Unable to start x

Rootshell · n00b Joined: 06 Feb 2005 Posts: 35

Had Gnome running fine until I decided to install the ati-drivers for my Radeon 9200 and use fglrxconfig to configure it. Now when I try to run X I get this error

dswissmiss · Guru Joined: 23 May 2004 Posts: 498 Location: New York

Don't have an ATI card, so I'm not sure, but take a look at this first https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=291078

maybe try xorgconfig instead of fglrxconfig

Huey1 · n00b Joined: 23 Dec 2004 Posts: 44

I am interested that you arrive at precisely the same "Fatal server error" message as I have, except that that you managed a little flirt with a working GUI (Gnome) before things went wrong.

In my case, I had a command-line only Gentoo (no X!), and then tried to install one using "emerge kde"

Now - what is it with framebuffers? Does anyone ever need them? When should one use them? Are they mandatory.
Xfree86, now replaced by Xorg, is a geek area exceptiional! I have been finding reading Xorg config stuff hard going, and I still don't know if it is misdirected effort.

Huey1