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